[birding] Re: Mary's Peak Prime Time

[Linda Fink]

   I find differentiating
> hermit/Tonwsend's/black-throated gray songs to be confusing at times.  
> (If I'm offbase here, someone will chime in!)  Same for hermit and 
> Swainson's thrush songs.

Amen! I'm so glad the recordings say that some of those 3 warbler's 
songs simply cannot be distinguished by ear. Eleanor Pugh even has a 
recording of one Hermit song that is every bit as buzzy as any 
Black-throated Gray song. Frustrating.

Also, Varied Thrush have one call note very similar to (in my ear) the 
Hermit Thrush call note.

If only they all stuck to one song and one call note different from 
everyone else's!

Linda Fink