We traveled to see the sandhill cranes. They winter in southern Arizona. An incredible sight! To hear the amazing sound the cranes make, click here and listen to sound clip 2.
Posts Tagged ‘bird calls’
sandhill cranes
Posted in wild, tagged bird calls, birds, cranes on January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
mystery bird revealed
Posted in wild, tagged bird calls, birds on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As it turns out, the mysterious bird call of September 22nd’s post turned out to belong to the phainopepla. Here is a link to its call.
night bird sounds
Posted in wild, tagged bird calls, birds, great horned owl, night sounds on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is not unusual to hear the Great Horned Owl around here in the early morning or late evening. I love this sound! To hear it for yourself, click here. This morning I heard another call at the same time as the owl’s. I’ve spent an hour trying to find out what kind of bird [...]
goldfinches in the garden
Posted in wild, tagged bird calls, birds, garden, goldfinch, sunflowers on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The sunflowers are blooming like crazy and the goldfinches love them. This morning I captured a couple of them with my camera. To hear the goldfinch song, click here.
some local birds
Posted in wild, tagged bird calls, birds, canyon wren, roadrunner on September 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
We are lucky to live in a place that is infused with birdsong. A couple of days ago we were visited at the library by a roadrunner. Have you ever heard a roadrunner’s call? If not, and you’d like to, click here. And in the abandoned metal building just uphill from Wildflower House, a canyon [...]
