Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:19:44 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Can't identify In-Reply-To: <000501c40f73$e9026340$0701a8c0@Janet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit also "you beast you beast you" and the answering rattle from their partner in song. they do have quite a repertoire, not to mention volume. I've jumped a few inches more than once when they've cut loose about 5 feet from me. fdp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Janet Millenson > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 12:40 PM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Can't identify > > > Leslie, to my ear the "lyrics" of Carolina Wren songs can be quite > varied. Usually they chant "tweedely, tweedely, tweedely, tweet," but > I swear I've also heard "tit-willow, tit-willow, tit-willow" (as in > Gilbert and Sullivan) and "Germany, Germany, Germany." No mention of > teakettles, though! > > Janet Millenson > Potomac, MD (Montgomery County) > janet@twocrows.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================