PS I (personally) would guess that the characteristic *Whit, Whit' *call
would be heard before singing starts.
Although they nest here, they are seldom seen, but often heard, especially
the calls, early on.
They seem to show up here at the same time the Oso Berry aka Indian Plum *
(Osmaronia cerasiformis)*
fruit ripens. And it's not ripe yet.
Now, which came first, on a geological/evolutionary time scale, the
arrival, or the ripening? That is, did the thrushes migrate with the fruit,
or vice versa? I would guess the fruit adapted to the thrushes, and
possibly at a time when Robins were not so abundant in these parts.
Robins arrive much earlier.
Bob OBrien Carver OR
PS One spring/summer a pair nested quite near our house and we saw them
frequently on our patio.
A one time event!
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 8:27 PM Robert O'Brien <baro@xxxxxxx> wrote:
To me (& I listened to it multiple times) it sounded like the Sounds of
Silence. Birding-induced Hearing Loss.
But, on the brighter side, I _also_ had 2 'pairs' of Purple Finches' show
up on April 21 just like Tom.
EXCEPT, for me,these are the first finches of any species I've seen at my
feeders in 5 or more years!
In olden times all of them were abundant.
These 4 were hungry and not singing. But then again, how would I know?
Bob OBrien Carver OR
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:52 AM Thomas Love <tlove@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree with Tim - sounds like a PURPLE FINCH (which just showed up in my
Tualatin area neighborhood on 21 April Tuesday.
Tom
