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Re: bird call question?



It might be a Wood Thrush. It is amongst the sweetest calls in Nature. The
singing birds are *very* difficult to sneak up on, and they blend in so
well, it is almost impossible to see them in the deep woods.
Alex Netherton
The Appalachian Naturalist
Asheville, NC
http://www.appalachian-naturalist.com
alex@appalachian-naturalist.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "shannon douglas" <monkeyself@email.msn.com>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:51 PM
Subject: bird call question?


> I feel silly not knowing this.  There is a bird I have heard all of my
life
> (in Columbia, SC) and I've always wandered what it is and I have read bird
> call descriptions and listened to bird call recordings and never found it.
> I have stalked this bird whenever I hear it and never been able to
actually
> see it.  Yet I feel it is probably a common bird that I've seen many times
> not realizing it.
>
> I have heard it year round but more often in the spring in the evenings.
It
> is a very plaintive sounding call.  It is made up of 4 or 5 clear whistles
> with a minor sound to them.  Often, the pattern is one note followed by a
> note about a musical interval of a 4th above it, and then the remaining
> notes stay near that note but get slightly flat each time and waver
> slightly.  I think there are other patterns too but they always have that
> clear whistled tone with a minor feel and the progressively flatter
series.
>
> I feel it is probably a small bird - a warbler or a sparrow, maybe.  Does
> anybody know what bird I'm hearing?
>
> Thanks,
> Shannon
> columbia, SC
> monkeyself@email.msn.com
>