Date: 8/4/25 10:33 am From: Richard Guthrie <richardpguthrie...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] so much bird song, so late
I’ve been thinking about this and wondering if the change in daylight hours stimulates a hormonal response in the males causing them to sing as if it were spring. Seems nonproductive and probably has a more logical explanation. But what the heck.
Rich Guthrie
> On Aug 4, 2025, at 9:53 AM, <00000f44f2f666d1-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> I also have been thrilled to hear so many birds singing this late, but I have had a special bonus this summer. Besides the beautiful songs of wood thrushes and hermit thrushes, I've had several evenings with Swainson's thrushes singing, most recently the other evening with two singing and very, very close to me. It was magical. I guess because I live at 1000 feet, I am getting towards mid-elevation. Whatever the reason, it has been so special. Also singing are Chickadees, Titmice, Song Sparrow, and of course Red-Eyed Vireos, which always sing through August here.
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> Evergreen in Huntington
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> Wood Thrush and Bobolink singing until very last days of July. And still singing are Chicadee, Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Red-Eyed Vireo and Song Sparrow.
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> Bobbie Jean Booth, Manchester
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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
