Listening to a Continent Sing

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BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, WARBLING VIREO OR-325

Willamette Valley, William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon

May 24, 6:33 a.m.

Sunrise at 5:36 a.m.

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Near a beaver pond at the Finley refuge, a black-headed grosbeak sings from the treetop as two warbling vireos call and sing while battling over apparent ownership of the grosbeak's tree.

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Two warbling vireos calling and singing as they squabble over something; orange-crowned warbler, black-throated gray warbler, common yellowthroat, Swainson's thrush

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Photo by Robert Royse