4:30 AM NJ songbird? (1 Viewer)

[tizziec]

This is going to be a tough one. I can't figure out how to google it so I will ask here.

This moring around 4:30 AM I heard a very active and LOUD songbird. This is unuasual especially since it managed to wake ME from a dead sleep. I could not find it (probably because I could barely open my eyes) but it had a very deep and smooth whistle around the tone of a robin, but with more fluidity. It whistled a nice song as opposed to seperate notes and the tone was fairly deep but very strong. and again, VERY loud,. I am not accustumed to hearing birds quite that early aside from a few quiet cheeps.

As for habitat, I live about 2/3 of a mile off teh beach and about a block and a half from a river, then maybe 100yrds from a tidal creek. We have two fairly large maples in my yard and a recently tilled 45'x45' garden. It did rain last night fairly well till about 9pm.

Sorry this is not much to go one, and I wish to hell I could have found the sucker but the trees are now in full leaf cover. ANY suggestions that I can look up to listen to would help but I just cannot figure who would have been up and singing then, the suc was far from rising at that point and it was quite dark.

 

[cavan wood]

If it sounds a bit like a robin, and it's loud and it's early, it's probably a robin. I find myself being fooled by robins on a regular basis in the spring. They seem to step it up a notch in the spring. The other possibility might be a rose-breasted grosbeak, although I've never really noticed them singing as early as the robins.

Scott

 

[danehower]

I like Scott's idea about the Rose-Breasted Gross beak - sounds like a robin with vocal training

 

[tizziec]

Well we do have one rose breasted grosbeak this year, I just did not expect to hear him that early in the morning. I have to say that was on my list this morning when I was cursing the bugger out LOL.

Now let's hope he sets his alarm clock for a LITTLE later tomorrow

 

[lassa8]

You'd be surprised as to how many birds start singing even earlier than that...while scouting for the World Series I was woken up by the "dawn" chorus just before 4am in north New Jersey while camping!