Where is University Place? If it's the home of central WA U or Eastern WA
U, house wrens have a buzzing call that sounds kind of rattlesnake-like. If
it's a a long, drawn out trilling that changes pitch every few seconds and
makes you wonder when it's going to stop for breath, it's probably a
Brewer's Sparrow. Since your signature indicates this bird is in a
residential neighborhood, I'd go with the House Wren.

Kelly Cassidy
Pullman


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia Hansen" <pmhansen at drizzle.com>
To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 5:35 PM
Subject: what bird could this be


> I have been hearing a sort of trilling for the last few days. The noise is
> sort of a cross between a hummingbird zinging by and a cicada, short burst
> strung together, that go on and on and on. I can't seem to spot any bird
> nearby that's making this sound but I can hear it changing location in the
> trees. Can somebody please tell me.
>
> Patricia Hansen
> 1 balcony, First floor
> University Place, Wa. USA
> pmhansen at drizzle.com
>
>
> "Use what talent you possess:
> the woods would be
> very silent if no birds sang
> except those that sang best."
> - Henry Van Dyke
>
>