By Lambert Strether of Corrente.

Chook Music of the Day

Pink-winged Blackbird (Pink-winged), Stauffer’s Marsh, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States. “Male Pink-winged Blackbird calling and singing very near recordist. One instance of high-pitched name that isn’t clipped.”

Affected person readers, it is a journey day for me. In case you are studying this sentence, I’m having connectivity points, so please speak amongst yourselves! –lambert

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