Michael,

You're rendition sounds closer to the way I hear it than the master guides.
However, I've compared the sonographs of the Hutton's I recorded at Wenas
Creek with one I recorded in Seattle, and they are essentially identical
except that the east side note is "upside down." In other words, each
"tzur-rreep" is like a "V" on the graph, west side, but shaped "^" on the
east side. I don't know what to make of that.

Gene Hunn, Seattle, hunnhome at accessone.com



At 12:04 AM 1/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
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>Gene Hunn writes:
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>>I have
>>seen it just once on the east slope of the Cascades, near Wenas Creek, a
>>singing bird in spring that I tape recorded.
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>Gene, vol 3 of the Audubon Master Guide renders Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
>song as 'zuwee, zuwoo, zeeoo', but all the birds around Vancouver BC seem to
>sing a single repeated phrase, 'tzur-RREEP!' and often do so for long
>stretches without pause. Have you noticed any other variations in Hutton's
>Vireo songs in this part of Cascadia?
>
>Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
>Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
>mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
> Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
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