Mystery Bird Call - Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, MD, USA (1 Viewer)

[paul_soda]

Hi,

Looking for any pointers about a mysterious (to me) bird call. I could heard them calling repeatedly across a marshy area, probably from a group of trees in the distance. The call I am talking about is the trilling repeated in the track behind the sparrows. Seems too high for a kingfisher to my ear, but I'm still learning calls so didn't know what to make of it.

Thanks!

 

[birdmeister]

I think this call best matches Carolina Wren, or at least one of the wrens. Carolina in particular can make that very rapid, high trill.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

I was thinking Marsh, rather than Carolina.

 

[birdmeister]

I was thinking Marsh, rather than Carolina.

Could be! I'm not familiar with Marsh Wren calls outside of their "chit" call, but habitat could line up better for Marsh.

 

[AveryBartels]

I've done quite a bit of ARU (autonomous recording unit) transcription from wetlands in Ontario and while Marsh Wren were very common I don't recognize that call. That being said, it could be a vocalization that southern populations make and more northerly ones don't. I have heard Carolina's make acall similar to that though.

 

[paul_soda]

Wow thank you! I appreciate all the ideas and narrowing it down to a wren probably. They really do make so many different noises.

 

[vergan]

If it is of help, I have never seen marsh around the refuge (and there are nice marshes there), but there are loads of Carolinas [I birdwatch the area quiet frecuently].

 

[tom baxter]

Sounds better for Carolina Wren to me.