Subject: "Suwheet" bird call
Date: Jul 3 22:25:49 1996
From: Hughbirder at aol.com - Hughbirder at aol.com


On about three recent birding trips we have heard a "suwheet" or close
variation a number of times. We have never been able to see the bird to
identify it. The birders have been evenly divided as to whether it is a
Hutton's Vireo or Pacific-slope Flycatcher.

Can anyone out there in "Tweeters Land" give some definitive info that will
help to determine which bird it is. Is there a distinctive difference in
their calls that can be easily detected, such as frequency of call, different
inflections, etc.? Are you apt to find both in the same habitat or does each
prefer a specific habitat? We heard the birds in a mixed, deciduous and
conifer, woods adjacent to more or less open areas.

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com