Date:         Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:56:54 -0400
Reply-To:     Richard Hall <dr.richard.hall@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Richard Hall <dr.richard.hall@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Little Lake Herrick ALDER FLYCATCHER continues, 5:30pm
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After a cumulative total of 4 hours looking and listening, I finally
heard the Traill's Flycatcher vocalize, confirming its ID as an ALDER
- a trisyllabic 'pip...pip...pip', sounding to my ear rather like the
alarm notes of a Carolina Wren and not like the wet 'whit' of a
Willow. I saw no sign of the bird from 3:30-5:30 in spite of walking
several loops around the Little Lake. When I finally found the bird it
was briefly on the kudzu-covered bank down from the railroad tracks,
and then flew into the tall clump of willows adjacent to the path. I
should add that Mirko Basen was the first person to spot the bird this
morning. He also heard it give a single 'pip' note, which he said
sounded more like Alder than Willow when I played him the two call
notes back-to-back (understandably, he was reluctant to definitively
call it on the basis of one note).

As I left the UGA marching band serenaded me with a victory
performance. Be aware that if you try for this bird tonight or
tomorrow, there may be parking restrictions in anticipation of
tomorrow's game.

Good luck if you go for it
Richard Hall
Athens GA

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