Brown-headed Cowbird perhaps?

Michael Dossett
Bothell, Washington
Phainopepla at yahoo.com

--- Jack Bowling <jbinpg at shaw.ca> wrote:
> ** 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


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