On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Scott Richardson wrote:
> I heard similar halting phrases from a ruby-crown just a few days ago. I find
> that "not quite there yet" describes every r.c. kinglet I've ever heard sing in
> western Washington. Hearing them go at it in Maine and Labrador was
> astonishing. With these and the Winter Wrens I think, "How does such incredible
> music come from that tiny a bird?"

This morning at Magnuson Park, the RC Kinglets were singing up a storm.
They've gone past halting phrases. The Spotted Towhees, Robins, Bewick's
Wrens, and RW Blackbirds were making a lot of noise, too.

The Juncos, Flickers, and House Finches are the most prominant singing
birds in my residential Lake City neighborhood.

Kelly Cassidy