https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0eoiKz5ujQ&feature=youtu.be
Someone, I shall not name names, was trying to pry the bird of the week out of me this weekend, however I had to admit that at that point I did not know myself. I decided on this guy because he is rather lovely and fun. He belongs to a rather large family of songbirds that for the most part migrate south of the border for the winter. This bird winters in South America and is found widely throughout the lower 48 states and Mexico in the summer. I love his loud gregarious song and he has the habit of singing all night especially during breeding season. We were camped near Cave Junction Thursday night and I awoke at 2 AM and could hear one calling nearby.
Now that we have DNA technology, there is talk of splitting him out of his current family classification and I am unclear as to what family they are considering putting him in, maybe one all by himself. This split would make sense because he is much larger than all the birds in his current family and his song is quite different than a majority of them as well. I consider the number 33 my lucky number so maybe he will bring you luck this week. The first part of the clip was from Lower Bridge near Redmond last year and the second short clip was filmed in San Diego a couple of weeks ago. Have fun and happy birding.
Someone, I shall not name names, was trying to pry the bird of the week out of me this weekend, however I had to admit that at that point I did not know myself. I decided on this guy because he is rather lovely and fun. He belongs to a rather large family of songbirds that for the most part migrate south of the border for the winter. This bird winters in South America and is found widely throughout the lower 48 states and Mexico in the summer. I love his loud gregarious song and he has the habit of singing all night especially during breeding season. We were camped near Cave Junction Thursday night and I awoke at 2 AM and could hear one calling nearby.
Now that we have DNA technology, there is talk of splitting him out of his current family classification and I am unclear as to what family they are considering putting him in, maybe one all by himself. This split would make sense because he is much larger than all the birds in his current family and his song is quite different than a majority of them as well. I consider the number 33 my lucky number so maybe he will bring you luck this week. The first part of the clip was from Lower Bridge near Redmond last year and the second short clip was filmed in San Diego a couple of weeks ago. Have fun and happy birding.
We did the Bird of the Week today! We leave for Malheur tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing if we see any of our 33 Bird of the Week birds.
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