Hi Mike and Tweeters,
They are here at our place in Renton as well. We heard them for the first
time last evening. And again this morning, with the Black Headed Grosbeaks,
Robins, and Chickadees all calling and singing, we had quite a chorus.
Great music to my ears.
Nancy
Renton

----- Original Message -----
From: <mikewile at comcast.net>
To: <ixoreus at scattercreek.com>
Cc: "Robert Sundstrom" <ixoreus at scattercreek.com>; "tweeters"
<tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: Swainson's Thrushes Sing at Last


> They also began singing at my home in Redmond last night. Roughly 8-10
started singing about the same time as Bob's.
>
> Mike Wile
> Redmond, WA
> 425-503-5766
> mikewile at comcast.net
>
>
> > Tweeters,
> >
> > After about ten days of more and more insistent call-noting from
Swainson's
> > Thrushes in my neighborhood (presumably starting when they arrived here
as
> > migrants), I finally heard several males singing this evening at around
9:00
> > p.m., a time of day their singing seems to reach its peak in the late
spring
> > and early summer. A number of other Swainson's Thrushes were calling
> > ("whit" and "wink" notes and their burry braying call). The singing
males
> > birds were spread over about a quarter mile stretch that I walked, and
> > singing both from the edge of the hillside adjacent to my house and from
> > some of the larger trees on the valley floor along Scatter Creek. The
> > combination of the thrush songs and a winnowing snipe overhead was just
> > about right for an end of the day musical theme.
> >
> > Good birding.
> >
> >
> > Bob Sundstrom
> > ixoreus at scattercreek.com
> > Tenino, WA
> >