>This reminds me of a few winters back when I happened to have the most
delightful
>pleasure of listening to another Song Sparrow singing it's heart out. The
major
>differences with this and a Springtime song were that if you were a short
>distance away from the bird you would not have heard it because it was
singing so
>softly and it's song would have put the very best canary to shame. To
listen to
>it one would not have thought it was coming from that particular bird. I
happened
>to have a very good vantage point about 8' above the bird and could see as
well
>as hear it singing.
>I would love to catch another one singing like that.
>Roger Craik
>Maple Ridge BC


OK, 'fess up - how many of us are carrying around tape recorders for
opportunities like this ? (and how many of us are fortunate enough to catch
our friends "odes" ?
because one remembers but cannot reproduce these "special productions"
......)

Toni Hawryluk
Seattle
tonihawr at email.msn.com