A bird call question?

You need to give more identifying clues.
Size of the bird, other identifying marks, colors, etc.

Did you notice it fly?

Any color under the wings…tail shape, long, short?

Was it small like a Warbler, or larger like a Kingbird, other Flycatcher?

Did you see it’s beak, cone shaped seed eater, slender insect eater?

I am not familiar with all the species in the midwest.

More clues are needed Sherlock. :-)

@Coloma Read my question Dr. Watson!! I did say it looked like this ;)

It was sleek and a perching bird for sure….maybe 5–6” long, same coloration, size and shape as the Warbling Vireo but song was again as I stated in my question deeper and throatier call.

Aaah…too early to take in all the details, mea culpa. :-)

Well…you’re just gonna have to put that deck chair back on the hill and keep the ” I spy” scene goin’ on. ;-)

@Cruiser : Where do you live? What is the property or neighborhood like? How tall was the tree? What kind of tree.

What was the duration of the song and how many repititions per minute? Did it ascend, descend the scale? Any other specific characteristics?

Without binoculars, the warbling vireo looks like dozens of other songbirds. It’s a frustrating hobby, isn’t it?

I have a birder friend who recorded the song of an unknown but interesting bird. He then send the audio file to Dave Martin: Contact link here:

@Coloma early it seems is when the fun interesting birds are out and about here! Thanks for sleuthing along here! ;)

@gailcalled It perched in the top of a dying Ash tree in my yard that has a lot of trees next to a wetland in the Chicago suburbs.

The bird let out two trill warbles in a row about every 30 seconds each trill/warble was about a second in duration. Very throaty and distinct. Again not one I was used to seeing and only saw the light greyish/light tan almost bone white/shadow grey underside. Square tail was about 3” in length. Medium sized bird slightly bigger than a sparrow but not by much and sleek body. Thanks for your efforts!

@Cruiser Does it sound like a Cedar Waxwing listen for a few secs to get to the trill or a Tufted Titmouse?

@SpatzieLover The Tufted Titmouse is it! The first call nailed it! Thanks!

They are sweet birds. If you’ve had one….be on the look out again late Sept/early Oct. If you’re lucky, an entire flock may come by to stop for an hour or two to rest.

We were delighted one weekend morning at our last home. A large flock landed on top of an old cottonwood…they sang to us all morning long. :)

Glad to be of service. Hooray!

I finally was able to visually confirm this as I just heard one outside my office and went out to investigate and there was the little guy! Pretty little birds! Too high up to get a picture!