Date: 7/21/25 4:02 pm From: Eric DeFonso <bay.wren...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Merlin says Eastern Bluebird, but what is it?
Through the phone speaker I can definitely hear a song that sounds to me
very much like EABL. I'm struggling to think of something else it could be,
a sound-alike.
Eric
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Eric DeFonso
Boulder County, CO
On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM Todd Deininger <goldeneagle90a...>
wrote:
> While birding Heil Valley Ranch, Boulder, Merlin kept picking up an
> Eastern Bluebird. Although the habitat after the 2017 fire looks great for
> EABL, I was unable to hear what Merlin was picking up and could not find
> any bluebirds around.
>
> So does anybody have any idea what Merlin was picking up?
>
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> Note: this is not an opening to complain about Merlin, but to identify
> what Merlin was hearing.
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