Bird Songs You Should Know

Did you know? Both male and female cardinals sing! Northern cardinals are one of the few species whose female also sings. A pair of cardinals might …

Question: Why does a hummingbird hum? Answer: Because it can’t remember the words! OK, that’s a pretty bad joke, but it addresses an interesting …

Carolina wrens are often heard, not seen. Their distinctive ‘teakettle, teakettle, teakettle’ (or ‘germany, germany germany’ or ‘tweedle, tweedle, …

Although waxwings are classified as songbirds, their singing voices are nothing to sing about. You might hear a group of waxwings before you see …

Gene Stratton-Porter, a naturalist in the early years of the 20th century, described the Baltimore oriole song as “spilling notes of molten …

Even if it’s still dark outside and you can’t see a bird in your yard, you may wake up and hear a robin bird call. The American robin shares the …