In general, if it spirals UP, it is a Swainson's -- if it spirals DOWN, it's
a Veery. Both have a flutey, wispy, very melodic and ethereal song.
Swainson's seem to have started to arrive in some numbers today.

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD

on 05/12/2005 9:51 AM, Jim Boughton at  wrote:

> On an early morning walk through Norwood Park in Bethesda this morning, my
> wife and I heard and then saw a songster high in the canopy. The persistent
> song sounded like "tweedle deedle DEE," with the last syllable higher than the
> rest<snip>