[obol] Alder Flycatcher at Malheur?

[DJ Lauten and KACastelein]

Tim

You are not alone.  I lived in Wisconsin for 6 years where Willow and 
Alder can often be heard in the same location at the same time.  They 
are distinct, however, I have always thought the fee-BEE-o of the Alder 
was not what I heard.  I have always thought that that 'o' just isn't 
there very often, if at all.  I hear it as flreee-BEEE.....I used to try 
and try and try to hear that 'o' part, but I just never really could 
convince myself that it really was there.  I have seen/heard all the 
guides, and I could never understand why the 3 syllables were emphasized 
over 2 syllables of Willow, because to me, that third syllable was 
barely audible.  Yet I find seperating the two relatively easy. 

Cheers
Dave Lauten

Tim Rodenkirk wrote:

>Well I listened to the Stokes E. Guide again (been
>listening to it on shuffle for a few weeks to sharpen
>me up for my Michigan trip) and the Alder Flycatcher
>song on the tape seems identical to the song I heard
>along the central patrol road (CPR) south of Benson
>Pond on 5/24.  It's interesting to note that the field
>guide mnemonics given for some birds do not "work" for
>me, so I make up my own when I need to.  I remember
>hearing Alders in N. Minnesota a couple years ago and
>thinking they were singing freeBEER- if there was a
>third syllable in their I missed it, and I seem to
>miss it on the Stokes CD also.  Anyhow, suffice to say
>that if you are over at Malheur, and would like to
>take a walk and listen to lots of Willow Flycatchers
>and maybe an Alder (it's been over a week since I
>heard this mystery bird), I'd recommend that first
>half-mile south of Benson Pond on the CPR.
>
>Tim R
>Coos Bay
>
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