Cuckoo ( on the W side), Grasshopper Warbler (N of the lake), Water Rail, Reed Warbler (lake) and a Jay mewing like a Buzzard - watched this actually doing it but it had me fooled for a while. Who was it who mentioned this on the forum a week or so ago? We had the same experience at Bickershaw Rucks on April 2nd as well. This must be a new thing, no doubt because of all the Buzzards about, but I never knew they were such mimics.
It was I! On the Newton Heath thread on 12th April I wrote ...... " At nearby Clayton Vale - double figures of Jays giving some strange vocalisations - some sounding like "mewing" Buzzards!"......
They certainly had me fooled - spent ages staring skywards looking for Buzzards until the penny finally dropped!
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Friday 24th of April 2009 05:51:09 AM
declan savage said
Thu Apr 23 4:57 PM, 2009
Judith Smith wrote:
a Jay mewing like a Buzzard - watched this actually doing it but it had me fooled for a while. Who was it who mentioned this on the forum a week or so ago? We had the same experience at Bickershaw Rucks on April 2nd as well. This must be a new thing, no doubt because of all the Buzzards about, but I never knew they were such mimics.
I had the same experience a while ago at Moore NR in Cheshire (with Steven Astley) -we were totally fooled for ages by 3 or 4 birds all doing perfect Buzzard impressions.
Judith Smith said
Thu Apr 23 4:28 PM, 2009
Cuckoo ( on the W side), Grasshopper Warbler (N of the lake), Water Rail, Reed Warbler (lake) and a Jay mewing like a Buzzard - watched this actually doing it but it had me fooled for a while. Who was it who mentioned this on the forum a week or so ago? We had the same experience at Bickershaw Rucks on April 2nd as well. This must be a new thing, no doubt because of all the Buzzards about, but I never knew they were such mimics.
Judith Smith said
Thu Apr 2 9:19 PM, 2009
A Whitethroat reported here on Birdguides. today.
Dave Tennant said
Fri Apr 4 2:30 PM, 2008
Female bullfinch spotted at 8am today , also heard willow warbler while walking along the old railway line.
Dave Tennant said
Wed Apr 2 4:30 PM, 2008
Walking around the lake and up the old railway line this am heard four chifchaf singing . a pair of reed bunting were very active ,and two great crested grebes were in the process of the mating display.
It was I! On the Newton Heath thread on 12th April I wrote ...... " At nearby Clayton Vale - double figures of Jays giving some strange vocalisations - some sounding like "mewing" Buzzards!"......
They certainly had me fooled
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Friday 24th of April 2009 05:51:09 AM
I had the same experience a while ago at Moore NR in Cheshire (with Steven Astley) -we were totally fooled for ages by 3 or 4 birds all doing perfect Buzzard impressions.