Subject: Re: white crowned sparrows
Date: Jul 10 12:26:52 1996
From: Russell Rogers - rrogers


On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, 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.

To me the two races of White-crowned Sparrows say the following

Pugetensis: Bang, Bang, Chitty, Chitty, Bang-Bang

Gambell's: I gota get away from here

Call me wierd, but that is how I remember the two.

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