Unknown Bird Song, southern Ontario (1 Viewer)

[D Halas]

Hello everyone,

I was birding in a creek valley this morning in Halton region, a bit southwest of Toronto, and I heard a bird song from up in the canopy that was unfamiliar to me. The bird repeated its song perhaps ten times or so while I tried to find it up in the canopy. I got my camera out to record a video of the bird's song, but by the time I got my camera going, the bird sang only once more, and then fell silent. Is it possible to identify it from the two-second snippet that I have? The very beginning of the bird's song overlaps with a Red-bellied Woodpecker's call, unfortunately.

 

[D Halas]

Since no one has replied yet, I'm going to add that I suspect that the song I recorded might be that of a Kirtland's Warbler. Could anyone confirm that, or let me know that there's not enough here to rule other species out?

 

[RJP]

Kirtland's sounds right to me. It sounds like this recording misses the first note, or it gets drowned out. But the ending of the song sounds spot on, both tone, notes, and cadence. Kirtland's is distinctive enough that it's hard to confuse the song with those of other birds.

 

[D Halas]

Wow, thank you! That is a lifer for me!