Subject: Meowing Calls
Date: Apr 23 15:13:03 2003
From: JATLMM - JATLMM at msn.com


Michelle,

Since a towhee was suggested and ruled out, I'm going to suggest a dark-eyed
junco. A junco doesn't really sound like a crow, but its call can sound like
that of a towhee, just less flat (more trill-like) and sometimes (like
recently in my yard) incessant.

Janine Anderson
Seattle

-----Original Message-----
From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Michelle Banonis
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 1:30 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Meowing Calls


Hello Folks.

Maybe you can help me. Since I am not much of a birder, I have NO idea what
I have been hearing in my woods at night. It's a very repetative LOUD
meowing noise. It never waivers and always has the same pitch and length.
I've looked at several web sites and listened to some catbird and owl calls,
but it doesn't quite sound like any of those. The calling started about 2
weeks ago, and it begins around 6 p.m. and lasts until about 9:30 p.m. or
so. One caller starts and then another one joins in some time later and
they call back and forth in the same call, never waivering, never variating
their tone or length. Maybe it isn't even a bird??? I'm not really sure.
Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks,
Michelle Banonis