Alaska field notes, v1299
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Gilmore ALEUTIAN SONG SPARROW. (2) 1931 Note as yet. Sept. 19. These birds are very common along the rocky beach between town and Summer's Bay and seem to do most of their feeding on the rocks & boulders of the beach. I watched one feeding on the face of a crumbly cliff and it hopped from ledge to ledge, scattering tiny pebbles down, as it searched diligently for some sort of food. Just what kind of food exists on those ledges & in the cracks and crevices of the rock, I don't know. Sept. 22 Unalaska. Today at Summer's Bay I heard a Song Sparrow sing for the first time. It sat on a moderate sized rock - 3-4' tall - in the surf and uttered a melodious trill of double noted syllables. The first note was lower in tone than the last which was sucked by a rising inflection in the voice Common at English Bay, Oct. 3. - Seen only along the rocky beach line and along the mouth of the stream