[pct-l] birds

[goforth at cnw.com (Joanne Lennox)]

I heard a bird all along the PCT - usually late afternoon- which  I came to 
call the "Squeaky wheel bird".  sounded like a wheel squeaking at one place 
on every slow revolution. Subsequent to being on the trail, I hear the sound 
and saw the bird, it was a sparrow hawk sitting in a low bush surveying open 
country.

But it sounds like it could have been Brett's Thrush, except their single 
note is more like a large drop of water hitting something - "thunk". kind of 
hollow.  Thrushs are always my favorite, plus wrens - and I am hearing them 
every morning now and much of the day as well.

Goforth



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett" <blisterfree@isp01.net>
To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:33 PM
Subject: [pct-l] birds


>> I can sit at dusk and listen to a Hermit
>> thrush for a long time, with pleasure.
>
>
> What many folks may not realize - and this included me for a confounded 
> period of years as well - is that the hermit thrush, in addition to its 
> well-known and beautiful song, also has a call that is categorically 
> awful. This "dud" is a single syllable squeak, rising in pitch, and 
> sounding something like a rusty door hinge. You'll most often hear the 
> hermit thrush using this call during the day, whereas its beautiful and 
> familiar song is generally heard in the evening. Once identified, the 
> harsh call is just as unmistakable as the song.
>
> Apparently the avian gods have a sense of humor!
>
> - blisterfree
>
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