I heard a White-crowned Sparrow yesterday in Wallingford that was singing a
"gambeli" song. Maybe it's getting ready to leave, or got his signals crossed.

Gene Hunn.

At 10:19 AM 4/9/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets:
>
>This morning I heard and saw the White-crowned sparrow singing for the
>first time while walking from my car in downtown Seattle to the building
>I work in. I kept looking around this spring and waiting for weeks to
>hear the WCSP in downtown, and finally the singing came (even though I
>saw a bunch of them on the Olympic peninsula about 2 weeks ago).
>Interestingly, it was singing on the same spot on a railing next to a
>parking lot as last year (in addition to others I've seen at various
>locations). Now I have to figure out if it is pugetensis or gambelii.
>I'll listen for the "chili chili" song or for the "zweet zweet" that
>Michael Price mentions. I suspect it's probably a gambelii.
>
>Franny Drobny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B&P Bell [SMTP:bellasoc at mail.isomedia.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 5:10 PM
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Hidden Migrants
>
> Good Morning Tweets
>
> On my morning walk on our hill I usually see White-crowned
>Sparrow
> throughout the winter, generally gambellii, and they generally
>start
> some singing in late winter/very early spring. For the last
>month I have
> neither seen nor heard a WCSP. This morning, I had a singing
>WCSP which,
> based in my recollection of the song, I suspect was a
>pugetensis, but it
> flew before I could confirm that. Because of the interval with
>no
> visible or audible WCSP I feel fairly confident this mornings
>bird was
> pugetensis. Nice to hear it again.
>
> Brian H. Bell
> Woodinville WA
> bellasoc at isomedia.com
>
>