Deb Beutler wrote:

> I agree with Tom Foote; we need more information. What the heck does a
> penny whistle sound like?

It sounds like that bird in the woods. :-)

jerry
Grand Coulee, WA

>
>
> 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
> >
> >