In article 3e9e3591.5460981@bartman, Bart Bailey
writes
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:20:06 +0100, "JohnB"
wrote:

As long as that trip is in the USA!

Are you saying our Yellow Hammer
(State bird of Alabama)
sings differently than one of yours?

Don't the songbirds of a particular family have similar repertoire,
regardless of their geographic occurrence?
I've heard there are slight regional variations, but the basic pattern
structure is more a function of the species than it's location, isn't
it?


But is your yellowhammer the same species as ours? Our yellowhammer is a
bunting - a little round sparrow sized song bird. the USA one looks more
like a woodpecker.

Our yellow hammer sings 'a little bit of bread and no cheese'
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm