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Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 22:02:47 -0700
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From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>
Subject: Re: [SBB] Cal Towhee Question
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At 08:47 PM 6/4/04, [[email protected]] wrote:
>Good evening Sbbers.....
>
>For the past three nights the resident California Towhee who normally just
>gives its chink note before retiring is actually singing!  I have never 
>heard a
>CATO break out into song...Has anyone heard this?  Since they nest here at 
>the
>house, is this some type of breeding song?

In my experience, resident birds give a "chink" note at dawn and dusk as 
they outline their territories.  They also have a greeting call, which is a 
sort of a trill as one flies up towards the other.  I believe this is what 
Linda Adams refers to as their "Nuttall's" call, although to my ear it is 
softer and less grating.  But Cal. Towhees also have a song.  The little 
bit I've read suggests that this is given only by unmated males, hence it 
is not heard from paired birds.  In the Palo Alto area, where I bicycle, I 
have found this song quite common through the summer months.  I cannot 
describe this song very well (a problem I have), but it is quite different 
from the greeting trill, although it is largely composed of trills, but 
somewhat melodic.

Bill

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