unbirdy

Updated: August 13, 2026

They listened attentively for a repetition of the serenade, when a high-pitched but not loud "Wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa!" reached their ears from a grove of heavy timbers. "Hear that?" exclaimed Sam. Again it came, a quavering squall, apparently much nearer. It was a rather shrill sound, quite unbirdy, and Sam whispered: "Coon that's the whicker of a Coon.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Two Little Savages : Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned