[pct-l] identifying 2 birds by song

[ryan_christensen at sbcglobal.net (Ryan Christensen)]

Do you remember the kind of environment you were in?
Was is deep forest? Open meadow? Did it have a
haunting flute like quality to it? Just based on what
you said so far, I think it may be either a Mountain
Chickadee- or perhaps Thrush if it had that flute like
quality....

~~~ Ryan

--- Robert Ellinwood <rellinwood@worldnet.att.net>
wrote:

> I have had real difficulty in identifying, by song,
> 2 birds that I have
> heard along the northern PCT, as well as the
> northern CDT.  I wonder if any
> of you might be able to solve these mystery bird
> calls for me.  They are
> hard to describe via email.  
> 
> 	1)	3 equal length notes, with the middle one being
> up a whole
> step (musically).
> 	2)	3 equal length notes, descending stepwise.  Very
> similar to
> the first three notes of "Three Blind Mice."
> 
> Someone directed me to a website with hundreds of
> bird calls on it, but
> groping in the dark, so to speak, it would take me a
> month to go through
> them.  Any ideas on which birds these might be?  I'd
> be grateful for any
> help.
> 
> Thanks,  Dr Bob
> 
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