Chorus or cacophony? However you wish to describe it, the season of the on-going, unending sound of Black-headed Grosbeaks fills our local forests now. inthis species both genders sing in spring. Along Cozine Creek in southwest McMinnville this mid-day the dog and I were never out of earshot of at least one vocally obsessed grosbeak. During the long song I wonder how they get air into their lungs. The musical score seems to have no marked rests. Juvenile robin, newly fledged. Bushtit in the foliage:
Cozine Creek forest, Yamhill, Oregon, US
May 12, 2020
12 species
Canada Goose 2 on pond west of Old Sheridan Road
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Northern Flicker 2
Common Raven 1 fly over
Violet-green Swallow 6
Barn Swallow X over pond west of Old Sheridan Road
Bushtit 1
European Starling X at least three pairs nesting in holes in Grange building
American Robin 9
Lesser Goldfinch 4
Red-winged Blackbird X at pond west of Old Sheridan Road
Black-headed Grosbeak 4 singing continuously
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