BILINGUAL
Because male White-crowned Sparrows learn the songs they grow up with and typically breed close to where they were raised, song dialects frequently form. Males on the edge of two dialects may be bilingual and able to sing both dialects. (Cornell)
Photographed in Horsethief Canyon, Fruita, Colorado.
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BILINGUAL
Because male White-crowned Sparrows learn the songs they grow up with and typically breed close to where they were raised, song dialects frequently form. Males on the edge of two dialects may be bilingual and able to sing both dialects. (Cornell)
Photographed in Horsethief Canyon, Fruita, Colorado.
395
views
30
faves
9
comments
Uploaded on November 28, 2024
Taken on November 17, 2024