Hi Tweets,

Heard a pugetensis-race White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys this
AM, and realised that in the transliteration yesterday, I'd left something
out. So, a more correctly phrased version for Vancouver BC birds of this
race (a qualification needed if there's any regional variation such as with
Black-capped Chickadee Poeciles atricapillus) is:

pugetensis: surr, seeee, zweetzweetzue trrrr

(first two notes typical Zono (slangish for stripe-headed sparrow) clear and
sweetly minor, next three buzzy, last dry-trilled, sometimes almost a dry
rattle)

Sorry if that omission led to any confusion.

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)