Winged Wednesday: 4/22/2026 — Singing Birds

[Eric Gofreed]

It’s Winged Wednesday—where feathers, flutters, and flight steal the show! Whether they’re soaring, skimming, stalking, or making noise that seems unnecessary but persistent… birds, bugs, bats, or anything with wings—if it flies, it belongs here.

Always open theme. All winged photos welcome.

This week, my contributions are birds singing.

Some songs are beautiful.
Some are complicated.
Some sound like a car alarm learning emotions.

But every one of them is delivered with complete conviction—which, as it turns out, is the only requirement.

Western Meadowlark
Sounds like spring. Acts like it scheduled it.

Thick-billed Euphonia
singing in the rain

Prothonotary Warbler
Bright yellow and singing like it just discovered volume.

Spotted Towhee
Sounds like it’s arguing with the entire backyard.

Vesper Sparrow
Waits for the right light… then starts the show.

 

[Trent Watts]

Nice ones Eric. You can almost hear the birds.
I have one butterfly from yesterday and some singing birds from my older images.

Yellow Warbler.

Male Red-winged Blackbird.

Chipping Sparrow.

iNaturalist says this is a Millbert's Tortoiseshell butterfly.

Perhaps one of my favourite spring sounds is the Western Meadowlark sitting on a fence post singing its heart out.

 

[AlanLichty]

Tough acts to follow as usual but I did manage to grab shots of a couple of the local noisemakers that frequent the trees near my back yard. I only have a small window between the time these birds get active in the spring and when the deciduous trees fully leaf out and I lose visibility of the birds. These were shot a couple of weeks ago when I could still see birds on the branches.

House Finch:

I hear these woodpeckers all the time but rarely get a chance to get a shot of one - Northern Red Shafted Flicker:

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Nice ones Eric. You can almost hear the birds.
I have one butterfly from yesterday and some singing birds from my older images.

Yellow Warbler.
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Male Red-winged Blackbird.
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Chipping Sparrow.
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iNaturalist says this is a Millbert's Tortoiseshell butterfly.
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Perhaps one of my favourite spring sounds is the Western Meadowlark sitting on a fence post singing its heart out.
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Those are great, Trent! Love each one—even the Tortoiseshell!

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Tough acts to follow as usual but I did manage to grab shots of a couple of the local noisemakers that frequent the trees near my back yard. I only have a small window between the time these birds get active in the spring and when the deciduous trees fully leaf out and I lose visibility of the birds. These were shot a couple of weeks ago when I could still see birds on the branches.

House Finch:

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I hear these woodpeckers all the time but rarely get a chance to get a shot of one - Northern Red Shafted Flicker:

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Flickers around here are shy. Excellent work, Alan!

 

[AlanLichty]

Flickers around here are shy. Excellent work, Alan!

Thanks Eric - they are quite shy up here as well but this one was sitting near the top of a 50' poplar tree and apparently decided it was invisible. This is close to a 100% crop using a 100-500mm lens.