Subject: OVENBIRD, heard but not seen today
Date: Jun 27 21:33:03 2000
From: Robert Norton - norton36 at olypen.com


TWEETS,
I heard the OVENBIRD quite a few times today but was unable to see it.
I arrived at 1:37 PM and as I was getting out of the car it sang as did a
'wheezy' warbler. It was quite warm and I had expected to have to wait
until evening. After a long wait and much pishing, I tried the tape quietly
with a single song and got an immediate response. Both the original song
and this were west of the logging road. I was finally able to get it to the
east by taking the little trail to the east and trying the tape from there.
Both the OVENBIRD and 'wheezy' were now quite close. More pishing and
'wheezy' turned out to be the usual suspect, BLACK-THROATED GRAY -- how
many different songs they have! No more OVENBIRD song after 2:30 and I left
at 3:25.
Bob Norton
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
norton36 at olypen.com