Mike,
Not intentionally correcting you but I noticed you used the genus Eutamias
for chipmunk, quite a few years ago the genus was changed to Tamias, so
its Tamias townsendii,thought you might like to know of the change if you
didn't already.
On the notion that this species might have been overlooked it is very
possible, many times I have mistaken several birds,
that turned out to be various members to the Sciuridae family. The most
notably is many times squirrels have sounded like various Woodpeckers and
visa-versa.

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 Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Mike Patterson wrote:

> I own a genuine Irish penny whistle, brought all the way back from
> the old sod by my good friend Lori Jo.
>
> I was able to produce only three forest creatures using the whistle:
> Pygmy Owl
> http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/archive/penwhistle001.aif
> Saw-whet Owl
> http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/archive/penwhistle003.aif
> Townsend's Chipmunk
> http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/archive/penwhistle002.aif
>
> It is my opinion that Varied Thrush would require a kazoo or comb
> with wax paper. A police whistle blown with vigor might produce
> Spotted Towhee, with less vigor a Dark-eyed Junco and if a smoker
> of some years were to blow a police whistle...Orange-crowned Warbler.
>
> It is also my opinion that all this fuss have been expended for the
> mammal Eutamias townsendii and not any of the suggested avians.
>
> But I've been wrong before...
>
> --
> Mike Patterson I don't swear for the hell of it.
> Astoria, OR Language is a poor enough means of communication
> mpatters at orednet.org and we've got to use all the words we've got....
> Besides, there are damn few words anybody understands
> Henry Drummond in "Inherit the Wind"
>
> http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html
>