Date: 6/7/26 7:19 pm From: Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Unusual Pine Warbler song
Interesting hunch, Karen. But I doubt it. The flourish at the end wasn’t merely an echo-like repetition. It was an enhancement, like that of a Bachman’s Sparrow!Also,I’m unaware of any bird that uses echoes to augment its songs. But birds continue to surprise us. Who would have thought that liver white blood cells guide pigeons on cloudy days? See this week’s Science. (It has my article on my mother’s art too :)
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On Sunday, June 7, 2026, 7:34 PM, Karen McGee <mcgeecnt...> wrote:
This sounds like a crazy idea but could it be it found a good place to sing that creates an echo? Frogs stay in all kinds of places that amplify their calls. It could make him big man on campus.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2026, 10:35 AM Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Is it normal for Pine Warblers to make warbling notes at the end of the usual trill? Or is it mimicking its close relative, the Yellow-rumped Warbler's song? I don't see it in the sonagrams in eBird or BNA. Check this recording from yesterday from the UAFS campus. https://ebird.org/checklist/S352790799 KannanFt. Smith
