Out of area, but possibly one of our winter birds on nesting territory:
'Had the US Open golf tourney on tv (Fox Sports) yesterday during lunch and
noticed a bird singing consistently in the background, sometimes fairly
loud. Today it's back on and I still hear this bird. I'm thinking
White-crowned Sparrow, but not sure. Sounds something like "CHEREEE chip
chip chip chereee". Costal Washington state, white-crowned is an all year
resident there, according to Sibley, so that's at least a possibility.
Anyone familiar with west-coast bird song, I'd be curious if you have an
opinion.
Richard Connors
Nashville TN
