Hi Tweets,


On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Rob Saecker wrote:

> OK, all you birdsong identifiers,
>
> what goes "chewychewychewy-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch", very fast, almost too fast
> for me to pronounce. Heard for the first time this morning. This is in a
> small clearing in cedar- fir- alder forest. Thanks for your help.

Rob, you don't mention whether the bird was in the upper, mid- or understory.

If in the understorey, why not a Wilson's Warbler (WIWA)? There's a couple
of nesting WIWA pairs in Pacific Spirit Park on Point Grey here in Vancouver
BC, in mixed bigleaf maple, douglas-fir, western redcedar and red alder, and
their songs are very similar to your rendition.

In northbound migration, WIWA males going through here typically give a very
rapid, dry 'chi-chi-chi-chi-cht-cht-cht-cht' song, but these territorial
males songs' are different, the introductory three notes almost the quality
of a Yellow Warbler's intro, a clear 'twee-twee-twee-cht-cht-cht-cht' (or,
if said fast enough, 'chewychewychewy-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch'). Might this fit
your bird?

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