Hey Lyn, and all. If you ever have a need to listen to more than one way for a bird to sing...go here: http://macaulaylibrary.org/index.do You will find that there is no one way. :-D For a general song that is about as normal as you are going to get, just look the bird up on Cornell...Macaulay's home site. : http://www.allaboutbirds.org The ID songs that they put there are "general" songs. You will find that Cornell's song, is a compilation, so there will sometimes be both "Hey look at my nest!" calls as well as "Marco...Polo" calls, and "get away from me or I'll poke your eyes out" calls as well. :-D I find that the sounds on Macaulay are closer to what you will hear, you just have to get the right one. :-D For example. The recording of a Blackburnian Warbler on Cornell is not as...raspy, as the ones that I found on Macaulay. But the ones in the "field" sounded like the raspier ones found on Macaulay. I think that Cornell digitally enhanced them in some way. Having said that, the ones that Cornell uses for Vireo's seem to be what I hear in the field...however, they compile the "Hi I'm a Warbling Vireo" call with the "Get off my property!" call...so you need to be a bit discerning in what you are hearing. So I would go to Cornell first, then if it sounds a bit different, then try Macaulay. Regarding the Tanager, I wouldn't get hung up on pregnant pauses...it could have gotten interrupted by a bug in the throat or something when you heard it, or when it was recorded...I know I always have to spit it out before I can finish a thought. :-D Y'all have a great day, I'm going Birding! Steve On 5/27/2011 7:23 AM, Lyn Miller wrote: > Hello All: > > I am quite sure I heard a Summer Tanager singing in my friend's yard in Bainbridge Twp. in Geauga County yesterday. Couldn't spot it, but the song matched exactly the recording on the Ohio DNR CD. I remembered it from listening to the CD! > However, all other sources online for bird songs don't quite sound the same to me; the pauses are more random than I hear on the CD. > > Any comments? For sure I'm going back to try and spot it, as my friend (not a birder) says she hears it often. > > Thanks- > Lyn Miller > Geauga County > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]