Violet-green swallow? I heard them last night about 3 AM. The "low
whistle" has me stumped, though. I would describe VG Swallows chirps as
chattering twangs, which are more musical in the pre-dawn version than in
the daylight version.

Kelly Cassidy
Seattle
(I think we had this discussion last year in May or June.)

>Man, talk about getting up with the birds! Birdsong, or rather bird
chatter,
>is waking me up most mornings now at 3am. Can someone tell me what bird
this
>might be:
>
>A fast series of unevenly spaced, very staccato "chip" 's, followed by one
>low whistle.
>
>I thought for awhile that the unevenly spaced series might be coming from a
>group of birds, something like bushtits, but if so, they are very good at
>coordinating that one low whistle every dozen or so birds.
>
>So far I have been unable to drag myself out of bed to see if I can
actually
>spot these birds, but anyway, it's still dark when I hear them, and by
>sunrise they're gone, or at least singing a different song.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>-- Vickie
>