Please help a beginner - I can't get this song out of my head without learning what it is!
I heard a very distinctive but unidentified bird call 2 weeks ago at Point Reyes National Seashore, near the Fivebrooks trailhead. The call was coming from near the top of trees in mixed forest (willow, spruce, bay, etc.) between a small pond and a trickling stream.
The call was undulating in tone, rising and increasing in tempo. Something like this:
REEE
re
re
re
re
re re
re re
The sound was similar to Swainson's Thrush but not it. The final note almost had an echoing quality.
In the same area, I did see another bird for only a moment and thus could not ID it precisely. It looked to me like a vireo (gray/olive with eyering and relatively large bill) and was eating berries. Could this bird have been the one singing?
Thank you for any suggestions!
Kate
