This is a warbler-smaller than a sparrow but try BirdJam (just Google it) & see if Black Throated Green Warbler might be it. It supposedly sounds like zee-zee-zee-zoo-zee or see-see-see-say-see. I can't think of anything else with that cadence. BirdJam is helpful but after I listen to a few I get mixed up. Susan

Next thing that's going to happen is whip-like, fast-growing replacement shoots exploding out of the nubs at the branch ends like antennae or hairs. This is not a restful effect. And will have been happening every year that the pollarding has been undertaken. You see the same kind of thing (pruning into artificial shapes) rather often here. There is consistent budgeting for aggressive pruning (or shearing) of what planting happens to be present but little interest demonstrated in actual nurturing of the landscape, of gardening it as in planting it fully and caring for the plantings in a way that encourages plant health. In fact the Seattle area is where a membership organization founded to do something about bad pruning originated: Plant Amnesty http://www.plantamnesty.org

I've thought for a long time that people like me would be excellent as study subjects about weight and people's appetite set points because naturally I simply cannot eat as much food as seems to be normal, never have. Husband is the same; even our kids make fun of us. My daughter says we eat like rabbits and she's probably not that far off. So *for me* one of those tiny hamburgers and a half a bag of small fries from McDonalds is an ample meal. I usually can only handle a few swallows of soda too though I prefer to drink water. I actually strongly dislike even the feel of having a big mouthful of food in my mouth. So weight has never been a problem or even an issue--at 61 YO I currently weigh 3 pounds more than I did when I was 18. I am small boned but at 5'6" and weighing 120 lbs I"m not emaciated or tiny. I just never have had to worry about controlling how much I eat, and have never even been able to pack away a lot of food. Why is that? I don't know, just the way my body functions. I really think if science could figure it out and bottle it a lot of people would have an incredibly easier and healthier life. However, that said I'll ad one very negative consequence has been that I've always had a false sense that there was no need for me to exercise or be active since I was always thin...why bother? WRONG--and recently it's been a battle to start and maintain an exercise and weight training regimen so I don't end up the skinniest old lady on the orthopedic rehab floor!

I was not all that familiar with him until now, but recently I have been watching videos of him from SNL, and I loved all of the Week-end Update episodes that I've seen so far with him in them. I do not think he should have been fired from that segment. Chevy Chase admired him for his work on that as well. So sorry that he is now gone. I agree that 61 is way too young.