Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:03:38 -0500 Reply-To: bott@erols.com Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Re: pine warbler vs. junco song MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Andy Rabin wrote: > I know songs can be tough to > describe in words, but any tips would be most appreciated. > > Have you checked out "Birding by Ear"? He goes through "trillers" and compares them to each other. I found it very useful (and still do). To me the trill of a pine is tight, even and dry. The junco is more musical and often varied in intensity and speed. They also ususally intersperse with those "pinging" noises too. However, whenever I think I have it mastered- they trow me for a loop! (Then all you need is to throw in the early chippies, swamps and wormies!) Bonnie Ott ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================