Is it possible that you saw a orange variant Scarlet

Tanager? I had a simlar experience and that's what it

turned out to be.

Michael



--- Mundi Smithers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



> Several days ago my neighbor drew my attention to a

> bird song that she

> didn't recognize.  For the last couple of mornings I

> have been out in the

> woods trying to spot the songster and yesterday I

> got a pretty good look.

> This bird is a canopy lover and therefor difficult

> to see now that the

> leaves are out.  Yesterday was a bit overcast and I

> had more time.  I first

> found him sitting on a branch and could see him

> vocalizing. Orange was the

> color I saw as he flew and he was Oriole size BUT

> the song sounds nothing

> like any oriole I have ever heard.  Also odd that

> this is in dense woods.

> Too large to be a Blackburnian and the song is all

> wrong.

>  

> So my question is ...... I would like to record the

> song.  What should I buy

> to record that is decent but doesn't cost the world

> ??

>  

> Thanks,

> Mundi

> Pownal

>  

> Mundi Smithers

>  

>