I've been hearing a bird the last few days that I haven't heard before, at
least that I remember, that is striking and I'd like to find out what it is,
if possible. I don't have any birding tapes and haven't been able to see it.
I'll try to describe the call.

It begins with a distinct, sharp and pure note that rises a bit, then
descends in pitch at the end, Tweeeeeeee-aaat, with the emphasis on the
initial Tweeee and ends sharply, then immediately goes into a tight twitter,
lower in pitch than the initial call. So the whole thing would be kind of
like Tweeeeeeee-aat, tdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtd. The first note, although pure,
has kind of a machinery squeakiness to it, and the twitter, although it has
tone, has kind of a percussion sound. It is pretty loud, louder than all the
other bird calls. It repeats the call over and over, and then will go into
the same basic call but with just a slight tweet at the beginning - Twee,
tdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtd.

If anyone has any ideas, let me know and I'll look it up in a bird book and
try to get a look at it. Is there any web site with birdsong recorded that I
could compare against?

Thanks.

Bob Pearson
Packwood, WA
rpearson at i-link-2.net