Tweeters,

In view of the recent discussion about wintering WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS, some of you may be interested in the following message from
the "Whatcom Birds" group.

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops and Delta, BC
contopus at shaw.ca


----- Original Message -----
From: <TRWahl at aol.com>
To: <whatcombirds at lists.wwu.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:55 AM
Subject: White-crowns


About a week ago, Puget Sound White-crowned Sparrows arrived/burst
into song in numbers much greater than the few we had in our
neighborhood this winter.

Usually, wintering gambelii begin singing just before pugetensis
arrives and
there is an overlap of songs until early May or so. Then pugetensis
remains
by itself for the summer. This year I do not recall hearing a
Gambel's
singing at all. What's the general experience locally? Will we have a
noticeable migration of Gambel's?

Terry Wahl
Bellingham