I live in south Everett by a protected wetland -- a creek, streamside
thickets and bordering woodland.

I have been trying to identify a song for weeks. It is distinctly
thrushlike. None of my bird tapes records this particular song for any
thrush species.

It's a secretive bird, singing in the early morning, afternoon and
evening. One bird will sing and another will echo the same song
immediately after.

Earlier in the season I thought I had identified both Swainson's Thrush and
Veery. Today, what I finally was able to see with my binoculars appeared
to be a Veery. It was singing from an branch about 15 feet above the
ground. It had light spotting on it's throat and a reddish tint above,
with no eye ring I could identify. In the NGG it looks like a
Veery. There are at least 2 here, probably more. Sometimes it sounds like
3 are singing from different locations.

However, according to Wahl and Paulson the Veery does not occur on the west
side of the Cascades.

What else might it be? Is it possible to have a Veery in this location?

Ileen Weber
Everett, WA
iweber at seanet.com