Rose-breasted grosbeak
Chapter 2: Birds and Their Sounds
Subchapter: Female song and duets
From page 20 in the book.
Female Photo by Brian E. Small
Male Photo by Brian E. Small
♫61. Apparently unpaired, this male sings in superlatives, and nearly continuously from the treetops. June 4, 2013. Walsh Road, Au Sable State Forest, Lewiston, Michigan. (13:11)
♫62. She sings too, but from the nest. Hear her relatively weak song at 0:03, 0:16, and 0:56; she also calls, a sharp chip, five times between 0:29 and 0:56. With the male approaching (hear his songs becoming louder), she eventually slips off the nest, and by 1:30 he begins his lusty singing from the nest. He continues incubating and singing for about eight minutes, and at 9:11 can be heard just off the nest to the right. All this is best heard with stereo headphones, of course! May 16, 2017. Hadley, Massachusetts. (9:27)