Backyard Avian Orchestra

A few minutes in the backyard, and this was the music.

Cornell’s “Merlin” app for iPhone is pretty great at bird song identification.

Other bird calls identified at the house include: Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Bluebird, Acadian Flycatcher, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Louisiana Waterthrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Indigo Bunting, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern Wood-Peewee, House Wren, Red-winged Blackbird, Blue Jay, Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Common Grackle, Downy Woodpecker, Red-shouldered Hawk, Gray Catbird, White-eyed Vireo, Worm-eating Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Green Heron, Chimney Swift, Ovenbird, Great Blue Heron, Chipping Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Red-eyed Vireo, Eastern Phoebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Mockingbird, Eastern Towhee, and Northern Parula.