Jlstasz@aol.com wrote: <snip> Let me try some oneupsmanship...... cu-cu-ka-chee-ah,cu-cu-ka-chee-ah,cu-cu-ka-chee-ah... ...it is not a Buff-collared Nightjar...I have a nice 20 minute recording of that Northern Mockingbird. <snip> ooooh. classic. That one's more than one-up! I suppose I shouldn't wonder how many ticks that represents on peoples' lists... FYI: There is a Mockingbird in Damascus, MD that has learned a fabulous _whit-wheet_ of a Curve-billed Thrasher, thanks to me playing tapes and leaving the windows open while learning birdsongs before a trip to Arizona several years ago... -Greg Miller Lusby, MD