Listening to a Continent Sing

the companion website to the book by Donald Kroodsma

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW MT-286

Big Hole National Battlefield, Wisdom, Montana

June 6, 8:31 a.m.

Sunrise at 5:45 a.m.

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A white-crowned sparrow singing the local dialect. Hear how different his songs are from the trio recorded at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (MT-269, MT-270, MT-271), or any place else (e.g., CO-212), for that matter.

Background

Yellow warbler, cattle, Wilson's snipe, American robin, Bullock's oriole, black-capped chickadee, brown-headed cowbird.

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Photo by Wil Hershberger