Monday, July 25, 2022

Bird Sounds (Alabama) using Cornell Merlin App Backyard Song Birds



Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax virescent

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos 

American Flycatch 

Tyrannus savana

American Gold Finch

Spinus tristis

American Robin

Turdus migatorius 

Barn Swallow 

Hirundo rustica-

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon-

Black Kite 

Milvus migraines 

Black-White Warbler

Mniotilta varia

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Polioptila cerulea

Blue Grosbeak

Passerine caeulea    

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristate

Brown-Headed Cowbird 

Molothrus ater-

Brown Thrasher 

Toxostoma rufum

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

Caroline Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus 

Chimney Swift 

Chaetura pelagica

Chipping Sparrow

spizella passerina

Common Crackle 

Quiscaus quiscula

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Common Yellow Throat

Geothlypis trichas     

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Eastern Blue Bird

Sialia sails 

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Towhee

Pupil erythrophthalmus 

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Scalia sialis-

Eurasian Penduline-Tit 

Remix pendulinus-

Field Sparrow

Spizella puslla

Grasshopper Sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum-

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crintius-

Hairy Woodpecker 


House Sparrow 

Passer  domesticus

House Finch

Haemorhous Mexicans 

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

Indigo Bunting

Passerine cyenea

Killdeer 

Charadrius Vociferus-

Least Sandpipper 

Calidris Minutilla-

Mouring Dove 

Zenaida macroua-

Northern Bobwhite 


Northern Cardinal 

Cardinalis cardinals 

Northern Flicker 

Colaptes auratus 

Northern Mocking Bird

Minus polyglottos

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow 

Steigidopteryx Serripennis-

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Northern Parula

Setophaga Americana

Purple Finch 

Haemmorhous purpureus 

Purple Martin

Proven subis

Red-bellied Woodpecker 

Melanerpes carolinus 

Red-Eyed Vireoo 

Vireo olivaceous 

Red Shoulder Hawk 

Buteo lineatus

Red Tail Hawk 

Buteo Jamaicensis -

Red-winged Backbird

 Agelaius phoeniceus

Song Sparrow

Melospiza Melodia 

Scarlet Tanager

Pirange Olivace-

Summer Tanager

Pirange rubra

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus Sordidulus-

White-Eyed Vireo 

Vireo griseus 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 

Coccyzus americanus

Yellow-Breasted Chat 

Icteria Virens 

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis-

This are bird sounds that I have heard and recorded on my Iphone.

I grew up on a little creek in Alabama

 I grew up on a little creek in Alabama.

Way out in the country, far from the town

Nothing but family & farmland around

Crickets & mourning doves make their sound

The best people I knew were called Maw & Paw

They owned this land & farmed it all

Paw had a pet goose & rooster named Clyde

Maw taught me not to cuss or ever tell a lie

When I think back, only happiness inside


We called them Maw and Paw.

Come inside and sit a spell y’all 

Make yourself a plate & some sweet iced tea

Turnip greens, pinto beans, Maw smiles at me 

If I could go back there just one last time 

I would eat from paws Muscadine vine 


Paw was a veteran who served in World War II

He was by far the smartest man I ever knew 

Now, Maw loved to needle crochet & sew 

I believe she could do it with her eyes closed 

A horse named Cricket and a catfish pond

Apple trees, watermelons, and far beyond 

How they did it all, I will never comprehend 

They fed family, animals, and friends 


We called them Maw and Paw

The best people I ever knew

Cold Banana banana pudding & warm chicken stew

If I could go back there just one last time

I would eat from paws red grapevine 


Blueberries, strawberries, beans & potatoes 

Cherry trees, peach trees, plums & tomatoes


Oh, if I could go back there just one more time

Written by my daughter about her grandparents


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