Marsh Voices at Sunrise

In marshes across the country, birds awaken on a summer morning. Tall dense grasses and reeds often make marsh birds hard to see, but their voices carry easily across the lush, green landscape. You can hear birds like the Redhead, the Sora, the American Bittern, the Ruddy Duck, this Yellow-headed Blackbird, and many more.

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Marsh Voices at Sunrise

Written by Bob Sundstrom

(Dawn chorus https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/516838 )
This is BirdNote.
Sunrise on a summer morning. In marshes throughout the country, birds awaken.
Tall dense grasses and reeds often make marsh birds hard to see, but their voices carry easily across the lush, green landscape.
(Male Redhead calls, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/139672 )
A male Redhead.
(Sora trill, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/88883011 )
The Sora.
(American Bittern “pumping” call, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/70047811 )
An American Bittern.
(Marsh Wren song, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/196478 )
The Marsh Wren.
(Yellow-headed Blackbird song, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/80374781 )
A Yellow-headed Blackbird’s song.
(Pied-billed Grebe song, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/77094791 )
A Pied-billed Grebe.
(Male Ruddy Duck display sounds, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/63014 )
A Ruddy Duck.
(Wilson’s Snipe “winnowing” wing sounds, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/62715151 )
And a Wilson’s Snipe.
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I’m Mary McCann.
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© 2018 Tune In to Nature.org   August 2018   Narrator: Mary McCann

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