We have wonderful backyard birds this summer, including a pair of American goldfinches and the black-headed grosbeak. These birds might be common in other parts of the county, but right in the city they are rare as jewels. Maybe has something to do with our wildly overgrown hedge and the free food and water?
But the white-crowned sparrows are our favorites for their lovely song, and we seem to have more than usual this year.
Yesterday morning, the little NPR program "Birdnote" ran a short segment on regional variations in white-crowned sparrow song.
http://www.birdnote.org
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