I walked up to that location this morning and heard the 5-note “call”. It was
so methodical and perfectly timed that I started to wonder about it coming from
a living thing. Just as I was discussing this with my partner, a runner came by
and said, "What you got there?” I replied that I had no idea, but something
with a perfectly pitched and timed 5-note call. "I’m not even sure it’s a
bird”, I said. Just then we all heard it and he said, “Oh, that! It’s a
traffic monitor. I run here everyday and finally figured out that’s what it
was. I thought you maybe had a Wilson's Warbler or something!”
There you go. Pretty funny.
Polly Alexander
On May 27, 2020, at 8:14 PM, Michael Rivers (Redacted sender "mike.rivers"
for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Townsend’s Solitaire? We had one most of the Fall and Winter here in
Waldport. The “call” on iBird Ultimate has 4-5 distinct notes and your
description sounded familiar!
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On May 27, 2020, at 6:56 PM, Constance McClellan <cdmcclellan@xxxxxxxxxxx>UNSUBSCRIBE: www.freelists.org/list/obol
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For about a month on my morning walks I’ve been hearing a strange call at
NW Westover/NW Flanders in Portland in the trees on the hill. Five loud,
high, short, rather metallic notes on the same pitch. The call repeats about
every minute and appears to move around a little. It’s in the mid or top of
the trees on the hill. It’s the only unknown call that I’ve heard in this
spot. I posted a video with the call on the Birding Oregon group in
Facebook: the only ideas were a Yellow Breasted Chat and a frog(!) I’ve
looked for a human source of the sound (like an alarm or monitor box)
without success, since it’s an inaccessible wooded hill (leading up to the
Hilltop Condos - I went up there today but couldn’t hear the call from
there.)
According to online recordings of the chat, it sometimes has a five-note
call, and it can call in a voice similar to what I’m hearing, but not five
times.
Anyone who’s in the neighborhood with some time might want to check it out.
Around 7-8 am is a good time (I don’t know if the call continues later in
the day.) I have the video and an .mp3.
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