Well then...

       While my intention was not fulfilled it wasn't a total loss. Brown Thrashers appear regularly in a tree belt by some grassland. Consequently, it's most likely that they are nesting there. Activating the Merlin Recording App in the area I hoped to record their beautiful song. That was not successful but I did discover two species new to me.

     Those new to me species were a Clay-colored Sparrow and a Warbling Vireo. Also on the recording were these birds; Baltimore Oriole, Yellow Warbler, Brown-headed Cowbird, Robin, Yellow-headed and Red-head Blackbird, Grackle and Canada Goose.

Takk for alt,

Al

   

"The Clay-colored Sparrow's buzzy song is a signature sound of the vast shrublands of the northern prairie and Great Plains."  All About Birds

"Warbling Vireos are fairly plain birds with gray-olive upperparts and white underparts washed with faint yellow. They have a mild face pattern with a whitish stripe over the eye. They stay high in deciduous treetops, where they move methodically among the leaves hunting for caterpillars." All About Birds