I agree with the drink-your-tea of the Towhee. When I suggested the
flycatcher, the lines on the bottom of the screen did not register with
me for some reason. I just didn't even "see" them.

Michael Dossett
Bothell
Phainopepla at yahoo.com

--- Dan Logen <pdl at whidbey.net> wrote:
> How about the "drink-your-tea" song of the Eastern
> Towhee?
>
> ----------
> > From: Vikcha at aol.com
> > To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> > Subject: Bird calls
> > Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 11:30 AM
> >
> > Tweets,
> >
> > Later this summer I will be taking a trip back to
> my dad's house where I
> grew
> > up in Michigan, along the Chippewa River. One of
> the things I most look
> > forward to is canoeing down the river...always an
> incredible variety of
> > songbirds, ducks, ospreys, turtles, etc.
> >
> > For years, I have heard a very distinctive, loud
> bird call echoing
> through
> > the woods along the river, but have never been
> able to identify it. It's
> a
> > sliding 3-note whistle, sounding like the whistle
> some one would use to
> get
> > someone's attention or call their dog: something
> like this:
> > ___
> > ---_
> >
> > The last couple of years I haven't heard it at
> all, but will be listening
>
> > hard again and would sure like to know what I
> might be looking for! Any
> > ideas?
>

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