Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!gwynne From: gwynne@milton.u.washington.edu (Kristan Geissel) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Earlybirds and Where is everyone? Message-ID: <1991Jun27.184525.2963@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 27 Jun 91 18:45:25 GMT References: <1991Jun27.172157.12240@cbnewsm.att.com> Distribution: na Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 19 In article <1991Jun27.172157.12240@cbnewsm.att.com> rsl@cbnewsm.att.com (randolph.little) writes(ASKS!!): >How about some reports from other earlybirders! -- Randy > > Randolph.Little@att.com I don't have any reports but there is a bird in my area that I hear in the pre-dawn darkness - you know the time - about 15 to 30 minutes before the sun actually is up above the horizon. It seems to be a flitter-er, swooping between my apartment building and the next. Its call is a long peep, very high pitched. I thought at first, "BATS!" but realised if that were the case, I'd hear them at other times of the night, also. Any ideas? Kristan gwynne@milton.u.washington.edu