Good question and nice link.  Thanks to both, Pam

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 8:13 PM Sandra Laursen <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't know the answer, but can recommend the piece by Sarah Zhang in the
> Atlantic Monthly, with recordings and sonograms
>
> https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/07/bird-song-sparrows/613768/
>
>
>
> On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 6:59:33 PM UTC-6, Willem van Vliet wrote:
>>
>>
>> A study, just published, shows the progressive eastward adoption of a
>> doublet-ending song among white-throated sparrows, replacing the
>> traditional triplet ending.  The researchers found that birds from
>> different dialect groups overwinter together and suggest song tutoring
>> during this time is a facilitating factor (
>> https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(20)30771-5.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982220307715%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
>> ).
>>
>> Is there any information on how white-throated sparrows in Colorado fit
>> into this trend?
>>
>> Willem van Vliet--
>> Boulder County
>>
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