Good evening! I visited Old Woman Creek in Huron Ohio today (11/29/2020) and around 1pm heard an unusual song. Hoping you can help me identify it.
The song was a very clear three note call. It repeated frequently - back to back to back for about one minute. We heard people on the trail ahead of us and at first I thought it was maybe a child's toy so I listened when I should have been recording...The song persisted after the people advanced down the trail. I made a short recording and the quality is not great but at the 6 second mark you can hear the three notes. By the time I thought to record it a plane flew overhead, drowned out the song and then it stopped.
The 30 second audio clip is here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgUagNUIjJRugqQPhox5p-fTTtRc1Q?e=y8JIPC02:00 (1 note)
06:00 (3 notes)
13:00 (2 notes)
23:00 (1 note)
We saw the following near the area: downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, nuthatch, robin, flicker, red bellied woodpecker and goldfinch none of these seem to match.
My best guess right now is a musical robin - or possibly I was hearing a blend of two birds.
Any other ideas? Thank you in advance.
Jassen
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