Song Sparrows have been known to include sounds they hear into their
own songs. For a couple of years after we had Clay-colored Sparrows
here, there was a Song Sparrow that incorporated the Clay-colored
song into its own. Someone's done research on the topic, but I don't
remember who.
Anne Marie Johnson
Caroline
At 04:12 PM 8/5/2010, you wrote:
For the past couple weeks or so around our property I've been
hearing a SONG SPARROW singing a darn good imitation of a FIELD
SPARROW song. It continuously sings this song and only occasionally
lets out with the normal song sparrow song. Has anyone else heard a
song sparrow doing this? If not, perhaps I should get my hands on a
parabolic recorder and make a recording of it for the Library of
Natural Sounds.
I have to chuckle thinking that this bird is so pleased with itself
and its new-found song that it just has to keep singing out for all
the world to hear!
Larry
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