[obol] Re: Cal Towhee Call note
- From: Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Dennis Vroman <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 17:43:10 -0800
Who knows what I heard. Whatever it was didn't come out. Ken Burton heard
not only the chip notes but a song also back on 12 Feb. It seems a real
coincidence I would hear the same kind of call in the same place so go
figure. I am still holding out hope the bird continues and someone
actually sees it. I heard it call about 8 times in a half hour period, no
Spotted Towhee calls or GC Sparrow calls I have ever heard or anything
besides that very metallic chink. The bird would not pish out either- grrr.
Tim
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Dennis Vroman <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Come to think of it, Golden-crowned Sparrow's chip note can sometime
> sound pretty similar to Cal Towhee. Recall hearing one in the fall once in
> the upper Sacramento Valley that I thought was a Cal Towhee until I saw the
> bird.
>
> Dennis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* roygerig@xxxxxxxxxxx
> *Cc:* obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 04, 2015 3:38 PM
> *Subject:* [obol] Re: Cal Towhee Call note
>
> Maybe a Golden-crowned Sparrow with a dry mouth?
>
> Alan Contreras
> Eugene, Oregon
>
> acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2015, at 3:05 PM, Roy Gerig <roygerig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have whined too much on OBOL during the past 3 years about my back.
> During that time I could not take care of my backyard, but now I am finally
> well enough to clear the brush and start to get a nice garden again. Today
> I was snipping, chopping, and sawing into the tangled SW corner, it is
> almost like tangled chaparrel. I stopped when I heard an exact replica of
> California Towhee call notes. It was nearby, but I could not see it. It
> was very loud. I heard the call note maybe a dozen times over a couple of
> minutes. I lived in South Pasadena and in the Valley in SoCal for 8 years,
> and I know the call very well. It seems to me that the chance of this
> being an actual California Towhee are vanishingly small, but the sound was
> perfect for it. No starlings were around, only a couple of House Sparrows,
> a dozen Juncos, 2 BC Chickadees, an Anna's Hummer, and it was definitely a
> bird call. So what was it? I left and I scattered a lot of seed around
> the area which I can see it from my house. I am watching for it. Spotted
> Towhees frequent the area.
>
> I cannot think of any, but is another bird the culprit?
>
> Roy Gerig, Salem OR
>
>
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