Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!crg5!crg8.sqnt.com!hanrahan From: hanrahan@crg8.sqnt.com (Tom Hanrahan) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Back from Vermont Message-ID: <19825@crg5.UUCP> Date: 17 Aug 90 00:31:49 GMT References: <90226.182022JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET> <90228.120252JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET> Sender: root@crg5.UUCP Reply-To: hanrahan@crg8.UUCP (Tom Hanrahan) Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc Lines: 20 In article <90228.120252JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET> JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET writes: >And I forgot to mention this -- we saw a couple of juncos singing >from up in the trees. Had to sneak up on this peculiar song, got >all scratched up from raspberry bushs (at least there were still a >few to eat on the way, yum, yum), and there they were. It seemed >odd to see a junco a) singing, and b) not hopping about on a snow- >covered lawn or patio, their usual habitat in my experience. How >odd to see `winter` birds doing summer things.... I had my best look at a Junco up high and singing this summer too. It was on a telephone pole, so I got a good long look at it. I was surprised how easy it would be for me to confuse a Junco with a Rufous-sided Towhee. Can anyone describe the difference in song? I have trouble with the two even when I'm listening to them on tape. -- -- Tom Hanrahan