Walking down the trail a few days ago, I saw and heard a bird I didn’t recognize. Sitting by itself on the branch of a tree, it was singing a happy song. I’m sure it was just as delighted with the warm weather and sunshine as I was. Here are a couple of pictures of the happy bird. It sounded like a phoebe, but I’m not sure that’s the right ID. If you know, please let me know in the comment section below.
Correction: Eliza Waters took the time to identify this happy songster as an Eastern Towhee. That qualifies it as one of our regular birds. ~Thanks, Eliza.
Unfortunately for both the happy songbird and me, the weather changed drastically last night, and the temperature has dropped some 30 degrees as clouds and, now rain, moved in! Sigh! 😖 However, despite the changeable weather patterns (that I blame on our location on the south shore of Lake Erie), spring is bound to come sooner or later. We’ll just have to wait a little longer.
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
To complete today’s post, below are a few more “regular birds” I enjoyed along the trail this week.
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 
Beautiful captures. I was happy to see an ID on that bird. I’ve seen them here, but wasn’t sure what they were. My thanks to you and Eliza. 🙂
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Thanks for visiting my blog, Robin. I always enjoy taking a trip south to see what is happening in your area.
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Your regular birds are beautiful, indeed! And I hope you all can enjoy spring weather soon!
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Thanks, Helen. We’re still waiting for spring. This morning we are hovering in the 30s and rain is predicted, but at least it’s not snow.
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Beautiful photos. Let me tell you, the weather is no better in Maine.
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Discouraging, isn’t it? I know we can expect spring sometime, but this has been a very long siege of wintry weather.
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You bet! Since the end of October, it seems like it’s been one thing after another.
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Nice shots
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Thanks, Kelly. It was a lucky capture.
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It is an Eastern Towhee. Looks like he was really belting it out! 🙂
ID corrected now, Eliza. Thanks!
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Towhee came to my mind first because I’ve photographed them before, but another photographer told me it was a phoebe. When I listened to the phoebe’s call on my computer, it sounded like the one I saw, so I was a little confused to say the least. Thanks for your help with the ID.
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Glad to help. I learned something interesting – that the towhee is a type of sparrow. Who would have guessed?
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Thanks for the information, Eliza. I didn’t know that. I always lump sparrows into a large category I call nondescript birds. Now I know that is unfair to sparrows in general, but it fits most of the sparrows I see around here. And of course, towhees are not nondescript. They are quite striking.
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