Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:41:53 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Re: birdsong help? MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I'm sure it wasn't a Field > Sparrow. Instead of gradually accelerating and rising in > pitch, as does the sparrow, this song had 3 distinct parts I have heard Field sparrows sing a wide range of songs. They do not always do the "ping pong ball song"-the ascending and accelerating typical song. They will sometimes break the song into parts (one or two), sometimes sing all on one level and they also go a dry trill. I always listen for tone, they have such a lovely musical quality. Bonnie Ott (field trip chair) Ellicott city, Howard County Maryland bonnie1163@comcast.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================