Male Kirtland's Warbler singing from about 25 feet up an Elm tree along Kinnear Rd. in Columbus, OH near the intersection of Kinnear Rd. and Hess Blvd.  Recorded around 10am on May 6, 2011.  The recording was made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910.  The recording includes lots of traffic noise, some squeaky brakes, voices from a small group of birders standing about 30 yards away, a slight breeze, and vocalizations from other bird species present (House Finch, House Sparrow, American Goldfinch, Yellow Warbler and possibly Northern Cardinal).

Kirtland's Warbler - Columbus OH. 6 May 2011

Fish Crows have been coming to the pin oaks in my yard and the neighbors' yard for several weeks, and recently they are here every day.   They are not ere all the time, but I commonly hear them for a short while around mid-day and in the late afternoon/early evening.  Their calls are distinctive and noticeably different from American Crow.   American Crows in my immediate area were all rapidly killed by West Nile Virus in 2002 and have still not returned to our oaks.

Kirtland's Warbler - Columbus OH. 6 May 2011

paul.j.hurtado

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