It might’ve been me that BPB was teasing, as I used the shorter mnemonic
yesterday, and I haven’t had a drop in over 40 years. 🌞🙂
I’ll give my recordings an extra close listen, though. Thanks for the heads up!
(Not the head on a beer, though.)
James
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On May 15, 2022, at 8:50 AM, brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I was mostly kidding with one friend, in particular, about the Alder's song,
but your point is well taken.
bpb, Louisville
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronan O'Carra <ronan.o.carra@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: May 15, 2022 8:18 AM
To: <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [birdky] Current pet peeve . . . do you people not listen?!?!?!
I think the “free beer” description may have morphed from “free bee ah” to
“free bee er” to writing it as “free beer” not knowing that is what describes
the Willow. I just wish people would record it and the descriptors were
different as you pointed out.
Ronan
On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 8:03 AM <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I began birding in the early 1970s, for whatever reason from the start
I paid particular attention to vocalizations of birds. I think that is one
reason why I quickly realized that Alder Flycatcher was not a rare or
uncommon migrant, either during spring *or* fall. The species has both
distinctive song and call notes.
It appears that *many* among our group are experiencing the pleasures of
listening to these relatively obscure migrants this spring, but most of you
must not be listening carefully! There are *actually* three parts to the
song of the Alder Flycatcher . . . I learned the song years ago as
"wee-BEE-o" and there certainly is a third syllable in that song! Sibley
describes it as "rreeBEEa"
Can you lushes out there who insist on describing the song as "free beer"
*please* give a complete description of the bird's song in the details of
your eBird lists . . . if I was a regional reviewer I'd invalidate every
report that did not describe it correctly!!!
bpb, Louisville
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