Catbird

Our local catbirds have added a new sound to their
repertoire - the sound of the "scarecrow". DH and I
were sitting on the porch when the bird started and
I said did you hear that? He started laughing. The
chipmunks set the scarecrow off often enough for the
bird to learn the sound.
--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

What does the scarecrow sound like?

I have decided that if 'my' mockingbirds ever come back and nest in the
large bush in my backyard I'm going to set up a tape recorder w/just a loop
of that whistle noise from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - ooo e ooo e ooooo-
and teach them that. I bet the catbirds could have learned it too.

I hope they come back and I hope it works! I wonder how long it takes them
to learn?

LeeAnne


"Bonnie Espenshade" wrote in message
...
Our local catbirds have added a new sound to their
repertoire - the sound of the "scarecrow". DH and I
were sitting on the porch when the bird started and
I said did you hear that? He started laughing. The
chipmunks set the scarecrow off often enough for the
bird to learn the sound.
--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
...
What does the scarecrow sound like?

I have decided that if 'my' mockingbirds ever come back and nest in the
large bush in my backyard I'm going to set up a tape recorder w/just a
loop
of that whistle noise from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - ooo e ooo e
ooooo-
and teach them that. I bet the catbirds could have learned it too.

I hope they come back and I hope it works! I wonder how long it takes
them
to learn?
snip

We were camping a few weeks back, and my 5 year old found a mockingbird that
knew how to do the wheee-who-whit...ya know that whistle that says, "Hey you
over there, Hey! HEY!"

BV.

BV, in case you may have been wondering - the call you heard the Catbird do
is that of the Eastern Wood Pewee.

LeeAnne

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
news:bfhdq8$ete60$1@ID- We were camping a few weeks back, and my 5 year old
found a mockingbird that
knew how to do the wheee-who-whit...ya know that whistle that says, "Hey
you
over there, Hey! HEY!"

BV.

BV, in case you may have been wondering - the call you heard the Catbird do
is that of the Eastern Wood Pewee.

LeeAnne

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
news:bfhdq8$ete60$1@ID- We were camping a few weeks back, and my 5 year old
found a mockingbird that
knew how to do the wheee-who-whit...ya know that whistle that says, "Hey
you
over there, Hey! HEY!"

BV.

LeeAnne wrote:
What does the scarecrow sound like?

I have decided that if 'my' mockingbirds ever come back and nest in the
large bush in my backyard I'm going to set up a tape recorder w/just a loop
of that whistle noise from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - ooo e ooo e ooooo-
and teach them that. I bet the catbirds could have learned it too.

I hope they come back and I hope it works! I wonder how long it takes them
to learn?

LeeAnne
The sound is like a shshh shshh, shshh. Not a sound that I
can imitate ;-)
--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/