Michael Price wrote:
>
> Hi Tweets,
>

> European Starling Sturnus vulgaris utters both a long skirling note

I know this note, it wasn't that.

> more throaty long-held note that could fit this description.

Not sure, but I'll pay closer attention to the Starlings, of which there
was a huge swirling flock nearby when I heard the "pewee". I had just
finished telling my students how good they are at mimicking other birds.

>A better
> candidate, though, might be an off-key Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius, which
> also has a burry skirling note that could fit the bill nicely both for the
> pitch and quality of this call as well--a Varied Thrush mumbling to itself
> has fooled me before by suggesting the calls of other species

We have Varied Thrushes, but I didn't note any visually yesterday.

Good suggestions. I can definitely imagine a Thrush making that sound.
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Michael Brown
Puyallup, WA
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