A flock of my favorite early spring arrivals descended on Annisquam today with their wonderful call. I didn’t see them, hence no photo, but the call they make is distinctly them and goes: conk-a-reeee, conk-a-reeee! Who can identify these birds? You see them along marshes, clinging to cattails and reeds.
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Red Wing Blackbird, I have been hearing them in the swamp behind where I live.
Spring is here !
You got it Cliff, you get the Birder of the Day Award. Don’t you just love to hear them! They are more a sign of spring to me than Robins.
Is it this bird? First one that came to mind.
http://www.birdjam.com/birdsong.php?id=25
Thanks Joanne, that’s great, now others can hear what I was hearing, in case they didn’t know what I was talking about, and see and learn about the red winged blackbird.
beat me to it – I was going to recommend Red Winged Black Bird…It’s a pretty big noise as I remember.
I was walking around Bay View in Laneville/Annisquam this week, and there was a flock of tired red winged blackbirds in a small bog. They were chattering and squawking. I was able not only to hear them, but see them; and the red wing, even, on a couple. This is the sign for me that Spring is really on the way!