I posted a few days ago.. maybe a week, asking about a bird I was hearing while walking with my dogs on the Parcel 5 .morton trail loop.. It sounds something like "sweet sweet sweet (then buzzy, rising zreee) . Ideas have been black throated blue warbler, which makes some sense since there do seem to be a LOT of those in those woods.. but the first notes just aren't buzzy or raspy like the black throated blue. Only the last note is buzzy (the zreee). I even thought maybe it was a pine siskin, though now I'm not sure why I thought that might be it. The other idea was a northern parula, but it doesn't have the rising zzzz that falls "over the top" that I have heard in recordings. I really feel silly saying this, but what it most sounds like.. most consistently, is the .. gulp.. cerulean warbler. I KNOW that they aren't supposed to be around here... or much anywhere.. but also read that they don't seem to stick to one area.. and sort of sounds like the kind of area that they might like to be in. And birds are moving farther and farther north.. so since I don't know enough to say it DEFINITELY could NOT be, maybe it's important to mention it anyway. I think there may be more than one singing that particular song. Anyway, the recordings of the Cerulean warbler are pretty much what the bird I am hearing sounds like.. whoever it is! (blush) Lila **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************