>Date: Sat, 24 Jun 95 12:22:49 PST
>From: "Kelly Bettinger" <bettingk at ccmail.orst.edu>
>To: obol at gaia.ucs.orst.edu
>Subject: bird guide
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>here it is!
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> The Unabashed Guide to Selected Oregon and Washington Bird Songs and Calls
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> Compiled by Kelly A. Bettinger with input from many fellow birders
> June 1995 version
>
>RBSA cannot distinguish by calls or drumming from RNSA, must get a visual. Good
> idea to get a visual anyhow because the two hybridize. Easy to tell these
> two from WISA. Drumming is woodpecker-like with two extra taps at the end,
> like hammering in a nail and finishing it off with a couple taps as an
> afterthought. This also distinguishes it from NOFL, HAWO etc straight
> staccato drum. RBSA/RNSA drumming is rapid. Gives sharper, quicker
> hawk-like screams than WISA screams.
>WISA same drum pattern as RBSA/RNSA but slower, sounds like it just doesn't
> have the energy to finish, especially drags on the last two taps. Calls are
> huskier, slower than the other sapsuckers, but I find this harder to hear
> than the clear difference in drumming. This is one of those cases where you
> may hear RBSA/RNSA drumming and wonder if it's a WISA, but then you'll hear
> a WISA and KNOW it's a WISA.
>DOWO downslurred whinney, bill shorter than head, "pik!" calls. Assoc with
> deciduous/riparian habitats in OR/WA, not likely to be in fir/pine forest
> uplands.
>HAWO no or not as much downslur, bill massive looking, as long as head, "peek!"
> calls. Uses pine/fir forest habitat as well as deciduous/riparian.
>WHWO gives similar "piks!" but in quick succession and does double or triple
> "pik pik pik" or "pid-ick-ick" w/musical tone.
>BBWO doesn't sound very woodpecker-like. Gives "chirp" or "chirup" almost like
> a frog ribbit, if it bothers to call at all....like other woodpeckers, can
> be found by following the tapping sounds made by a feeding bird. Will strip
> the bark of recently killed trees in large patches.
>NOFL "kuk! kuk! kuk!" tinnier, higher pitched than PIWO and usually lasts
> longer
>PIWO same as NOFL but louder, lower pitched, tends to trail off at the end.
> Will often hear NOFL and wonder if it's a PIWO, but when you hear a PIWO
> you'll KNOW it's a PIWO.
>AMRO "cheery cheerio" song with a variety of characteristic call notes
>BHGR rich or drunken robin song, "pik" calls like DOWO, but harsher.
> Characteristic drunk, rollicky "wee-ooo!" phrases in song.
>WETA burry robin song, "pdddt" call.
>OSFL song "quick 3 beers", "pip pip pip" call, careful with RECR call
> confusion.
>RECR "jip jip jip, jip jip jip" flight call.
>HAFL 3 part song "jeedit pdump urp", may only repeat first part of song. Song
> low pitched and slurpy/burpy sounding compared to PSFL. Does "dew" call but
> not "duhic" or "deehic", song never has upslur like DUFL. Call a "weer weer
> weer", I heard this at Detroit, Willamette NF (westside) but never eastside
> for some reason. Also repeats a "pip" call like PYNU. In denser forests
> than DUFL, though both DUFL and HAFL in old growth possible. Flicks tail
> and wings while singing.
>DUFL does plaintive "dee, dee, deehic!" ("well, well, well, heck!") on breeding
> territory, song will eventually have an upslur, may have to listen to a few
> before they do upslur. Very open forests, clearcuts, meadows. Flicks tail
> while singing. Also a sharp "whit" call.
>GRFL Song a quick "jeebit! jeebit! bump" or "seebit seebit" or "chebeck
>chebeck" with an occ. added "qwert" at the end, which is higher, like the
> DUFL upslurp. Song not nec. given in pairs, sometimes does single "seebit".
> Gives a mournful "dew" call like DUFL. In shrub steppe juniper but can
> occur in open p-pine, both young plantation (where the young trees give the
> same habitat structure as a juniper forest would) and mature forest.
>PSFL 3 part song, though sometimes repeats one part over and over. Rising
> "pe-see! pit-ic, see". Call a metallic "tink!". Much higher pitched than
> HA/DUFL. The "pe-see" can also be described as "su-weet!" with emphasis on
> the second syllable.
>COFL eastside version of PSFL...though work still needs to be done to be sure,
> a "western flycatcher" song in central/south OR is COFL. As you move north
> towards WA, PSFL spills east, and is considered to be the only species
> present east and west of the Cascades in WA. Then in BC they both overlap.
>BRCR "see see come see me", call very like GCKI but only single" tsee" notes,
> not run together, may give the 2 "see see" opening song notes without
> finishing song, but compared to GCKI "tsee tsee" it is clearer and purer
> sounding. 7 note song also typical in OR, "see see come see me me me".
>GCKI high pitched song speeds up and drops to lower pitch tumble of notes, call
> "tsee tsee" or "tsee tsee tsee" in quick succession.
>WIWR a high-pitched GCKI/BRCR-like call that goes on incessantly from near the
> ground may be a juvenile WIWR. Song is loud, long, persistent,
> enthusiastic, very unmistakable and characteristic.
>RCKI very distinct, described as an old car that won't turn over. "Seedle
> seedle _see_ seedle seedle _see_." Or,
> "tee-tee-tee-tee-teer-teer-teer-teter-teter-teter-teet!" Call a double
> "jeedit".
>VGSW flatter "chat chat chat chat" than TRSW.
>TRSW more likely to be in groups (can be in solitary pairs too), near water
> than VGSW, flight chatter more liquid and bubbly, not separate notes like
> VGSW.
>BKSW can be confused by sight with NRSW (the other "brown" swallow"), but will
> be in groups, calls buzzy and harsh. Flies like a swift. White throat,
> brown chest band.
>NRSW will be in solitary pairs, not in large colonies like BKSW, flight
> chatter sounds like farting, or churrier than BKSW. Flies like a barn
> swallow, flaps and then folds wings against body. Gray-brown throat and
> upper breast w/o clear band.
>CLSW colonial; rattly, buzzy calls.
>VASW high chattering overhead, long narrow wings, stiff fluttery beats like a
> bat.
>GRJA wide variety of calls, if you don't recognize something it is probably
> them. Imitate hawks. Whistled "weeo" typical.
>CLNU
>MOCH harsh "schickadee dee dee", song a high whistled "fee bee, fee bee bee."
>CBCH no song, call not as clear as BCCH, "schick a see see see." Westside
> higher elevation and fir, though can be found lower too.
>BCCH clear "chick a dee dee dee", song also a whistled "fee bee" but not with
> two or more "bee's" like MOCH. Westside valley and hardwoods more than
> mountains, can be in eastside riparian.
>PYNU sounds like a group of baby chickens, usually in family groups.
>WBNU "yank yank", more woodpecker-like tones.
>RBNU slow "ank ank ank", alarm calls faster "an an an an" or "kik kik kik kik."
>HOWR gurgly song, characteristic call described as running a finger along the
> teeth of a plastic comb or as a spluttery spitting sound.TOSO song goes on
>and on, potentially confusing with the finches to me, but
> no "weer" notes in song like finches have. Characteristic call is "toot,
> toot, toot" repeated many times.
>CAFI finch song but can insert TOSO call, AMRO notes, RBNU, WBNU, or WETA
> calls. Often sits and gives a repeated, loud, whistled "wee-oo". Flight
> call "clle-ip" with emphasis on second syllable. Eastside only.
>PUFI rich short run together rolling warble, starts as though bird backed into
> a thistle. Call a double "tweet tweet." Mostly westside. Gives a call that
> sounds like a phrase from a SOVI song, 2-part. Some say it sounds like AMRO
> call. Doesn't have the galloping quality of WAVI song for those who confuse
> the two.
>HOFI diagnostic drawn out "weer" in song, song not as pleasant as PUFI.
>VEER computer game spirals down. NE Oregon.
>SWTH computer game spirals up, water drop "whit" and "wheep wheep" (or "werk
> werk" to some) call that ends in "anhhh" scold call, second part of scold
> drops in tone. Song also described as a rising "Go to Rio, to Rio, to Rio!"
> or "Burrito, burrito, burrito!"
>HETH computer game stays same for the most part, but each opening note is on a
> different pitch like VATH. "Shree" call like RSTO has a double tone
> quality. Double "chuck chuck" or "tuck tuck" call.
>VATH high pitch telephone call notes! "Schook" call note.
>NOOR song rich like BHGR, loud and clear like WEME, intersperses a lot of harsh
> and raspy chatters and rattles into song that kind of "ruin" it
>WEME tone distinctive, rich and liquidy, loud and clear.
>SOVI slow question and answer,"hear I am, over here, up in the tree."
>REVI very fast like SOVI but no true pauses. Can have in decid. near MT. Hood.
>WAVI galloping quality, like "teakettle teakettle" to me. Or, "if i see it i
> will seize it and squeeze it til it squirts!"...likes deciduous. Also a
> characteristic harsh "shree" call when scolding.
>DEJU musical trill. Have heard two part song from some birds. Calls a sharp
> "tick" or like clicking your tongue.
>CHSP sometimes faster and longer than DEJU. Always drier, more stacatto and
> mechanical, cicada-like.
>COYE "witchidy witchidy witchidy", flat chat call like rubber band snapping.
> OR/WA birds don't give as nice a "witchidy" as eastern US birds do, maybe
> more "witchy witchy witchy witchy".
>NAWA two part song "wichy wichy wichy ti-ti-ti" or "weeto weeto weeto
> ti-ti-ti". Also "chew chew chew ti-ti-ti." Any shrubby site. Drier sites
> than MGWA usually, but can be together.
>MGWA two part song "sweeter sweeter sweeter sugar sugar" or "deedle deedle
> deedle sugar sugar". May not give second part of song. Tone quality flatter
> than and distinct from other warblers, can also be described as echoey or
> rolling compared to other warbler songs. This tone quality is useful when
> bird gives only 1st half of song.
>YEWA often three part, "sweet sweet I'm so sweet." Has an urgent, quick
> quality. Also, "sweet, sweet, sweeter than sweet!"
>YRWA sounds like swirling rope overhead, a fast "sweet sweet sweet" speeding up
> and fading out or in. Very open conifer, subalpine.
>OCWA a trill without intro notes that rises or falls, very fast, can't hear
> individual notes. Likes brushy places. Song sort of two-part, two pitch.
>WIWA "chet chet chet chetchetchetchet" song that speeds up, but not two-
> parted at all. OCWA much faster, WIWA you hear individual notes. Doesn't
> have the urgent quality of YEWA. Described as rubber tires skidding to a
> stop. Call a dry "chat".BTGWA very buzzy, "zee zee zeedle zeedle," that's
>just one version...Likes
> more deciduous areas than TOWA/HEWA on the westside, though being found in
> lodgepole stands eastside.
>TOWA not as buzzy, but all three of these warblers can do similar song.
>HEWA may need to call HETO depending on where you are. Hybrids can have any
> color combination of HEWA and TOWA.
>LISP high elevation wet meadows, pitch changes distinctive, has tone quality
> like the thrushes (echoey). Quick pairs of notes and individual notes on
> various pitches.
>FOSP high elevation brush fields, clearcuts, careful of SOSP, GTTO. No "tea-ea
> in song. Can have a central breast spot like SOSP, FOSP spots are
> triangle-shaped, SOSP not. Calls like two marbles tapping together.
>GTTO loud clear song, ends with "tea-ea-ea" notes like RSTO, has a buzzy trill
> and "wee chur" sounds in song.
>RSTO "drink your tea" in east U.S., just "drink tea" or "your your tea"
> or just "tea" in west. "Shree" or "mew" call, somewhat like HETH call to
> me, sounds like a cat being strangled.
>BEWR "jeet your tea-ea-ea." Song has ringing quality like song sparrow but with
> buzzy note or trills at start, SOSP never has buzzy intro notes. Shrubby
> deciduous areas. "Jeet" drawn out unlike RSTO "drink". Also can sound like
> SOSP w/o characteristic SOSP intro notes, however. Can start song with a
> dropping 2-part whistle and then go into the "tea-ea-ea". Or can put in
> wheezy buzzes at start. All 3 species can be found in the same habitat.
>SOSP intro notes to song key, call is diagnostic. For those familiar with Monty
> Python, the song is described as the same pattern of sound made by the
> Knights of Nee when they are not saying "nee".....from the Holy Grail.
>SAGSP distinctive meadowlark in slow motion, tends to prefer tall sage habitat.
>SAVSP very high notes to begin song, has insect buzz within song. Described as
> an engine starting up then catching, likes moist meadows eastern OR,
> grasslands and pastures in western OR.
>GRSP song "tick diseaaazzzzee".
>CAWR loud downward spiraling "tew tew tew tew tew tew tew tew" that
> slows toward end, think of Grand Canyon Paul Winter tape (if you're
> familiar with it).
>ROWR paired phrases, varied but distinct, trill thrown in, pauses between
> phrases
>BRSP long, loud song a series of buzzes and trills (like DEJU), distinct,
> nothing else in shrub steppe sounds like it. Some call it the WIWR of the
> desert.
>LASP could confuse song with FOSP, except think habitat. Also GTTO or BRSP but
> LASP has more buzzes in song. Described as though the buzzes ruin an
> otherwise pretty GTTO-like song, as though the bird stuck out it's tongue
> and went "blpppt" to ruin it. Song also much longer than GTTO/FOSP.
>VESP intro notes distinct, a sweet sounding "schew schew", these notes are
> drawn out compared to the rest of the song notes. Song can have 2 sets of
> the intro notes, described as "Time to, _go to_, _see the_ tree" with the
>"go
> to" phrase high and the "see the" phrase low. Drier habitats than SOSP and
> song is throatier. Has white outer tail feathers, breast spot, buff
> shoulder patch. Another suggestion was "I like, _I like_, grasslands a
whole
> lot." More likely to sing from the ground than the other dry site sparrows.
>WCSP Though there are many subspecies/song versions, the overall pattern of the
> song is characteristic. Differences in final notes separate probable
> subspecies. Call note is a metallic "chink". Suggested for eastern US races
> "Poor Jo-Jo....pissed his pants!"PISI rising "jeeeee" call, described as
>sounding like electricity, not given in
> flight usually. Jumbled song
>AMGO song begins with 3 single flat notes and then gives paired notes ("ti ti"
> sounding) like a bunting. Flight calls "who did it? who did it to you?" or
> "potato chip". Another call is a rising question sound.
>LABU paired notes
>WEBL "chew" location call, soft and delicate or plaintive but carries well.
>MOBL no song(?), just "chew" location call.
>LOSH odd nasal "peent" call, very harsh sounding.
>SAPH "beers" call like that part of OSFL song, or "pee _yer_" like WEWP
> repeated over and over.
>WEWP forced sounding "pee yer" repeated at somewhat slow intervals. May
> lead into the "pee yer" with several mournful or plaintive sounding "pee,
> pee, pee" notes.
>CONI loud nasally "peent!" or "be-er", slightly 2-part, given while flying
> overhead; a startling loud noise is made by wind passing through the wings
> when the bird does a sharp dive. Conspicuous white wing bar.
>COPO no wing bar, forages at ground level, doesn't vocalize in air.
>CORA hoarse croaks, "quark quark", tail wedge shaped, body bigger than crow.
>AMCR typical "caw caw" calls.
>SAOW gives "toot" notes 2/second
>NOPO gives "toot" notes every one or two seconds (ie slower)
>BTPI call a loud "whit woo" or "up hoo-ooo" with emphasis on first syllable.
>MODO call a plaintive "oo _oo_ hoo hoo hoo", emphasis on the second syllable.
>RUGR drumming starts slow and speeds up into a blur of beats, "thump thump
> thump thump thump thumpthump brrrrrrrrrrrrrr". Very low pitch, almost
> felt rather than heard.
>BLGR low steady hoots like an owl.
>BUSH often in small flocks, always flitting and moving and constantly calling
> with little "spitting" sounds.
>HUVI very monotonous repitition of loud notes, picks a "shweep!" or "zweep!"
> or "dzeer!" and does it hundreds of times. Typically low elevation
> westside, quits by May.
>WIFL sneezy "fitzbew!"
>CEWA high pitch trill, insect-like. Sounds like crickets or cicadas.
>SAGTH no other bird in sage flat sounds like this, distinctive phrases with
> pause in between their repitition. Tone distinctive. "swit we cheer cheer
> tree!"
>YBCH changes every few notes, rattles, whistles etc.
>BHCO liquid water sound, bubbly "glee gleek" male often sits around and repeats
> one high note, sort of a drawn out whistle. Female gives a rattle, often in
> flight.
>EVGR often flying over in flocks, characteristic loud one note calls.
>RWBL "konk-la-ree" or "over he-re" always 4 syllables.
>CAQU "chi - ca - go!"
>MOQU
>
>If you begin to see/hear "black-headed throat-beaks" and "hairy-chested
>nutscratchers", it's time to take a break!
>
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