Hi Lauralee,

You have taped a singing Bewick's Wren. I hear one at this moment
singing virtually the same song, although Bewick's sing many variations of
emphatic, ringing, and structurally fairly simple songs.

Regards, Bob Sundstrom

----- Original Message -----
From: Lauralee Smith <rainbird at blarg.net>
To: Northwest birding email <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 1:49 PM
Subject: help me I.D. this bird?


>
> I finally managed to tape the call of a bird who hangs out
> in a large cherry tree in a neighbor's yard. Haven't been
> able to spot the bird -- the call is very clear and very loud.
> Last night, I recorded the call into my soundcard and posted
> the .wav file to:
>
> www.blarg.net/~rainbird/otherstuff/
>
> It's 947kb...not inordinately large...but takes a few
> minutes to download. And the "very clear" aspect of the
> call may be somewhat in question after factoring in a
> cheap tapedeck and cheap soundcard. :) Anyway...if
> anyone can help me figure out whose lovely voice this
> is, I would be forever grateful.
>
> and on an unrelated note...is it possible for domestic
> and Canada geese to "intermarry?" I saw some fuzzy youngsters
> at Green Lake the other day with orangish beaks (not the three
> who are clearly the offspring of a pair of domestic geese...these
> were mixed in with a group of Canada goslings.)
>
> thanks, tweets!
>
> Lauralee Smith
> Greenwood
>
>
>