Ed Rybak x84336 <rybak at sequent.com> writes,
>Hi,

>I have another song. This was an unseen bird perched somewhere in a
>scrub oak on the Nike property in Beaverton (even if I had my binoculars
>I might not have found this bird ;-).

>The song, repeated every few minutes, was a buzzy tee-tee-te-te-teeee-tee.
>(the number of e's are meant to represent the cadence of the te notes)

>I realize all this is vague but would appreciate any guesses. TIA.

>Regards,

> Ed

You say it was singing from a scrub oak. However, if it was otherwise
surrounded by grass, from the cadence I would guess your bird is a
Savannah Sparrow.

Jerry Tangren, Wenatchee WA
<gsw$en at wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu>