[pct-l] identifying 2 birds by song

[jeffmoorehead1 at cox.net (Jeff Moorehead)]

For #1, I was also going to say thrush (possibly a hermit thrush if in the 
forest or forest edge). check it out on the web site (can you pass that link 
along while you're at it)..

> 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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