Tweeters,

Thanks to all of you that responded ? too bad I said it was a .wav file ? it was in fact a .wma file, and several folks couldn?t open it. However, Bob Sundstrom replied (below), and after listening to the file several times, and comparing it with several CD recordings as well as on-line sources, I?m convinced that what we heard was as Bob stated: a Fox Sparrow.



The folks on our trip Thursday are pretty good birders, but I can bet most of us haven?t heard a Fox Sparrow song in the Puget lowlands, and (unlike Golden-crowned Sparrows) not at all this time of year. Context definitely helps at times!



Thanks again to Bob and to all of you.



May all your birds be identified,



Denis DeSilvis

Roy, WA

avnacrs4birds at outlook dot com







From: Bob Sundstrom
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 7:04 PM

Subject: RE: [Tweeters] ID help - song from JBLM Eagles Pride bird walk 10-16



Hi, Denis,



It sounds like a Fox Sparrow song in the background, with sharply inflected whistles. Or ?Sooty? Fox Sparrow this time of year.



Bob