Subject: Re: white crowned sparrows
Date: Jul 10 11:51:17 1996
From: Skip Russell - skipr at teleport.com
Dennis Paulson wrote:
>
> 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.
>
A friend of mine in college thought they sounded like: "Poor Jojo...pissed
his pants!" After hearing that, I never once had trouble recognizing the
song!
Skip