Michael: I was curious about your sign-off quote and looked it up. Is there
just a little bit of chauvinism here? Wouldn't it be a courtesy to attribute
the quote to "Mrs." Aphra Behn? After all, she WAS a spy for King Charles the
II and certainly deserves a little credit for surviving THAT business in, was
it, Antwerp?

About the two warblers (Black-throated Gray and Townsend's): have heard both
at different times and places and am confused about the apparent similarity in
song that you mentioned. If the spirit moves you, would you enlarge a little
bit about that? I know that the same species in different locations in the
country have different "regional accents" but the Black-throated here sounds
the same as those we have heard in Arizona. The Townsend's here in Washington
sound buzzy/raspy and with a different phrasing than Black-throated Gray. I
know how difficult it is to describe songs--very subjective, but please give
it a try.

Incidentally, Tweeters, found a terrific Eared Grebe about 15' from shore
along Hood Canal today near Seabeck. Also, there was an Eurasian Wigeon
behind the Last Stage saloon in Gorst! Ain't birding grand!

Murray Hansen
MurrayH at aol.com