The "quick" of "quick-three-beers" is often not heard, especially at
a distance. Chances are, if you hear "three-beers," it is an
olive-sided flycatcher (but I can't discount those mimics out there!)
jw


> From: Lauralee Smith <rainbird at blarg.net>
> I'm wondering if there is
> perhaps a different sort of flycatcher, whose call is
> identical to the infamous "quick three beers" of the olive-sided
> flycatcher, but without the "quick" -- in other words, just the
> two notes? Otherwise, the inflection and delivery were identical.
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> Lauralee Smith
> North Seattle
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Jane Westervelt
Steve Kalloger
Moscow, ID