Brewer's sparrow
Chapter 7: When to Sing, and How
Subchapter: Energized dawn singing
From page 121 in the book.
Photo by Wil Hershberger
♫501. A brief, unremarkable, two-part daytime song. May 29, 2008. Xylem Acres, Ola, Idaho. (1:07)
♫502. Daytime song, example 2. May 29, 2008. Xylem Acres, Ola, Idaho. (1:01)
♫503. Singing at dawn is continuous, a canary-like song ramble sweeping down the scale, alternated with long series of high, buzzy, insectlike trills and zeeet calls. May 27, 2006. Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado. (1:57)
♫504. Dawn singing, example 2, from a neighbor of the bird in ♫503. A lark bunting also sings, and overhead are common nighthawks. May 27, 2006. Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado. (9:36)
♫505. Dawn singing, exhilarating and mesmerizing, as several males carry on for minutes on end. Listen carefully in headphones and you hear the sparrows flying about, with two or more singing near one another, much as chipping sparrows do during the dawn chorus. May 29, 2009. Xylem Acres, Ola, Idaho. (24:10)