Bob, Try listening to the tapes of our local Wrens. A Bewick's is always a possibility. -Rolan

Bob Mauritsen <Bluetooth at csi.com> wrote:
Hi,

This evening just after sunset, but while there still was some light, I was walking north on 12th ave. NE, a block north of NE 50th st. in the U-Dist in Seattle. I heard a bird whose call I've heard a number of times in the past, but never have ID'd.

The sound was an even, medium-toned, somewhat-coarse buzz with no inflections or gaps. It would last for about a half to three-quarters of a second. Then after a few seconds' pause, it would sound again. It was not completely unlike the sound of a chipping sparrow.

I moved close to the bush/small tree where the bird was (in someone's front yard), and it flew to an interior branch where it faced me. I viewed it for a few seconds and it flew off to the next yard, where, ironically enough, I heard a similar bird several years back. The bird was solitary and small, no bigger than a kinglet. What little I saw of it in the bad light was this: The front seemed to have some whitish areas, and others of a pale bluish-grey. The beak was pointy, but it was facing me. The head was facing up and to my left.

I've looked up the voices of various warbles, ruby-crowned kinglet, vireos, etc, but nothing seems to supposedly sound like my description above. But the bird must be relatively common, if I've heard it numerous times in the past at various places.

Does anyone know what it might be?

Thanks,

Bob Mauritsen
Seattle

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