The dawnsongs of Tyrant Flycatchers (i.e., the New World family Tyrannidae)
can be frenetic, eclipsing daytime singing in intensity and complexity. But not so the
genus Myiarchus, one of the five genera with several representatives in the temperate zone of
North America. And epecially not so the Ash-throated Flycatcher, the major representative of the
genus in western North America. Here it is, simple and slow-paced. As I haven't been able to work the others into
the calendar, let's compare them all below.
This is an interesting snippet that I recorded along the Lumber River
in North Carolina. It contains some elements not covered by Pieplow, but they are similar
structurally to dawnsong elements of the Brown-crested Flycatcher (see above),
so clearly appropriate for this species.