But it’s January, guys!
Nice and warm, and I wonder if it might be blowing the birds’ minds.
Yesterday I heard a house finch in full song on the parking garage across the street from work.
And today, a cardinal doing the “Feww, feww, wheat wheat wheat wheat” business!
January 16th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Heard and saw some robins doing some of their chatter yesterday, but still nary a song. Except a little bit from those cute li’l juncoes.
January 26th, 2009 at 11:49 am
House finch in song today! L. called me to say that she’d heard one, and I was like, OMG, me too! I couldn’t tell for sure, but it looked like maybe he wasn’t in full breeding plumage yet – he looked a little drab.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:00 am
First cardinal of the year today (apart from the ones which have been making their gym-shoe squeak sound all winter). It was doing the fwitt-fwitt-fwitt-[descending trill] song.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
First mockingbird of the year was yesterday, along with a blue jay doing its “crushing a handful of nutshells” call.
March 19th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
First unambiguous robin I heard, doing the tweedle-dum tweedle-dee stuff, was last night. And this morning – wonderful! – a song sparrow on my back fence in Somerville. His song didn’t seem fully developed – maybe a juvenile? It was sort of hesitant and experimental, and didn’t start with the usual strong high “Maids Maids” notes.