For your whistle . . .check Pacific-slope Flycatcher. I was just comparing
it to Cordilleran for kicks and giggles. It's also a whistle I used to call
an old pet of mine, so it sticks in my memory better than most.
______________________________________

Ned McGarry
Sammamish, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Hayes" <josh at blarg.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:24 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Discovery Park Steller's Jay flock still there


> Tweets,
>
> I only rambled around the north end of the park, then down the hill to the
> south beach, up the west beach, and back up the bluff. Not a lot of
> action,
> although I did hear a couple of unidentifiable songs (to me, of course:
> I'm
> sure the more experienced locals could pick them out easily), including
> one
> that is nearly the same whistle as one uses to call a dog, sort of a
> "wheedle-wheep" sound.
>
> The flock of a dozen or so Steller's Jays is still hanging around the
> lighthouse at the point. I also saw an adult bald eagle being harassed by
> a
> juvenile eagle intent on being fed; lots of "feed me feed me feed me"
> yelling.
>
> Finally, as I stood quietly to look at a pair of cedar waxwings, a pair of
> RACCOONS walked up the path toward me and got to about fifteen feet before
> they suddenly realized I was a human, and they bolted off into the brush.
> BIG suckers; at first I thought someone had let a couple of dogs off
> leash.
>
> -Josh Hayes, josh at blarg.net
>
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