** Reply to message from Bob Pearson <rpearson at i-link-2.net> on Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:42:08 -0700


> 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?

Bewick's Wren???

Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto: jbinpg at shaw.ca