[Bristol-Birds] Singing White-crowned Sparrow inside Kingsport hardware store
- From: Andy Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:43:58 -0400
Hi all:
On my way out of town, headed for Cleveland, OH, I stopped off at the
Kingsport Lowes on Stone Drive to pick up some Cherokee Purple tomato
plants. Imagine my surprise when I heard a singing White-crowned Sparrow!
The bird was not struggling to escape the building, and in fact when it
flew up to the windows it seemed to be there to feed as well as to use
the ledge as a singing perch. I lost track of the bird for a few
minutes and I think that it was actually outside for a while. I saw the
bird foraging in potted plants inside the building.
I don't have a firm explanation for this. It could be a late migrant
that will simply move on soon. It could also be a bird that was moved
here by accident with a plant shipment. The song that it was singing was
different from what I typically hear in eastern birds. I'm not so sure
about the plumage and bill color as compared with typical eastern birds.
I recorded the bird's song with my iPhone, and have posted the audio here:
http://soundcloud.com/ornitholoco/wcsp
Photos of the bird:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornitholoco/7242189480/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornitholoco/7242192300/in/photostream/
Any comments on the subspecific identification of this bird would be
appreciated!
It was great seeing everyone at the joint TOS / VSO meeting! What a
great meeting, and some seriously fun field trips. Congratulations to
all of the BBC organizers on a job well done.
Andy
--
Andy Jones, Ph.D.
Director of Science
William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Endowed Chair of Ornithology
and Head of Department of Ornithology
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle
Cleveland, OH 44106
http://www.cmnh.org/Ornithology.aspx
Photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornitholoco
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