Golden-crowned Kinglets were singing like crazy this weekend, down at
Nisqually, and in our back yard. Your description sounds almost perfect for
the kinglets. Brown Creepers are singing too, and their song is pretty
close to what you describe. I've rarely heard Townsend's Warbler sing in
the lowlands - they're pretty quiet both during winter, and during
migration. And, their song is quite buzzy.

Eric Kraig
Olympia, WA
mailto:kraige at oclc.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Stewart Wechsler [mailto:ecostewart at quidnunc.net]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:21 PM
To: tweeters
Subject: RE: who says seee seee su su sueee? (Lincoln Park, Seattle)


I just spoke to my friend Lynn Havsall and she suggested a Townsend's
Warbler. The pattern was the same as its sister species, the Black-throated
Green out east, but without the buzzy quality. I now remember hearing one
before with the Black-throated Green pattern but without the buzzy quality.
That one was a Townsend's. I'm now betting that that's what it was.

Stewart Wechsler
West Seattle
mailto:ecostewart at quidnunc.net

-----Original Message-----
From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Stewart Wechsler
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 9:59 AM
To: tweeters
Subject: who says seee seee su su sueee? (Lincoln Park Seattle)


In Lincoln Park in Seattle at 9am this morning I heard a high, thin, clear
and fairly weak "seee seee su su sueee" the "seee"'s higher pitched and the
"su"'s lower. The final "eee" at the end was the same pitch as the first
"seee". It sounded very warbler-like. I couldn't get a look at it. It was
in mixed forest of hemlock, douglas fir, madrone and red alder among others
apparantly high in the trees. Any thoughts?

Stewart Wechsler
West Seattle
mailto:ecostewart at quidnunc.net