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Re: bird call question?



Thanks everybody for your help.  The bird I've been hearing is definitely
the white throated sparrow.  I am glad to finally know that.

Shannon

-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Legrand <harry.legrand@ncmail.net>
To: Alex Netherton <danetherton@msn.com>
Cc: shannon douglas <monkeyself@email.msn.com>; carolinabirds@duke.edu
<carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: bird call question?


>You have provided a perfect description of the song of the
>White-throated Sparrow. They aren't present, of course, in summer, but
>they are present in spring, sing often, have 5 notes with the exact
>pitch and quavering whistles as described, etc.
>
>Harry LeGrand
>
>Alex Netherton wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> >
>
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>Harry LeGrand
>NC Natural Heritage Program
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