DOTH and I were so excited, over the weekend, to hear a new bird song. I had NEVER heard it before and expected it to be an exotic bird new to the neighbourhood. After much research, and finally spying a new bird eating the grass seed DOTH had recently sprinkled on the lawn, we managed to put the song and the bird together to come up with THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
Here is what our Birds of Ontario book has to say about him:
This patriot of Canada`s northern forests arrives each spring to sing its glorious familiar tribute: my sweet Canada Canada Canada. Its soothing sound of these few simple notes announce the arrival of spring, and can appear anywhere in the province in great abundance.
Where HAVE we been! We have never heard him before, and we are aficionados of birds songs! Never mind, he is here now, and he may not be exotic, but he is lovely, and his song IS so patriotic!
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He is a beautiful bird with a beautiful song. We don't get them around here -- only the white crowned sparrow, his cousin. I know Abe gets them. So glad to hear his song. I've never heard it before.
ReplyDeleteNice clip. I hope he is hearalding some spring weather for you. He looks like an English sparrow that has had a makeover.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful little bird. x
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