Remember that mystery bird call in Bandera I ascribed to Townsend’s Solitaire a few months ago? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofMtVJwZFHc&feature=youtu.be Really? You really don’t remember? To me, it sounded like the Townsend’s Solitaires I hear in Colorado. Here is one for sure (I located him right after I turned off the video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6j97USytDk (turn the sound up a little higher for this one)(never-mind the robins in the background) Here is a recording of a Townsend’s Solitaire from Cornell. Double click it to play… 
That bird in Bandera sounded so much like a Townsend’s Solitaire to me that I put it down in ebird even though Townsend Solitaire is not supposed to be there then. As expected, I got a challenge from an ebird monitor. I directed him to the call and after a few days he directed me to a different recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnMUbKBCnt4 It’s a recording of a Rock Squirrel! Oops. I attributed a squirrel sound to a bird! Silly me. Well, the quality control system for ebird works like it’s supposed to, even if I don’t.
That bird in Bandera sounded so much like a Townsend’s Solitaire to me that I put it down in ebird even though Townsend Solitaire is not supposed to be there then. As expected, I got a challenge from an ebird monitor. I directed him to the call and after a few days he directed me to a different recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnMUbKBCnt4 It’s a recording of a Rock Squirrel! Oops. I attributed a squirrel sound to a bird! Silly me. Well, the quality control system for ebird works like it’s supposed to, even if I don’t.