This late afternoon I was called outside by a bird call I didn't recognize. The bird was moving
between trees in my yard so I had the chance to see who it was. To my surprise, it was a female
purple finch singing a song of ~5-6 notes. She'd sing it a couple of times, move to another tree and
repeat. She did this for a good half hour. I checked out the Cornell site and the only female song
mentioned was a 1-2 minute warbling song sung while on the nest. This was a new one for me!
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