Willow Flycatcher

Waterfront Park, South Amboy, 5/19/02,10 a.m. near railroad track (47kb) with Cardinal and Red-winged Blackbird in background.  Notice how the Flycatcher waits for the interrupting Cardinal to finish before completing his song.

wave534

Aberdeen, 5/19/03, (175kb), with Yellow Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird and Song Sparrow in background.  Only the first song sequence is introduced by the classic "drrrriipp".  The others are a very fast note trill sounding like "fhitzbewwh.  Again the bird waits for other birds to be silent.  The pause between sequences is variable.  See wave image below.

wave773

Aberdeen, one "fhitzbewwh" (4kb) from wave 773 with illustration below showing the remarkable number of notes in what is a high-speed trill with marked but nearly inaudible pauses, prefix and suffix

wave774

Aberdeen, one "drrripp" (4kb) from 773, again with an illustration below showing nearly inaudible pauses and multiple notes

wave775

 

Index

wave 773

wave 774

 

wave 775