Darryl,
I said that some people have confused the two and asked me about a
"Olive-sided without the first note" that turned out to be pewee. As for
getting out more, how can that be? I do point counts and nest searching 50
hours a week and bird in other free time I have, do you know how to fit
more hours into a week. Also I don't appreciate your condescending tone.

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood


On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Darryl Thompson wrote:

> My Dear Scott; so you think a Western Wood Peewee could sound like the two
> note vocalization of an Olive-sided Flycatcher-see I told you, you should
> get out more!
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> At 02:43 PM 06/30/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >This is proibably not it, but to some people the pewee call has been
> >described as an olive-sided without the opening quick note. I guess
> >three-beers, pee-wee could sound similar. So I would vote for a
> >Olive-sided doing a partial call or a W.W pewee.
> >
> >Scott Downes
> >sdownes at u.washington.edu
> >Seattle WA
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> >"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
> >are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood
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> >On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Lauralee Smith wrote:
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> >> I wish I hadn't accidentally deleted that wonderfully detailed
> >> posting by, I believe, Wayne Weber a few days ago -- the answer
> >> to this question could have been in it! 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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> W.Darryl Thompson
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