Birds perform a springtime symphony. Can you identify them by their songs?
By Don Lyman Globe Correspondent,Updated April 23, 2021, 1:03 p.m.
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Black-throated Blue Warbler seen in Mount Auburn Cemetery in May 2017.Jared Keyes
âListen to the songbird, hear him singing. The song he loves heâs singing just for you.â
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As we move into spring, it seems that birds are suddenly everywhere. Whether year-round residents like cardinals or chickadees, or migratory species like warblers returning from their wintering grounds in warm, faraway places, a lot of birds start advertising their presence by singing.
âMale songbirds sing to establish territories and attract mates,â said Wayne Petersen, director of the Massachusetts Important Bird Areas program for Mass Audubon. âGood territories help males attract females.â
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Hereâs looking at you: In the woods â or in your backyard â you might see a barred owl this winter
By Don Lyman Globe Correspondent,Updated January 7, 2021, 6:40 p.m.
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A barred owl foraging on the forest floor of Franklin Park Wilderness became startled and flew into a tree.Stephen H. Baird
A few years ago while walking in the woods on a winter day in the Middlesex Fells Reservation, a few miles north of Boston, I stopped and looked around. In the fading light of late afternoon, about 30 feet away, I saw a pair of big, dark eyes in a large, round, grayish-brown disc-shaped face staring at me.