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Thread #123255 Message #2713036
Posted By: maeve
31-Aug-09 - 01:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Cardinals (as in Birds)
Subject: RE: BS: Cardinals (as in Birds)
From the Homeport site above to which Beer referred:"...the Swainson's Warbler is in fact not uncommon in the proper habitat. Typically it is found in bottomland thickets, especially with greenbrier (Smilax) and grape vine undergrowth or canebrakes; a good place to find it is in the Pearl River Wildlife Managment Area along old U.S. 11 in the Honey Island swamp. Its song, with apologies, is a "whee, whee, whee, church is free...", quite similar to that of the Louisiana Waterthrush, which breeds in rather similar habitat, but has a very different ending. The song is loud and sweet and carries well, but it also seems to be ventriloquial. "
No connection to the Northern Cardinal, but another example of carefully observed examples of a similar effect as that about which you are wondering.
I do know how to spell and when to use "whether" as opposed to "weather" or "wether", despite evidence to the contrary at 11:52. :)