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[pct-l] Re: pct-l Digest, Vol 26, Issue 25



A meadowlark I heard recently had a whole repertoire of calls: car 
alarm, a couple of different cell phones, Highway Patrol and ambulance 
sirens.....

> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:54:09 -0700
> From: Brian McLaughlin <bmclaughlin@bigplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Swainson's Thrush
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
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>> Anyone else have a similar experience to a bird call or have a 
>> favorite
> bird
>> along the PCT?  I don't recall seeing birds or wildlife mentioned that
> often
>> on the list.  I always bring my binoculars and bird book when I hike.
>
> I, too, love the Swainson's thrush call. My wife taught me to
> hear it and describe it as "Cordelia! Cordelia! Cordelia!" (as
> in the name of King Lear's sole loving daughter). It starts
> lower and works its way higher at each "Cordelia!"
>
> However, in the Battle of the Thrushes, I'll admit to being
> even fonder of the Hermit thrush. It is harder to describe
> its song, because it can sing the song twenty times running
> and never sing it quite the same way twice. It starts with
> a longer "tweeeee" note, followed by a quick series of
> twiddly notes. Both the initial note and all the twiddles
> can change pitch from one song to the next, but the song
> is unmistakeable. I can sit at dusk and listen to a Hermit
> thrush for a long time, with pleasure.
>