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
>  
>