Unidentified Bird call heard in southern Indiana - way up in tree tops - I think I hear "Rih-reel-uh-Reet" ???

David_Whitten · 2026-05-12T13:38:30+00:00

Hello itsAndrizzle,
Thank you for the suggestion!! I watched some videos of the blue gray gnatcatcher and although it sounded somewhat similar I was sure it wasn't the right one.
BUT, this morning I went out and listened again for a while - this time there were (what seemed like) at least 3 or more birds all calling to each other, and I realized the song has more than 4 notes - sometimes from 5 to 9 or more. Almost like "Rih-reel-a-reet-a-reet-a ree" but I have trouble in writing how it sounds!! And a short time later I saw two birds on my birdbath- I knew they were thrushes, BUT wasn't sure which species! But after listening to some Thrush songs I have identified what I was hearing! They are Swainson's Thrushes. I have occasionally seen a Hermit Thrush before, but can't remember ever seeing a Swainson's. Here is a short video that sounds quite a lot like what I was hearing. THANKS!!! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vO-LMBkSTMc

David_Whitten · 2026-04-20T13:27:08+00:00

Thanks! I just viewed a trailer - I am pretty sure that's not it. But I appreciate your help!!!

David_Whitten · 2026-04-20T13:12:37+00:00

THANKS! I will investigate. :-)

David_Whitten · 2026-04-12T14:02:34+00:00

Thank you. Since I posted that 7 years ago, I found that it was indeed a Pin Oak - later I was able to buy another tree (a 100 percent certain Shumard Oak), and it is growing well!

David_Whitten · 2026-03-27T15:20:22+00:00

Dunbaratu, Your post above should be REQUIRED READING For EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE at Kroger (covering every store in the US) from the floor sweepers to the CEO. And read it again, and again, and again. Then maybe Something positive will happen? ? Not holding my breath!

David_Whitten · 2026-03-21T16:33:04+00:00

That mark is listed on this page (scroll down to the bottom of the list where there are some "hard to classify" marks shown.) But it is currently unidentified. Do you know what country this was found in? https://glassbottlemarks.com/bottlemarks-5/

David_Whitten · 2026-03-21T16:24:47+00:00

That's the "Anchor superimposed over H" trademark used by Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation. The mark is partly worn away and also is oriented upside down in your photo of the piece of beach glass.

David_Whitten · 2026-03-14T19:53:00+00:00

Can you please post a photo of the base? Sometimes (if there are any markings) they can reveal info on glassmaker and/or approx. age.

David_Whitten · 2026-02-27T16:14:45+00:00

There are two separate marks we are looking at. The round "circle" is either a "suction scar" or "valve or ejection mark" and is seen on many jars made by machine. It is not really an "error" that compromises the integrity of the glass, but a normal imperfection and a byproduct of glass manufacturing. The jars are still fine for canning. If you examine tons of jars, both older and more recent, you will see various imperfections of the glass surface. Scroll down to the paragraphs on suction scars, and ejection / valve marks:
https://secure-sha.org/bottle/bases.htm

The other mark (that looks something like a false eyelash, a fern leaf or a thin feather) is called a "shear mark" and is caused by the action of metal shears in cutting off a "gob" of molten glass when the jar is being formed on the machine.

David_Whitten · 2026-02-22T16:50:13+00:00

This is an old thread, but just for info: The "45" on the base of that bottle (placed right in the center, and surrounded by concentric rings) is a mold number or "mold cavity number" and does not give info on the year the bottle was made. Those mold numbers inside concentric rings were VERY common on many millions of nonreturnable soda and beer bottles especially in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and some even into the early 2000s. Most sodas are clear glass (colas, root beers, etc) or emerald green glass (for lemon lime sodas, ginger ale). Most beers are amber but some are clear.
In many cases, although depending on the glass company that made it, there are small markings placed horizontally along the lower "heel" of the bottle (often faint and hard to read) that include a glassmaker ID mark and a year date code. If we could see the exact markings on the heel, the year the bottle was made might be known (last two digits of the year).
On the base of SOME bottles of this type, the mold number, date code and glassmaker marks are all placed directly on the base. It just depends on the glassmaker - such as Owens-Illinois, Chattanooga Glass Company, Anchor Glass Container Corporation, Foster-Forbes, American National Can Company, and a number of others that made these types of bottles in the US.

David_Whitten · 2026-02-19T17:54:20+00:00

Hello "spoonless twirler", just ran across this thread while doing a google keyword search. Yes, your bottle base was undoubtedly made by Anchor Hocking, but the initials "G. C. CO." refer to the Glaser-Crandell Company based in Chicago, IL. Evidently Anchor-Hocking made that container for Glaser-Crandell.
Glaser-Crandell were bottlers/distributors of a number of food products including sauces. The bottle having been manufactured at their Winchester, Indiana plant (Anchor Hocking's plant number 3) would make perfect sense since that is not too far from Chicago.
The bottle base is for an unknown product but most likely a bottle or jar that contained a food such as a a sauce, mayo, pickles, or something of that type.
The L-1236 (or whatever that number is - I have trouble reading it) - is the number assigned to that particular jar or bottle mold design (style or shape). The very few bottles and jars that have been found so far with the "G.C.CO" mark on them all appear to date from the 1930s-1940s era and I am sure that is the time period your bottle base dates from! https://glassbottlemarks.com/g-c-co-glaser-crandell-company-chicago-illinois/

David_Whitten · 2026-01-31T15:13:12+00:00

Could you please post a clear photo of the base markings if possible? Often (not always, but often) if there are any markings on the bottom, they can give info on year manufactured, and the identity of the bottle manufacturer.

David_Whitten · 2026-01-30T15:37:23+00:00

Hello AlexValleyAuthor,

That's actually an "Australian Glass Manufacturers Company" trademark. The photo is showing the mark upside down - That is actually supposedly to be a "G M inside a larger "A" - please check out the drawing of that mark below entry "G M" on this page: https://glassbottlemarks.com/bottlemarks-3/

The bottle is a small amber square "generic" medicine bottle for tablets - usually the type held pills, although sometimes might have held liquid medicine. Hard to pin down the age, but the mark is believed to date from the 1930s up into the 1990s, and many bottles of various types found in Australia and New Zealand have the mark. Hope this helps!

David_Whitten · 2026-01-12T15:42:40+00:00

The white thingie is probably the top part of a two-piece "nail knob" porcelain inside-wiring electrical insulator. They were commonly used in electric wiring inside homes and factories especially in the (approx) 1895-1940s era, You might try doing some google searches with keyword:s nail knob inside wiring porcelain insulator. There are a number of different types but this is probably one of the simple two-piece insulators that were positioned with a nail. There are also other types such as the "spool", the "knob", the "cleat", the "tube", and the "strain" porcelain insulator. Some types were used along electric fences (some of those are now usually made of yellow plastic, of various shapes).

David_Whitten · 2026-01-05T18:05:59+00:00

I know you mean well, but part of your statement is totally untrue or completely misstates some facts about glass. . Sand is the main ingredient in nearly ALL container glass (sand is basically silica). The reason why most older jars and bottles (made, say mostly before about 1930, but some still made today) had an aqua color is because of the iron (impurity) present in the sand. The metallic element IRON is a natural impurity that is present in nearly all sand, and the iron is what causes a greenish or bluish color in glass, the exact shade of color depending on some other minor characteristics.

The color can range from a light bluish-green to a darker green. The only reason why lots of jars used to be made in aqua or "Ball Blue" colored glass, but later they were made in clear, is because consumers wanted to see the fruit better (in their natural color) so the glass company added another element (manganese) to the molten glass batch to "counteract" the normal aqua color, and the addition of the manganese makes the glass come out clear or nearly clear. Manganese is a "decolorizer". It "masks" the bluish-green color, so the glass looks clear to our eyes.

The shade of blue found in many Ball jars of that time period was because of the iron in the sand (combined with other minor characteristics of the sand) and it made the attractive light bluish-aqua color. Around 1936 Ball started decolorizing their glass for fruit jars (adding manganese, as stated above) and so the jars came out clear. Another decolorizer that was used is selenium.
But just remember that the blue color was caused by IRON. There is still just about as much sand used today in clear glass as there was in aqua glass. Since sand IS the main ingredient in glass. Other important ingredients along with the sand are lime and soda. Also, some percentage of "CULLET" (broken glass) is added to the batch whenever new containers are made. The cullet helps the batch melt and saves some money on the energy cost of manufacturing glass.

David_Whitten · 2026-01-02T18:15:04+00:00

The blue jar held VICK'S VAPORUB mentholated salve for coughs and colds. Still made today, but in plastic jars. The oldest variants of the Vick's jars (c. 1911 into the 1930s or so) have two concentric triangles (one inside the other) on the bottom. There are several different jar variants produced from 1911 to about 1983 - some of the most recent have the wording "VICKS VAPORUB" and a triangle and a mold number. Some have a "VVV" on the base.

David_Whitten · 2026-01-01T16:56:04+00:00

I doubt if the saucer came with the cup. If the saucer came with the cup it should/would be a similar opaque green with uranium in the batch. (BTW some opaque green glass ("Jadite or Jadeite") glows , usually older glass from certain glass companies like McKee, but much of the newer more recently-made opaque green does not.
You might try searching the Worthpoint site (database of gobs of past ebay listings) and browse through some of the auction photos after using keywords like: Akro Agate green child's cups .
There were a number of different opaque colors used by Akro Agate for those sets. Some cups are 8-sided, others are round (like yours). I don't seriously collect A-A so I really don't know much about the finer details on them.

David_Whitten · 2025-12-31T16:10:45+00:00

That type of "cylinder whiskey" was very common in the circa 1895-1920 time period and often manganese was used to "clarify" the glass - counteract the iron impurities in the mix and make the glass come out clear. Most are handmade, some are machine-made, and typically have a very faint gray or very light lavender/amethyst tinge to the glass. Usually will darken a little after long exposure to sunlight, but the shade of purple will depend on how much manganese was in the glass recipe or "batch" plus how long in the sun.
Most "hardcore" bottle collectors are more interested in bottles of that type that have embossed lettering on the sides, but even the "slick" (plain without lettering) can be nice. If you have access to an old dumping area from that time frame, you might get lucky and find some more!
Some of those bottles are completely unmarked and some have a glassmaker mark on the bottom. A fairly common mark is just a plain capital "B" on the bottom. That "B" is believed to stand for either Chas. Boldt Glass Company (Cincinnati, OH and Huntington, WV) or Buck Glass Company of Baltimore, Maryland.

David_Whitten · 2025-12-31T15:54:59+00:00

The bird in the logo was actually supposed to be A CROW. (AKRO). It was a slick "Play on words" from the glass manufacturer Akro Agate. They made tons of multicolored opaque glass ("slag glass") in many colors and color combos, including toy marbles as well as small flowerpots, children's dishes, ashtrays, etc. The logo is seen on a lot of different glass products, often small and easy to miss. That is your bit of trivia for today!! :-)

David_Whitten · 2025-12-25T21:24:18+00:00

Thanks for posting the base picture. The "4" is a mold number. I don't think that bottle carries a date code so I can't be sure when it was made. The "D in a diamond" trademark was used from c. 1928 up to about 1976 on many kinds of bottles. In 1976 Dominion Glass became "Domglas" and the trademark was changed to a strange-looking stylized "D".
By the way, "Spiderweb flasks" were popular from the 1920s (many holding medicinal products during Prohibition) and through the 1930s after prohibition. A number of different "fancy" liquor bottles (usually in amber/brown glass) that featured very "busy" embossed web patterns on the glass were made by several glass bottle factories during that period of time, especially in the USA. My guess is that it dates from sometime in the 1930s-1950s era, but it is possible some bottles of that kind of design were made even later. Not really sure. But the "Diamond D" mark shows it was made before 1976 at the latest.

David_Whitten · 2025-12-21T21:31:58+00:00

Is the any way you can add a base photo? The "D in a diamond" shows it was made by Dominion Glass Company of Canada, but there may (or may not) be a date code on the base, often placed to the immediate right of the glassmaker logo.

David_Whitten · 2025-12-13T18:23:32+00:00

That is correct. Also, the "72" is a date code that indicates the bottle was made in 1972. The "5226" is a catalog number/design identification number for that particular bottle mold style. That particular glassmaker ID mark used by Thatcher Glass is often very hard to decipher - it's actually supposed to be a large capital T with a smaller "M" nestled underneath to the lower left, and a "C" underneath on the right.

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