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[dawnba]

fee-bay-fee

The notes instantly ground me as home. I love birdsong, and this particular song always lifts my spirits. In the colder months it is heard less often, and it warmed the January air when I had a treat of hearing it on my Birthday this year. As Spring has finally made its way here (the recent cold this weekend is Winter's pathetic "

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[smellymo]

Seagull cries do the same thing for me :)

[dawnba]

That is something I don't hear too often around here. :)

[dawnba]

Another great song. For me it sounds less like spring and more like "the country"--since they winter here as well, and are more prevalent outside the city.

It's amazing how simple sounds really connect us to time and place.

[twapa]

Interesting... the Black-Caps here say "Fee-bee-bee". I don't know what our Mountain Chickadees sing, because I've only ever heard their "Chicka-DEE-DEE-DEE" type song. They sound much harsher than the Black-Caps.

Red-winged blackbirds are already back here. The Yellow-heads will soon follow.