[birdky] Re: pishing

Tim ... not to burst your bubble, but a probable explanation for your
pishing "success" is the time of year. Birds are most responsive to
pishing and squeaking when they have nests (especially with young) and
fledglings ... i.e. this time of year. Although the occasional bird or
groups of birds will react well at any time of year, early summer is the
time when I have consistently seen overzealous reactions. 

One of the most interesting aspects to summer pishing is the fact that
Brown-headed Cowbirds, especially females, will respond to it sometimes.
I have always figured that even though foster parents are caring for
their young, they must at least sometimes remain in the vicinity of
their parastic activities and seeing as how they have a vested interest
in nesting success of their hosts, they can't help but come in to a
squeak or pish to try to see what's going on. The females have never
feigned injury (something that has perhaps never been observed), but
sometimes they come flying right up to me calling excitedly!

bpb, Frankfort 

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On Behalf Of Houghton, Tim
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 11:21 AM
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] pishing

I'm a bad pisher, tho I realized yesterday that my poor abilities can
work in the right situation. I've been working in Georgia and took a
hike in a very little used trail, and suddenly I seemed like an expert
pisher. I did it the same old way, but birds were responding. Ovenbird,
Hooded. Black and White, re vireo, bh vireo, and more. I was the bird
siren. But I think maybe the birds hadn't seen many people (or heard
many varieties of pishing sounds) and were curious. I think I should
work on my technique in order to attract the more normal, jaded birds.
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