#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?
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> <I've heard a couple of unfamiliar calls in my ramblings through Seward P=
ark
> the last week or so. Hoping you might be able to help me here.
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> 1. A whining adolescent "whyyyy?" similar to the Spotted Towhee, but high=
er
> in pitch and lighter in overall quality, coming from the mid canopy. I ca=
n
> see smallish silhouettes flitting around up there, but haven't yet gotten=
a
> good look.
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> 2. "weeeep? pollyputthekettleon?" high and thin, coming from the mid to
> upper canopy. The "pollyputhekettleon" starts high, drops in pitch throug=
h
> "llyputthekettle" and rises in inflection on "on". On this one I've not e=
ven
> seen movement>
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> This is Washington State, outside Seattle in a park setting surrounded by
> Lake Washington.....
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> Martyn
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> Martyn Stewart
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> The birdies on the wing!
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> Loudspeakers are not birds,
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