Anyone else hearing the white-throated sparrow?
This time of year I have the window open – traffic noises, people passing, dogs barking – but above it all I can hear a thin distinctive piping sound. It’s apparently the white-throated sparrow – that page has a “typical voice” link that will play one version of the bird’s call. A Toronto Star writer talks about hearing it in Toronto.
Brad 07:27 on 2012/05/06 Permalink
Yep, I’ve been hearing them for the past week or so. In New England (where I lived for 20 years), people say the bird is singing “Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody.” In Ontario it’s described as “Oh, Sweet Canada, Canada, Canada.” Not sure how it’s described in Québec. ;-)