Subject: Junco mimics
Date: Feb 16 13:09:27 2001
From: WMeadowlark at att.net - WMeadowlark at att.net


Hi, Rob,

Just the other day, in front of Madigan Hospital on Ft.
Lewis, I heard a junco doing almost the same thing. He
was interspersing his regular junco song with little
snips of melody. I didn't think of them as robinish
until your letter to Tweeters, but now that I think of
it, you're right, the one I heard was singing in robin
as well as juncos.
I have no idea if juncos mimic, but this is the first
time I've EVER heard a junco do anything other than
trill and chip.
Nor do I know if this is a regional peculiarity, or a
new phenomenon, or what. It's nice, though.
Michelle Blanchard
WMeadowlark at att.net
Oly, WA