ML646434058

Observation details

Heard only. Calling from Russian Olives with abundant ripe berries, inaccessible due to renewed beaver activity and I was not wearing muck boots to pursue further. Unique audio recorded and stuffed away for later homework. After researching, sound and spectrogram appear to be a perfect match for November CRTH (example: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/644878080). This list/effort was purposefully but unsuccessfully targeting early WIWR/PAWR - that was my main focus. I did not expect such a unique result from the unknown audio or I would have researched the ID more timely and followed up immediately for photos. I have been back at this location twice since this observation (11/9 and 11/28) and did not detect these vocals again.

Additional species

• Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
• Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
• Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus