Great crested flycatcher
Chapter 7: When to Sing, and How
Subchapter: Energized dawn singing
From page 113 in the book.
Photo by Wil Hershberger
♫477. The occasional daytime raucous outburst, as expected from this flycatcher. May 17, 2012. Satan's Kingdom Wildlife Management Area, Northfield, Massachusetts. (4:17)
♫478. How differently he begins his day, with so methodical a delivery, a phrase about every two seconds. In the background is a dawn-singing western kingbird. June 4, 2008. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, Stafford, Kansas. (5:24)