>Hi, Susan,
> They're all over Seattle University (on First Hill in Seattle); their
>song echoes like a mantra in my ears all day long (do-mi-dododododo, re
>-- with regional dialects which sometimes leave off the "re").
> By the way, how do others out there remember/transcribe bird
>songs? I use the do-re-mi system if I have time, draw a line representing
>approximate notes on a musical staff if not.
>
>Trileigh Stroh

Not being very musically inclined, I've got to use words, as I learned to
do long ago from R. T. Peterson's books.

To me, White-crowned Sparrows around here say "see, see pretty, pretty me."
Other dialects of _pugetensis_ White-crowns and other subspecies of
White-crowns say something else that I haven't put to words. Someone
should try it for migrant _gambelii_, which have a quite different song.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416