Oooh, I can add a couple.



Great Horned Owl (an obvious one; it's hooting outside right now)

Varied Thrush (heard last Tuesday; their rusty winter song, but definitely a
song, not a call)

House Sparrow, maybe. Too hard to distinguish their call from their song.



Kelly Cassidy

Pullman, WA



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Michael
Hobbs
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:28 PM
To: Brendan McGarry; RUPERT GROVE
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] RE: Can it be Spring?



In Washington State, I have noted the following species sing in the first 2
weeks of January:



Black-capped Chickadee

Brown Creeper

Bewick's Wren (including today)

Marsh Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird



Several other species have been noted singing later in the month, and I've
noted pretty much all of the same species singing in December (including
before the solstice)



In fact, I've noted Bewick's Wrens singing at all seasons EXCEPT October
thru mid-November. Song Sparrows seem to take a break only during the month
of August. American Robins, in contrast, don't seem to sing between
early-July and mid-December.



I've been keeping notes on songs for about the last 4 years (and this is
the first chance I've had to actually query the data :)



== Michael Hobbs
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----- Original Message -----

From: Brendan McGarry <mailto:mcgbre04 at gmail.com>

To: RUPERT GROVE <mailto:rupertgrove at msn.com>

Cc: hjnoble at igc.org ; tweeters at u.washington.edu

Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 6:51 PM

Subject: Re: [Tweeters] RE: Can it be Spring?



I am under the impression that Wrens in general sing quite a bit earlier
than other resident birds based on experiences. Bewick's and Winter Wrens
are the birds I start to hear first every year (Winter Wrens really seem to
sing year-round) followed shortly by Song Sparrows (which occasionally sing
all year round). I heard a both species singing on the Seattle CBC.
Birds typically sing to establish territory (and in turn attract mates) and
possibly/probably, though I am just speaking off the cuff, these birds just
need to start earlier to be successful mates. Elevated levels of
testosterone can promote singing as well. I don't necessarily think spring
and singing are completely correlated in resident birds the way that they
are with neo-tropical and altitudinal migrants. Owls are moving into their
season as we speak - I believe most larger owls fledge in early to mid
spring. Anyway....

-Brendan McGarry
Seattle

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:41 PM, RUPERT GROVE <rupertgrove at msn.com> wrote:

Just yesterday I noticed both a Bewick's Wren singing in he bush in front of
my house and juncos trilling. My first thought was the big temperature swing
we have had from low 30s last week to low 50s this week. Sure doesn't seem
like spring yet.

Rupert Grove
Tacoma

> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:50:19 -0500
> From: hjnoble at igc.org
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] Can it be Spring?


>
> Here in Maple Leaf the Bewick's Wrens are singing and the
> Northern Flickers are hammering on the light posts. How
> sensitive they must be to the barely lengthening days--just
> 13 more daylight minutes since the solstice.
>
> Henry Noble
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