Listening to a Continent Sing

And here are five songs from the third dickcissel along Levee Road beside the Mississippi River; he sings just like his two neighbors do.

Here's a summary of the dickcissel dialects you can listen to:

Illinois, Shawnee National Forest, one male: IL-107

Illinois, beside the Mississippi River, three males: IL-108, IL-109, IL-110

Missouri, beside the Mississippi River, four males: MO-111, MO-112, MO-113, MO-114

Missouri, Prairie State Park, six males: MO-154, MO-155, MO-156, MO-157, MO-158, MO-159

Background

Another dickcissel, great crested flycatcher; the low frequency rumble is from the Cora coal works, and from barges along the Mississippi that are loading coal.

Photo by John Van de Graaff