Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Which songs to learn first?
Date: Aug 29 15:29:05 2006
From: Lou Ann Harris - montlou at earthlink.net


Good list, Jim. I would add House Finch, as well.

Another piece of advice I would offer is, don't try to learn too many
birds at once. It can be overwhelming when you are first learning.
Start with a handful and get really familiar with those, then try to
learn one or two more each time you go out in the field.

Lou Ann Harris
Bellevue

On Aug 29, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Jim McCoy wrote:

>
> Mark and others,
>
> If I'm reading this correctly, nobody has directly answered your
> question, i.e. which species should you learn first?
>
> This is highly subjective, of course, but for the Seattle area I
> might start with the following, just off the top of my head:
>
> American Robin
> Varied Thrush
> Swainson's Thrush
> Song Sparrow
> White-crowned Sparrow
> Spotted Towhee
> Bushtit
> Black-capped Chickadee
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee
> Bewick's Wren
> Brown Creeper
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> Golden-crowned Kinglet
> Downy Woodpecker
> Northern Flicker
> American Goldfinch (your state bird!)
> Belted Kingfisher
> Red-breasted Nuthatch
> Steller's Jay
>
> There are plenty of other birds which people might want to add to
> (or subtract from) the list, but if you learned the songs and/or
> calls of these birds, you'd be off to a good running start.
>
> Jim McCoy
> Marblehead, MA (by way of Bellevue, WA)
> jfmccoy at hotmail.com
>
>
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