Tweets,

I'm truly amazed at how much time and energy has gone into this discussion
of language, but for me, it's time to get back to discussing birds. To wit:

For the past several days, there has been something occasionally flying
over the house, making a call which sounds to me like a Clark's nutcracker.
I haven't been able to see it yet, but what the heck would a Clark's
nutcracker be doing at (virtually) sealevel? So what else might I be
hearing? I can teel you what it's not; no crow I have ever heard makes a
sound like this, and it's not Caspian terns (just to head off two possible
suggestions).

A couple of nights ago, there was someone flying around out in the
moonlight, making a call that sounded like a purple martin, but had some
additional, more musical notes. There are a few martins nesting not too far
away; any martin watchers out there, is this possible? Care to try to
describe what sounds you've heard martins make?

Thanks for any help you can give...

Rob Saecker
Olympia