[pct-l] identifying 2 birds by song

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#1:  Olive-sided Flycatcher
#2: Golden-crowned Sparrow
 
 
...please let me know if I've won the car...:-)


---  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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