While I was birding on the Goodwin Trail in Nehantic SF in East Lyme a couple of weeks ago, I heard a song that I didn't quite recognize, so I made a couple of recordings. I finally had some time this morning to go over the recordings to see if I could identify the bird that was singing it. The bird was singing from a large remnant tree in a patch of previously harvested forest with 5-10 year regrowth. I was unable to get a sighting of the singing bird. Birdnet identified the song as Canada warbler. Very unusual for this location. In the longer recording there is a second song that starts out sounding like Canada warbler song, then switches into a short ascending trill. The spectrogram of the single song in the shorter recording looks similar to the spectrogram of the Type A3 song of the Canada Warbler, but also looks a bit similar to the B1 song of the Chestnut sided Warbler (The Warbler Guide), which I was expecting for this habitat, but the second ascending song is not represented in either species' repertoire (and was not identified to species on Birdnet). Any suggestions on what bird might be singing these songs would be appreciated. Jack Swatt Lempster, NH Wolcott, CT

Forgot the link to eBird checklist. https://ebird.org/checklist/S90435801 Jack Swatt Lempster, NH Wolcott, CT On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 9:42 AM Jack Swatt <jswattbirds@gmail.com> wrote: > While I was birding on the Goodwin Trail in Nehantic SF in East Lyme a > couple of weeks ago, I heard a song that I didn't quite recognize, so I > made a couple of recordings. I finally had some time this morning to go > over the recordings to see if I could identify the bird that was singing > it. The bird was singing from a large remnant tree in a patch of previously > harvested forest with 5-10 year regrowth. I was unable to get a sighting > of the singing bird. Birdnet identified the song as Canada warbler. Very > unusual for this location. In the longer recording there is a second song > that starts out sounding like Canada warbler song, then switches into a > short ascending trill. The spectrogram of the single song in the shorter > recording looks similar to the spectrogram of the Type A3 song of the > Canada Warbler, but also looks a bit similar to the B1 song of the Chestnut > sided Warbler (The Warbler Guide), which I was expecting for this habitat, > but the second ascending song is not represented in either species' > repertoire (and was not identified to species on Birdnet). Any > suggestions on what bird might be singing these songs would be appreciated. > > > > Jack Swatt > > > Lempster, NH > > Wolcott, CT >

Jack, Admittedly, a couple of the songs have Canada jumbled quality, but a couple sound like one of the many Prairie Warbler song variations. I expect the eBird experts can parse it out. Chris Chris Wood Woodbury, CT 203 558-0654 > On Jul 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, Jack Swatt <jswattbirds@gmail.com> wrote: > > Forgot the link to eBird checklist. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S90435801 > > Jack Swatt > > > Lempster, NH > > Wolcott, CT > > >> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 9:42 AM Jack Swatt <jswattbirds@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> While I was birding on the Goodwin Trail in Nehantic SF in East Lyme a >> couple of weeks ago, I heard a song that I didn't quite recognize, so I >> made a couple of recordings. I finally had some time this morning to go >> over the recordings to see if I could identify the bird that was singing >> it. The bird was singing from a large remnant tree in a patch of previously >> harvested forest with 5-10 year regrowth. I was unable to get a sighting >> of the singing bird. Birdnet identified the song as Canada warbler. Very >> unusual for this location. In the longer recording there is a second song >> that starts out sounding like Canada warbler song, then switches into a >> short ascending trill. The spectrogram of the single song in the shorter >> recording looks similar to the spectrogram of the Type A3 song of the >> Canada Warbler, but also looks a bit similar to the B1 song of the Chestnut >> sided Warbler (The Warbler Guide), which I was expecting for this habitat, >> but the second ascending song is not represented in either species' >> repertoire (and was not identified to species on Birdnet). Any >> suggestions on what bird might be singing these songs would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> Jack Swatt >> >> >> Lempster, NH >> >> Wolcott, CT >> > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/

I think you’re right on a Prairie. The other one kinda has a Yellowthroat feel to it for me. The songs get strange as the hormones die down this time of year. Patrick Comins, Executive Director > On Jul 5, 2021, at 9:09 PM, C. S. Wood <cwood022@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jack, Admittedly, a couple of the songs have Canada jumbled quality, but a couple sound like one of the many Prairie Warbler song variations. I expect the eBird experts can parse it out. > > Chris > > Chris Wood > Woodbury, CT > 203 558-0654 > > > >> On Jul 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, Jack Swatt <jswattbirds@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Forgot the link to eBird checklist. >> >> https://ebird.org/checklist/S90435801 >> >> Jack Swatt >> >> >> Lempster, NH >> >> Wolcott, CT >> >> >>>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 9:42 AM Jack Swatt <jswattbirds@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> While I was birding on the Goodwin Trail in Nehantic SF in East Lyme a >>> couple of weeks ago, I heard a song that I didn't quite recognize, so I >>> made a couple of recordings. I finally had some time this morning to go >>> over the recordings to see if I could identify the bird that was singing >>> it. The bird was singing from a large remnant tree in a patch of previously >>> harvested forest with 5-10 year regrowth. I was unable to get a sighting >>> of the singing bird. Birdnet identified the song as Canada warbler. Very >>> unusual for this location. In the longer recording there is a second song >>> that starts out sounding like Canada warbler song, then switches into a >>> short ascending trill. The spectrogram of the single song in the shorter >>> recording looks similar to the spectrogram of the Type A3 song of the >>> Canada Warbler, but also looks a bit similar to the B1 song of the Chestnut >>> sided Warbler (The Warbler Guide), which I was expecting for this habitat, >>> but the second ascending song is not represented in either species' >>> repertoire (and was not identified to species on Birdnet). Any >>> suggestions on what bird might be singing these songs would be appreciated. >>> >>> >>> >>> Jack Swatt >>> >>> >>> Lempster, NH >>> >>> Wolcott, CT >>> >> >> CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ >> CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/