Re: Geese are moving!

Bonnie Ott (bott@erols.com)
Thu, 04 Mar 1999 07:42:39 -0500


KurtCapt87@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I always heard Song Sparrows "chimp".

	Actually I find Songs do quite a number of little sounds. The best
description I ever read is that the Song's call note sounds like the
bark of a teeny dog. I find this a very good description and very easy
for people to retain. It is the easiest way to distinguish a Song by
sound. Their "seet" notes can be very variable and similar to other
sparrow's "seets". I still get "taken" by some Song's singing if they
are doing a really wild garbled song. I get accused by friends all the
time of saying "But that sound is SO distinctive" but that tiny "bark"
TRULY is!
	Bonnie Ott