>
> This once could be tough. But with a stretch of imagination, I heard
> a goldfinch at lunch today that could be almost decsribed like this.
>
> From: Jerry Tangren, Wenatchee WA
>

Hawthorn tree; singing bird; couldn't see.
clear whistled notes; clearer than White-crowned Sparrow.

If it was clearer than the sparrow, it probably wasn't any other sparrow or
wren, either. It was with warblers, so if it was that type of song, I'd think
you'd have mentioned it. If it wasn't the "seet seet seet trrrrrr" of Yellow-
rumped (Audubon's) Warbler, then no other warbler would seem to fit. Not
Lazuli Bunting or any of the red finches.

I thought about it all day yesterday, and finally hit upon it. I thought
no one else would think of it, but there it is: the song of American
Goldfinch, given from deep in a tree about 15 feet off the ground, rarely
glimpsed.

--
Greg Gillson <gregg at tdd.hbo.nec.com>
Hillsboro, Oregon