One of the zillions of robins around decided that we are all done with that nasty weather and broke out in a prolonged bout of singing this morning. Hurray for robin song!
John
Along with a lovely male rufous hummingbird!
Valerie
And here in lower South Hill, the resident northern flicker’s very early morning visit to the neighbors’ metal chimney cap for a session of serious drumming.
Lynn
I've been enjoying a singing Robin or two also, as well as Bewick's Wren, House Finch, and Song Sparrow.
Barry Ulman
This talk of singing made me realize that the one species that is not
singing nearly as much as usual around my house is Anna's hummingbirds.
We have two males present pretty much all the time (front yard male, back
yard male) and this year there has been very little song. Usually, in
February they sing like crazy and engage in flight displays etc. Not much
of that this year.
I wonder if it is the weather or per chance that there has been a die off
of females to display too. Certainly in the cold stretches the females
have had a hard time getting to feeders at our house. We have three
feeders and the two males defend them all the while. It was truly
heartbreaking to see the females trying with very limited success to get
at the feeders before sunset on those really cold evenings while the males
drank sugar water to their heart's content.
In the woods, winter wrens are singing a whole lot.
John Bower
