After the first chaffinch on the balcony … the first great spotted woodpecker on the balcony … this morning, for the first time a robin on the balcony.
This is a November 2011 video of a singing robin.
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A morning song, sweetly given, can carry me through the day.
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Indeed! Robins are one of few bird species singing in winter months as well as in spring and summer. Both males and females sing.
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Is there a difference in tone between male and female?
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Not as far as I know.
Also about robins:
http://www.blackwater-valley.org.uk/about_robins.htm
There are different sounds of males and females in other bird species, like wigeons:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/wigeon/index.aspx
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Thank you! 🙂
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You are welcome, like always 🙂
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Lovely! Thanks for posting!
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Yes, I hope that they, and other birds, will come back 🙂
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Me too Kitty. As a child, the Song Thrush was a common bird around here – just as common as Blackbirds – not any more, It’s a noteworthy event when I see one now and it makes me sad, My regards SN
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Yes, they have declined on the European continent too.
Though I recently saw a song thrush:
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Just checked out your link, it was nice to see the thrush and then the blackbird in the next photo. Lovely!
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Thank you! Maybe some of the blackbirds and song thrushes in that garden were migrants from northern Europe.
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