Subject: [Tweeters] yet another mystery bird call
Date: Jun 20 11:01:07 2014
From: Josh Hayes - coralliophila at live.com


Hi tweets,

This morning we had a bird high in a pine tree in the front yard that moved to the back yard (of course) as soon as we went out to look at it. All I could see was that it was medium-sized, perhaps the size of a house finch or so. The call was a high-pitched bell-clear whistle, quite loud, with a slight upward fillip at the end. I can't for the life of me match it up with anything local; I wonder if it's someone's escaped tropical bird?

So, any candidates? I'm certain it's a medium sized passerine, but of course that doesn't narrow things down much. Thanks for any suggestions!

-Josh Hayes in North Seattle (Licton Springs)