Hello Bob,
I must agree with Jack Bowind on this ID.This bird drove me wild when i
first heared in my yard,and i must say if you know this bird you will always
remember this loud call.There is not a bird his size what has such loud
call.The Bewick's Wren is a common nester in my yard now and more than one
pair.

Good Birding

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Pearson" <rpearson at i-link-2.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:42 PM
Subject: birdsong ID


> 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
>
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