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Index of Subjects --0016e64b9602cff04e0476eaae05 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, At this time of the year some White-throated sparrows are giving a rather half-hearted verdion of their song, and it does sound rather wistful. You could try that one and see if it fits. Richard On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca>wrote: > For the past few weeks I have been both enchanted and tantalised by the > most charming intermittent birdsong around my home. From the volume it > sounds like a very small bird and its thin, delicate, somewhat wistfully > haunting little melody meanders up and down for quite long periods, but > with (to me) no recognisable repetitions. And despite being very clear where > the singing is coming from, I have never been able to pinpoint the bird. > > Do any of you have suggestions as to what it could be? I have Petersons > Eastern Birding by Ear, but have no idea about where to start listening. I > live close to the sea in a mixed conifer/deciduous setting with both wild > and open, cultivated spaces. > > Any suggertions will be most welcome! > > Eleanor Lindsay, St Margarets Bay > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0016e64b9602cff04e0476eaae05 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>At this time of the year some White-throated sparrows are giving= a rather half-hearted verdion of their song, and it does sound rather wist= ful. You could try that one and see if it fits.<br><br>Richard<br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote"> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Eleanor Lindsay <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a h= ref=3D"mailto:kelindsay@eastlink.ca">kelindsay@eastlink.ca</a>></span> w= rote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid = rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> For the past few weeks I have been both enchanted and tantalised by the mos= t charming intermittent birdsong around my home. From the volume it sounds = like a very small bird and its thin, delicate, somewhat wistfully haunting = =A0little melody meanders up and down for quite long periods, but with (to = me) no recognisable repetitions. And despite being very clear where the sin= ging is coming from, I have never been able to pinpoint the bird.<br> <br> Do any of you have suggestions as to what it could be? I have Petersons Eas= tern Birding by Ear, but have no idea about where to start listening. I liv= e close to the sea in a mixed conifer/deciduous setting with both wild and = open, cultivated spaces.<br> <br> Any suggertions will be most welcome!<br><font color=3D"#888888"> <br> Eleanor Lindsay, St Margarets Bay<br> </font></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>################= #<br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br= >B0P 1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmai= l.com</a><br> ###################<br> --0016e64b9602cff04e0476eaae05--
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