Early Saturday morning I observed a singing 'type' Thrush in the pouring rain at Laddin's Rock in Greenwich. From what i heard through the rain, the birds song most closely resembled that of a Bicknell's Thrush. The next day I birded the area in hopes of re-finding the bird (and of course warblers). I ended up with 17 species of Warbler and audio recording of what I am now nearly certain is a BICKNELL'S THRUSH. The bird was singing on and off for nearly 10 minutes. I noticed a full Thrush song ending on an upslur. I understand this can sometimes vary and am waiting on expert feedback for confirmation. In the recordings you can clearly here the end note and two different pitched call notes. I figured this was worth posting considering we don't often get singing Bick here in migration. Happy Birding, Stefan Martin Stamford Sent from my iPhone

Stefan, you might want to send the recording to Chris Rimmer for confirmation of this very exciting find. crimmer@vtecostudies.org Kathy Van Der Aue Southport, Connecticut Visit my Blog at http://naturaliststable.wordpress.com On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Stefan Martin via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Early Saturday morning I observed a singing 'type' Thrush in the pouring > rain at Laddin's Rock in Greenwich. From what i heard through the rain, the > birds song most closely resembled that of a Bicknell's Thrush. The next day > I birded the area in hopes of re-finding the bird (and of course warblers). > I ended up with 17 species of Warbler and audio recording of what I am now > nearly certain is a BICKNELL'S THRUSH. The bird was singing on and off for > nearly 10 minutes. I noticed a full Thrush song ending on an upslur. I > understand this can sometimes vary and am waiting on expert feedback for > confirmation. In the recordings you can clearly here the end note and two > different pitched call notes. I figured this was worth posting considering > we don't often get singing Bick here in migration. > > Happy Birding, > Stefan Martin > Stamford > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >