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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thayeri" data-source="post: 597104" data-attributes="member: 18837">LOL, Trevor, the way that I write down sounds, I agree.  To my ear, the Mourning Warbler call note sounds like a higher pitched "cheek!" while the Connecticut has a low and powerful "chuck!" for a call note.I didn't put too much stock in that factor however, because people write down sounds differently, and CTs are usually silent.  The only time I'm used to hearing the "chuck" sound is late July through August, when the young have hatched, and the parents are either warning them, or trying to call attention away from the young, not sure which.  I've read that sound is only rarely heard away from the breeding grounds.  So, the three part image of a Connecticut hopping around a tree (   :eek!: ) calling (not singing) away  (  :eek!:  :eek!:  ) in May (  :eek!:  :eek!:  :eek!: ) did not add up at all with my personal experience.Xenospiza, glad to hear that you've had the chance to visit Sax-Zim!  I thoroughly enjoy that place and try to get there at least four or five times a year, mostly in the winter months, but it is not my backwoods.  I do think that much (though not all) of the reputation of Sax-Zim has to do with the frequency with which it is birded, and the easy accessibility with all the roads there.  The forests and wetlands up here are so vast, and Sax-Zim has no monopoly on the good birds!   B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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