Unknown from Poland (2 Viewers)

[JayFeatherPL]

North-eastern Poland, Biebrza National Park, the first two recordings were made on 5th April in the afternoon in a glade at the forest (there were woodcocks flying overhead) near a road, and the other two on 6th of April at about 6 am on a path near a big marsh. Is it a mistle thrush singing in all these recordings or maybe it is a blackbird singing in some/all of the recordings?

 

[Butty]

1. Sounds like mistle thrush.
The rest sound like blackbird.
Mistle thrushes commonly sing from the tops of trees and are thus often easy to find/see.

 

[JayFeatherPL]

1. Sounds like mistle thrush.
The rest sound like blackbird.
Mistle thrushes commonly sing from the tops of trees and are thus often easy to find/see.

Is it really easy to see a mistle thrush or any other bird sitting on the top of a tree when I'm on the ground and the sky is covered by leaves? I don't think so. In my opinion it is better and more satisfying to ID the bird by its song, not the appearance.

 

[KenM]

The haunting sound of Mistle Thrush on all four tracks JayFeather.👍

 

[JayFeatherPL]

The haunting sound of Mistle Thrush on all four tracks JayFeather.👍

Thank you!

 

[Butty]

Is it really easy to see a mistle thrush or any other bird sitting on the top of a tree when I'm on the ground and the sky is covered by leaves?

Did I say it was?

 

[JayFeatherPL]

Did I say it was?

Well you said mistle thrushes are often easy to find/see, so I thought you meant that I should've seen it.

 

[Butty]

...or it was general help on how to see, and thus identify, a bird which one hears and suspects to be a mistle thrush. Regardless of whether one finds it more satisfying to ID a bird by its song, it's most often safest to identify it by sight. In my opinion.

 

[JayFeatherPL]

it's most often safest to identify it by sight.

I think that most birds have a characteristic song and there is no need to see the bird in order to ID it. Don't tell me you're not able to ID e.g. a blackbird, song thrush, robin, redstart etc. by their songs.

 

[Butty]

I didn't say that.
Safest. You were, in this case, unsure - hence your post. Hence my help with being sure.

 

[PaulCountyDurham]

North-eastern Poland, Biebrza National Park, the first two recordings were made on 5th April in the afternoon in a glade at the forest (there were woodcocks flying overhead) near a road, and the other two on 6th of April at about 6 am on a path near a big marsh. Is it a mistle thrush singing in all these recordings or maybe it is a blackbird singing in some/all of the recordings?

Number 2: Blackbird.

Number 3: Mistle Thrush. You can hear the shorter phrases and difference in tone.

Number 4: Mistle Thrush. As above.

Number 1: The most difficult to tell. 'Think it's a Mistle Thrush either at a distance or singing in a Polish accent. The short phrases suggest it probably is and I can't think what else it could be, but it's not as easy to tell as the other three songs.

 

[jogresh]

Yes i agree with #2 = Blackbird, the rest Mistle Thrush 🐦