If it makes you wistful and lonesome, try Hermit or Swainson's Thrush.
Otherwise, my guess would be Yellow Warbler, partly because you were able to
fit a phrase to it, partly because of the "deet" at the end. What's the
habitat like?

Kelly Cassidy
Pullman, WA


-----Original Message-----
From: Jacki Bricker <seaotter at eskimo.com>
To: Tweeters (E-mail) <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, July 02, 2000 10:14 AM
Subject: Identification of a bird call--


>
>Hi tweets,
>
>Can someone help me identify a bird call?
>
>I've been hearing this call for well over a month, and it's been driving me
>crazy that I haven't been able to identify the bird. I hear the call
>throughout the day, but it's particularly active in the afternoons--->early
>evenings.
>
>It's a loud, melodious call that sounds...for lack of a better way to
phrase
>it...like an upward spiral. The call is roughly: "doo-doot, doo-dee-doo,
>doo-dee-doo, deet!" Is that enough of a description to be able to have
>anyone offer any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>-Jacki Bricker
>Woodinville, Washington
>
>