mhardy6647
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This is a great thread that I just now saw.
Mrs. H, as some of all y'all may know, is a hardcore birder.
Indeed, she's going to Ghana later in the fall.
Hardcore.
As the spouse of a hardcore birder, I spend more time than most normal people listening to birdsong -- both live and recorded.
Two of the most noteworthy that we get here in our little piece of the world:
The veery, whose song is polyphonic and, on a still summer evening, haunting.
And then there's the American bittern, also know as (among other things): thunder-pumper, belcher-squelcher, stake-driver, and some other similar evocations of their unique "call". We have them in the neighborhood in the early summer -- they can be very hard to see, but they're very easy to hear.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Bittern/sounds
(the 1991 clip is illustrative)
Mrs. H, as some of all y'all may know, is a hardcore birder.
Indeed, she's going to Ghana later in the fall.
Hardcore.
As the spouse of a hardcore birder, I spend more time than most normal people listening to birdsong -- both live and recorded.
Two of the most noteworthy that we get here in our little piece of the world:
The veery, whose song is polyphonic and, on a still summer evening, haunting.
Veery Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
This small forest thrush gets its name from the cascade of “veer” notes that make up its ethereal, reedy song—a common sound at dusk and dawn in summer in the damp northern woods. Most Veeries are a warm cinnamon brown above, with delicate spots on the throat; though far northwestern and...
www.allaboutbirds.org
And then there's the American bittern, also know as (among other things): thunder-pumper, belcher-squelcher, stake-driver, and some other similar evocations of their unique "call". We have them in the neighborhood in the early summer -- they can be very hard to see, but they're very easy to hear.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Bittern/sounds
(the 1991 clip is illustrative)