Wrussell Wrogers wrote:

>I am still a little puzzled about OCWAs not singing during the breeding
>season. Yesterday, they were singing widely at many parts of McChord AFB.
>At one location, there were at least 5 singing males! It could be that
>east side OCWA behave differently that west side birds. Or it could be
>that the density of the population on the Tacoma Prairies induces more
>defense of their territories. However, there is at least one pair
>occuping a small clump of oaks with no other pairs nearby. The male at
>that location has been singing all spring. I am pretty sure it is the same
>bird because it has a distinctive song variation.

Well, there's no reality like empirical reality!

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