Not so, Jack, we're befuddled in Puget Sound by being surrounded by a
variable population precisely intermediate between the "Northwestern" and
the "American Crow." When I go east of the Cascades I have absolutely no
difficulty telling the "Interior Song Sparrow" from the "Coastal Song
Sparrow," likewise.

Gene Hun.


>I must admit to being both amused and befudled whenever this topic comes up
>every now and then on this list. I grew up surrounded by NW Crows south of
>Vancouver, BC. For the past 16 years, I have lived in the interior of BC
>surrounded by Am Crows. I have absolutely no trouble distinguishing between
>the two species whenever I travel down to the coast. The little coastal runts
>just look like they would never be able to hold their own against an interior
>bird in a blind alley. And they *do* talk a different strain of crow talk
>than the inland birds.
>
>IMO, there are two clear species but the Puget Lowland Tweetsters'
>perspectives are clouded by being surrounded by a dimensionally smaller
>population of Am Crow.
>
> - Jack
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>Jack Bowling
>Prince George, BC
>jbowling at direct.ca
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