Depends on how hard you blow it. Brown Creeper? Varied Thrush?

Dennis K Rockwell
Kennewick, Washington
denniskrockwell at juno.com

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:21:08 -0800 "Deb Beutler" <dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu>
writes:
>I agree with Tom Foote; we need more information. What the heck does
>a
>penny whistle sound like?
>
>Deb Beutler
>Dept. of Zoology
>Washington State University
>Pullman, Whitman Co., WA
>
>dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Foote <footet at elwha.evergreen.edu>
>To: Mary Shane <mshane at techline.com>
>Cc: 'Tweeters Post' <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 5:59 PM
>Subject: Re: Tin Penny Whistle?
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Mary Shane wrote:
>>
>>> I'm very much the amateur on this forum--but I'm hoping you'll
>indulge me
>>> with an answer to my puzzle:
>>>
>>> What's the bird I hear now in the forest that sounds like a tin
>penny
>>> whistle?
>>>
>>Mary--
>>
>> hmm-mmmmm... that's not a lot to go on. Some birds mimic
>> other bird calls.. so-oo-oo
>>
>> we need to know if it's one continuous note you hear..
>> or is the call broken up in more than one note..if so,
>> how many... i.e., Great Horned Owl can be 5 notes
>> in a syncopated fashion.. hoo HOO hoo hoo hoo, and
>> then repeated with the emphasis on the second 'hoo'
>> gradually tapering downward..
>>
>> is it shrill? etc
>>
>> give us more info and surely someone will jump in and
>> offer some speculation.. :)
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>
>

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