[Maine-birds] Re: Gray-cheeked Thrush?

Ha, I actually almost elaborated that it sounded more specifically like when your video game character dies. I've decided it was definitely a Veery. Heard it again the next evening. I have already seen and heard them around, but for some reason only noticed them calling, not singing.

On Monday, June 13, 2016 at 2:25:48 PM UTC-4, Seth Davis wrote:

Well there are several different types of thrushes in the area. Excluding Robins and Bluebirds as they don't really sound "video gamey" we get Swanson's Thrush, Veery, Hermit Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, and perhaps Bicknell's. Veery is pretty distinctive, with it's strange descending song (using your analogy, it's when your video game character dies). Swanson's if I recall, has an ascending song. If it turns out to be a Gray-cheeked, that's great because visually they are virtually indistinguishable from Bicknell's. Considering our low altitude, if it were between the two (Gray-cheeked and Bicknell's) I'd vote Gray-cheeked, but outside of those thrushes I can't think of anything else that'd have that typical thrush sound. 

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 9:45:21 PM UTC-4, Michael Tucker wrote:

Just heard a bird in my woods many times and very clearly. It sounded very thrush-like, and very video gamey.  The closest bird I can compare it to in the Audubon Birds app is the Gray-cheeked Thrush. It called and sang, and both sounded very similar to he recordings in the app.

So my question is, is there anything that I could have heard in a Cumberland county (Windham) forest that would sound a lot like a GCTH but be something different?

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