ID bird from audio - south Mississippi USA (1 Viewer)

[jcliburn]

Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum and I'd like your help identifying a bird from its song. I recorded the audio today, 20090419, at about 1300 local time (GMT -6) in the woods near my home in south Mississippi (31 deg 41 min north latitude).

I don't hear this bird sing during winter months, but I frequently hear it during spring and summer.

The wav file is rather large (at 2.1 megabytes), even after ratcheting down the sampling rate to 16 kHz. The recording is about 35 seconds long, real time, with three repetitions of the bird's song at 3 seconds, 15 seconds, and 30 seconds into the file. There's a cardinal or two and a tufted titmouse in the background.

http://www.hogchain.net/birds/bird-20090419-16k.wav

Any help identifying the bird would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jay

 

[steveo]

I think its a Chestnut-sided Warbler here is a link to bird callsChestnut sided is on there, . http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/wbba/speciesaudios.htm

 

[The Falcon]

I agree with Chestnut-sided Warbler.

 

[Jim M.]

I agree it could be Chestnut-sided Warbler, but I think it could also be a Magnolia Warbler. Sometimes Magnolias sing a song very similar to Chestnut-sided Warbler, and I have seen very experienced birders identify a song as a Chestnut-sided Warbler when the bird singing it turned out to be a Magnolia. The song on the tape reminds me of the "false" Chestnut-sided Warbler song that I have heard in the past.

Best,
Jim

 

[jcliburn]

Thanks for replying. Between the voices of the Chestnut-sided and Magnolia warblers at Cornell's website, I believe the Magnolia sounds more like what I'm hearing. I'm going to do my best to set eyes on the thing. I'll report back if I succeed.

Thanks again.

 

[jcliburn]

I got a good look at this bird today after an hour or so of waiting. It's a male Hooded warbler.

It was very active, flitting from perch to perch in thick new-growth (12 year) mixed upland pine and hardwood forest, stopping only long enough to sing once before moving on to the next perch. He stayed about 10-15 feet above the ground.

I have to confess, the Peterson's Eastern description of the Chestnut-sided warbler's song *really* fits this bird, but I'm positive what I saw perch and sing today was a Hooded warbler.

 

[Jim M.]

I got a good look at this bird today after an hour or so of waiting. It's a male Hooded warbler.

Good. That is a nice bird. They also have several different songs just to make things confusing! Were not quite in full warbler mode yet up north, so I think we're a bit rusty at this point. Need to do some reviewing.

Best,
Jim