Subject: The "Inna Ga Da Da Vida" Bird
Date: Jul 10 12:49:35 2002
From: Roger - r_craik at shaw.ca


GizaTheCat at aol.com wrote:

> Okay Rockin' Birders......
>
> Here's one for ya! My husband, a rockin' bass player since way back is
> puzzled by the song of a bird we hear every morning. He says it's song
> sounds like the very beginning of the Iron Butterfly classic
> "InnaGaDaDaVida".
>
> And here's my contribution to the list of bird songs/bird lyrics......(Let's
> play "Name It and Claim It")
>
> When the white eagle of the north is flying overhead
> And the browns, reds and golds of autumn lie in the gutter dead......
>
> Lydia Gaebe Bishop
> Somewhere near Lake Cassidy, Snohomish County, WA

Real shot in the dark, here. I listened to the start of three different files
and although the keyboard is playing one thing it could be reminiscent of a
Swainson's Thrush. Not the same by any means but similar enough.

Roger Craik
Maple Ridge BC