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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Tweeters,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> It’s migration time and I’ve never had so many White-crowned Sparrows in my back yard. Right now there are probably 10 scampering around under my feeders, over by the water, under the bushes. They are a little hard to count! I’m guessing most of these are the kind of sparrow we normally associate with eastern Washington—Gambel’s WCSP. The song sounds distinctly different from the Puget Sound White-crowned. Otherwise I have some trouble distinguishing between the two subspecies. Right now I am going by how much brown is on the flanks of the bird. Many of these visitors are almost completely gray-breasted. I understand that the beaks of the Gambel’s are supposed to be more orange. This is a little harder to spot. And to me, it seems like the white stripes on the crown are a bit more pronounced. I’d be happy to hear how the rest of you tell these two subspecies apart. Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds <a href="mailto:byers345@comcast.net">byers345@comcast.net</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>