[cobirds] Audio: Spostern Towhee, berserk starling, gratuitous African Collared-Dove

2016-03-28 Thread Ted Floyd
Hi, all. Here's some bird audio I've gotten in the past couple weeks: 1. This *spotted towhee* at the Medano-Zapata Ranch, Alamosa County, Mar. 20, sang a song that wouldn't sound out-of-the-ordinary for an eastern towhee in Kentucky or Ohio. Then it switched over to a perfectly typical spotted

Re: [cobirds] Audio: Spostern Towhee, berserk starling, gratuitous African Collared-Dove

2016-03-29 Thread Charles Hundertmark
The Spostern Towhee raises an interesting question. At the end of winter/beginning of spring, male song birds go through a period when they are regaining their song. During this period, the song is often somewhat off. In the case of two closely related species, one might wonder if during the son