Subject: BC Chickadee song dialects?
Date: Feb 5 17:17:25 2004
From: Roger - r_craik at shaw.ca


Just to make life interesting, in the three note calls we get in the lower
mainland of BC the third note is not always readily appearant. If there is
background noise it can get lost. At least to my old ears, anyhow.

Roger Craik
Maple Ridge BC


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From: <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
To: <jwithgott at msn.com>
Cc: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: BC Chickadee song dialects?


> HI:
> I can top this! The chickadees on Bainbridge USE to sing a four part
song:fee fee for her. NOW they sing a three part: fee fee for. Very few
birds change there songs over years.
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> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA USA
> A.K.A.:Birdbooker
> Rallidae all the way!
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