The National Geographic<\/a> describes this sound as a “series of long, eerie whistles of 1 pitch”. Alas, it is not a single pitch. Although sometimes a rapid trill, it is usually a chord. (The Varied Thrush is not the only bird capable of singing two notes at once.)<\/p>\n Some websites acknowledge that the Varied Thrush does indeed sing a chord. Critters360<\/a> offers the “fact” that, “its tone is an F minor”.\u00a0Hugh Griffith<\/a> (a BC zoologist)\u00a0is not quite as specific when he says that it sings, “a disjointed series of randomly, or absent-mindedly selected minor chords.” What they agree upon is that the bird sings a minor chord.\u00a0<\/p>\n Both sites employ the language of music. However, a minor third is composed of two notes separated by three semitones, and to a musician’s ear, the notes of the thrush’s chord are within a tone (two semitones). The thrush’s chord is certainly distinctive, but its dissonance is not that of a minor chord.<\/p>\n The sound is eerie: a haunting sound of the early morning forest.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite the bird’s elusiveness, these pictures were taken this morning.<\/p>\n The female Varied Thrush is a pale orange with a greyish breast band. The male Varied Thrush is a brighter orange with a black breast band. This has been a good winter for the Varied Thrush, and now numbers are increasing through migration.\u00a0 In silhouette, the\u00a0Varied Thrush looks like its cousin, the American Robin (also a thrush), but they differ in several ways. While the … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/variedthrush140324bs.jpg\")
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