I was at The North Carolina Arboretum recently and caught this small bird belting out its song from a spot in the bushes. This bird is commonly found throughout much of the United States and will visit bird feeders. You may have seen it flitting around an open field or other brushy area.
Check it out here, singing:
Do you recognize this bird? Or its song? Have you seen it in a field near you?
If you want to guess, use the comment box below. I look forward to hearing from you! Thanks, as always, for reading. I appreciate your feedback and always enjoy reading your comments.
Have a great rest of your weekend. See you again soon.
Hi, Sharon, Before listening to its song, its appearance alone tells me this bird (Weekly Puzzler #195) is a Song Sparrow.
The song doesn’t quite seem to match what I know (maybe it’s his southern accent that threw me – haha!), but then recordings on the website played at last Wednesday’s Peterborough Field Naturalists’ meeting by guest speaker, Ernie Jardine, whose book, ‘Bird Song: Defined, Decoded, Described was explained, didn’t seem as familiar as they should be, either. I thought his method of keying the singer was excellent, so I bought a copy. Murray
Murray, once again, you are right! It is interesting how the birds do sound a bit different depending on where they are. I think the one I notice most being “off” is the rufous sided towhee, “drink your teaaaaa.” I will look into the book you mentioned— sounds informative.