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RE: Bird ID Needed, or who's doing the cha cha cha

Subject: RE: Bird ID Needed, or who's doing the cha cha cha
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:22:24 -0400
At 10:48 PM 7/6/2003, Martyn wrote:

>>Certainly the habit was one of a Towhee, but the Cha, Cha, Cha, before
>>the ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ calls were some that I haven't heard before! Any
>>clues?
>>The Trill is that of a Junco with the vocal strength of a Steller, so it
>>is too loud for a Junco and uncommon behavior for a Steller, so I wipe
>>those out.
>>Get your thinking caps on, anyone have a Towhee call like this?
>><http://www.naturesound.org/Sound%20Files/Mystery/MysteryBird.mp3
>>http://www.naturesound.org/Sound%20Files/Mystery/MysteryBird.mp3

and later Doug responded:

>That's a pretty common sound that Spotted Towhees make in California.
>Analogous to the Green-tail's "mew" and the Arizona Spotted Towhee's
>"whine". For my money that's a SPTO. There's an example of a bird recorded
>just after the workshop near Callistoga, CA at
>http://www.naturesongs.com/spto6.mp3

I listened to Martyn's bird, and didn't think I'd ever heard the cha cha
cha call previously, even though my yard in Moscow ID is towhee heaven.
Then, this morning the same call came loud and clear through my bedroom
window. I was able to spot the bird making it and I can confirm that Moscow
ID Spotted Towhees do make this identical call.

Tom Besser, resident lurker on naturerecordists
Moscow ID



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