Tweets,

Scott Atkinson said..."How in the world the standard rendition of Alder's song became "fee-bee-o" is a mystery to me."

Alders that I have heard in New England, Maine specifically, sing
"fee-BEE-o" The last syllable is audible, but weaker than the first. I think it was probably R.T. Peterson who first described the songs of the Traill's flycatchers as "fitz-bew" for willow and "fee-BEE-o" for alder. He must have been describing birds in the east. I'm not familiar with alders in the west. Perhaps western birds don't enunciate that last syllable that you hear with birds in New England.
Greg Toffic
Everett





>From: "David Beaudette" <drtbrdr at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: drtbrdr at earthlink.net
>To: "Tweeters Messages" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Alder Flycatcher
>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:31:42 -0700
>
>19 June 2002
>Checked out the probable Alder Flycatcher that Patrick Sullivan found along
>Kipling Road just north of Muskrat Lake, in Okanogan County.
>The many Willow Flycatchers present provided a very nice comparison to the
>distinctive song and call notes of the Alder. When I heard the Alder give
>those peep notes
>while the Willows were giving their whit calls, I couldn't
>believe my luck. The songs of the Alder were very distinctly emphasized on
>the second part: "ree-BEER". I was able to hear the Alder over and over and
>over again. I noted that by 730 AM the Alder and the Willows began calling
>less.
>Tried to record the Alder on my cassette tape recorder with built in
>micophone
> but so many birds singing-it didn't turn out. Any ideas on a good
>economy
>setup to
>record birds would be appreciated.
>
>Dave Beaudette
>Wenatchee,WA
>drtbrdr at earthlink.net


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