Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Lake Wenatchee Area 6/15-17
Date: Jun 18 15:33:40 2012
From: Josh Adams - xjoshx at gmail.com


I've gotten a couple suggestions that the song at the end of the
recording linked below is a Townsend's Warbler and after going through
the Macaulay Library Warbler recordings I found a perfect match.

Thanks for the help.

Josh Adams
Lynnwood, WA


On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Josh Adams <xjoshx at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I spent the weekend with my family over near the town of Plain, just
> southeast of Lake Wenatchee to do some hiking and enjoy the warmer
> side of the state.
>
> The bird of the weekend was undoubtedly the Evening Grosbeak. Small
> flocks found the gravel driveway where we were staying quite
> hospitable and were actually quite unafraid of humans, perching on a
> railing only a few feet away from me at one point.
>
> Flycatchers included at least Pacific Slope, Olive-Sided, and Say's
> Phoebe as well as a few more whose ID's went unconfirmed.
>
> I got life looks at both Lazuli Buntings and Nashville Warblers.
> Yellow, Yellow-Rumped, and Townsend's warblers were also seen.
>
> Although I spent many evenings last week standing in my backyard
> looking at the sky and listening intently, I was unable to find any
> Common Nighthawks in Western Washington last week so I was especially
> thrilled to get plenty of Nighthawk action over the weekend. Several
> birds were calling over the area we were staying while we were owling
> on Friday night (though I didn't see or hear any on Saturday evening)
> and I was happily surprised to see and hear several birds hunting in
> the middle of the day at the Little Wenatchee River Gorge north of
> Lake Wenatchee on Saturday.
>
> I've been trying to fill in some of the holes in my owl life list this
> year (rather unsuccessfully, actually) and made my first attempt at
> owling while on the trip. The first night we had one Barred Owl that
> responded to recordings. The second night was even more successful and
> we had a Great Horned Owl hunting from electrical wires along the road
> in "downtown" Plain as well as a pair of Barred Owls that came to
> recordings at a second location. Unfortunately no amount of hunting or
> calling could turn up any of the smaller owl species that should be
> found in the area, although the Flamulated recording did seem to bring
> in one very curious male Mule Deer.
>
> The final highlight came right right before we left when a trio of
> three Wild Turkey's crossed a path ten yards in front of us.
>
> Additionally, although there were many bird songs I was unable to ID,
> I managed to capture one that really bothered me with my phone. I
> imagine it is something I should be able to deduce, but I've scoured
> my recordings for anything I could think of as a possibility without
> any luck so I've added a link for your input:
> https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=90AC6EF8DB2F4D7A!547
>
> Song and call was coming from near the top of some conifers on a road
> near the Wenatchee River Gorge Trail. The recording starts with a call
> and then there is a song produced by another bird, possibly of the
> same species.
>
> Josh Adams
> Lynnwood, WA
> xjoshx at gmail.com