Re: Trying to id a bird by call only

On 6/29/08 2:54 PM, in article l8mf64dm1utm544ksumkqs0dijhbjam7pf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Leon Fisk" <lfisk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:16:41 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
> <cherylisaak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/27/08 12:46 PM, in article
o46a64l99drji30t6cjtrlvs6pe7odnku6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "Leon Fisk" <lfisk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
>>> How much of a pause between each veer?
>>> 
>>> Robins make a noise that I would describe as a high pitched
>>> "seee, seee, seee,". Quite often I hear it early morning and
>>> late evening. Maybe a 2-4 second pause between each seee
>>> sound.
>> Less pause - maybe half a second and not close to anything I can find
on
>> line for a robins calls.
>> 
>> C
> 
> It was a long shot, I've never heard Robins use this call in
> that rapid a sequence. Two of my better books on bird song
> describe this sound as Cedar Waxwing like. One thinks that
> it is used during evening roost flights, but I've never
> heard it used in that way.
> 

That is really close
> Get that recorder out and get us a sample to ponder over ;-)

First I have to find that recorder!

Cheryl