Date: 8/4/25 4:43 am From: Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> Subject: [VTBIRD] PS re so much bird song, so late
I was just outdoors, listening to a Carolina Wren, chickadees, redstarts, goldfinches, song sparrows, House Wrens and a Red-eyed Vireo (always a late sleeper), when I thought of a possible explanation why I’m noticing more and later bird noise. For the past eight years, we’ve been increasing the percentage of native plants, which has greatly increased the number of insects - and where there are insects, there are birds! If anyone is interested, I’d love to send you a link to my article in the sadly-defunct BirdWatching magazine about making our yard a sanctuary for bugs, birds, critters and us.
Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
> On Aug 4, 2025, at 7:13 AM, Jared Katz <000003825c43bc1a-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> We’ve had marvelous choruses of wood thrush, house wrens, some winter wrens, chickadees, and red eyed vireo in particular. I don’t know if it’s more than in the past but it’s noticeable. We’ve had the house closed up with heat pump a/c running so much this summer that it’s mostly when I’m outside after dawn that hear it in Richmond. Now we get to have the windows open and there it is.
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> In South Hero it’s mostly house wrens (and loons) we hear.
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> Jared
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> Sent from my irresistible flat thing.
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>> On Aug 4, 2025, at 06:22, Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> wrote:
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>> I used to think AM bird noise pretty much stopped by late July, but for the past several years it seems to last longer in the summer and longer in the day. Cardinals keep singing; titmice keep singing; yesterday a chickadee was doing its “spring song” of hey-birdie. It’s very possible that I'm mistaken in being surprised by this. Has anyone else noticed increased bird song late in the summer and late in the day?
>> Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
