Birds again...

     While basking in the 94 degree heat on the front steps of The Little House I turned on the Merlin Bird app recording for fifteen minutes. It recorded fifteen species of birds and absent was a Grackle. 

    This is what I heard: Starling, Warbling Vireo, Goldfinch, Blue Jay, House Wren, Robin, Eurasian Collard-dove, Chipping Sparrow, Pheasant, Common Yellowthroat, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, and House Sparrow.  It is a wonderful chorus. The most vociferous were the House Sparrow and the Robin. The Chimney Swift is rare.

    It finally feels like summer has arrived. It's now only a few days until Summer Solstice. Now the corn will grow rapidly. Rain is predicted next week, let's hope.

Takk for alt,

Al

"A bird best identified by silhouette, the smudge-gray Chimney Swift nimbly maneuvers over rooftops, fields, and rivers to catch insects. Its tiny body, curving wings, and stiff, shallow wingbeats give it a flight style as distinctive as its fluid, chattering call. This enigmatic little bird spends almost its entire life airborne. When it lands, it can’t perch—it clings to vertical walls inside chimneys or in hollow trees or caves. This species has suffered sharp declines as chimneys fall into disuse across the continent."  Cornell Lab