>Thanks Mark, it is so hard to ID a sound when you do not hear it!!!
>I believe the first sound is that of A Pine Siskin, the second I have no
>clue!! I think a Pine siskin because we have the WEEEEEEEEEEE calls here and
>lots of birds in the canopy, the second bird is anyone's guess, I do have a
>Hermit thrush song & call, I'm not so sure, I wish these people would spend
>a bit more time with binoculars and get a more positive ID, i.e., coloration
>etc...
Yeah. But what if you can't see too well, Martyn?
Bernie
>
>Martyn :)
>
>Martyn Stewart
>Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
>http://www.naturesound.org
>N47.65543 W121.98428
>Redmond. Washington. USA
>Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
>
>The Spring is cum
>The grass is riz
>I wonder where the birdies is?
>
>The birdies on the wing!
>Nah, that's absoid
>D' wing is on d' boid!
>.........................
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: M, J, & V Phinney
>Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 7:07 AM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Bird ID Wanted
>
>#1 sounds like it might be the 'rreeeee' call of a hermit thrush. If I get
>the time I can post a sample later on.
>
>Not sure about #2......ruby crowned kinglet is a possibility, but without
>hearing it.....well, you know...
>
>
>Mark Phinney
>
>
>
>on 4/15/04 9:01 PM, Martyn Stewart at wrote:
>
>> A lady writes this to me....
>>
>> Here is a sound that maybe the birders on this group may be able to
>> identify?
>>
>>
>> <I've heard a couple of unfamiliar calls in my ramblings through Seward
>Park
>> the last week or so. Hoping you might be able to help me here.
>>
>> 1. A whining adolescent "whyyyy?" similar to the Spotted Towhee, but
>higher
>> in pitch and lighter in overall quality, coming from the mid canopy. I can
>> see smallish silhouettes flitting around up there, but haven't yet gotten
>a
>> good look.
>>
>> 2. "weeeep? pollyputthekettleon?" high and thin, coming from the mid to
>> upper canopy. The "pollyputhekettleon" starts high, drops in pitch through
>> "llyputthekettle" and rises in inflection on "on". On this one I've not
>even
>> seen movement>
>>
>>
>> This is Washington State, outside Seattle in a park setting surrounded by
>> Lake Washington.....
>>
>> Martyn
>>
>>
>>
>> Martyn Stewart
>> Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
>> http://www.naturesound.org
>> N47.65543 W121.98428
>> Redmond. Washington. USA
>> Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
>>
>> The Spring is cum
>> The grass is riz
>> I wonder where the birdies is?
>>
>> The birdies on the wing!
>> Nah, that's absoid
>> D' wing is on d' boid!
>> .........................
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Microphones are not ears,
>> Loudspeakers are not birds,
>> A listening room is not nature."
>> Klas Strandberg
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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