Northern Virginia golf course bird ID (1 Viewer)

[madsquopper]

This is a long shot, as I don't have a picture or an actual sound recording. I can try to describe the call, and the link is my attempt at whistling the call (ignore the picture of the beautyberry bush; needed something to create an uploadable file to vimeo). It's a 1-2 second series of about 10 or 15 very short staccato notes, ascending in pitch as if you were going up the scale. Starting at a pretty high pitch, higher than what I tried to whistle. I've never heard the call in our suburban backyard (or anywhere else when we're out walking), only at this particular golf course.


Bird call

 

[connorco]

Maybe a Prairie Warbler or Northern Parula?

 

[Microtus]

Welcome, madsquopper. Perhaps Prairie Warbler, Northern Parula, or even Field Sparrow?

 

[madsquopper]

Thanks, after listening to the songs online I'm fairly sure it's the prairie warbler. I may bring a pair of binoculars with me next time I play, although it's not like you can sit and birdwatch while out on the course. Would be nice if it visited our backyard but that's probably not the right habitat.

 

[Microtus]

Do it! At a Northern Virginia golf course a Prairie Warbler could be a migrant, so don't delay as the species' spring migration will be over soon.