Hey Tweets,


I was taking a look at the Cedar River Mouth this morning, and found really nothing of interest on the water. I returned to the walking path at the very very north end, and found some bushtits, an Anna's Hummingbird, and then... I heard this tic tic tic tic tic.... tic tic tic... coming from a dense tree (.5-.8 seconds between tics, I decided). I could not place the sound at all, and walked to the bush thinking I would pish out a warbler, but a hummingbird popped out. I didn't pick up anything but green and white, and am no judge at all on size/tail length... you know, the *useful* things. The hummingbird gave one more round of tics before heading south to another tree. I had no means to photograph or record it, and heard no other sounds from the bird while it was in flight. I stayed long enough at the tree to confirm that there was nothing else in it (Just a little dwarf tree) that could have been making the sound, then dashed home.


The closest thing I could find to this sound was a Costas Hummingbird, from the Cornell site and Xeno-Canto, but I haven't exhausted the search through Calliope and Black-chinned calls. I've never heard an Anna's or Rufous make any sound like this before, and am pretty familiar with those two species, of course. Any other ideas would be very welcome, and of course, if you have a chance to poke around, there's at the very least an interesting hummingbird at the Cedar River Mouth.


Tim
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