Hi again,

Thanks to everyone who suggested that the "who cooks for you" bird was
probably a white winged dove.  I did see plenty of them in and around El
Paso.  Mystery solved!

Thanks again,

Monroe Harden
Havre de Grace, MD


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Monroe Harden
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:42 PM
> To: 
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Chukars yet again in HdG
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I saw that pair of Chukars again last evening (Friday, Marxh 30th) on
> Canvasback Rd in Havre de Grace.  I had my camera with me
> this time and I
> got a few photos.  They are the ones on the bottom half of
> this web page:
>
> http://monroe.20m.com/chukar.htm
>
> Monroe Harden
> Havre de Grace, MD
> 
>
> PS Do any non-owls make the "who cooks for you" sound?  I was
> in El Paso, TX
> most of this week and during the one short birding stop I
> made, I heard a
> bird make a song with that tempo, but without the throaty,
> raspy tone of a
> barred owl.  I have heard several barred owls, so I do know
> what they sound
> like.  I did not see the bird that was making this noise- do
> any doves or
> other smaller birds sound like that?