A Song Thrush Sings - Cameos of Birdlife #4
It’s early morning. Still dark. A pale moon hangs in the sky as the pre-dawn light rims the nearby mountains. A Buzzard mews; an owl hoots from the nearby woods. As the garden trees take shape a Song Thrush breaks into song - hesitantly at first; but then full and vibrant - lost in its own joy of singing ...
first light the song of a song thrush
The day breaks gently over the mountains in shades of pastel pink and baby blue. The Song Thrush, still singing, is echoed by another from up in the Churchyard.
Just listen ... ‘tis Spring (maybe)!
Artist Biography
The header image is from an original painting of a Song Thrush by Emma Price and is used here with permission.
Emma describes herself as a hobby artist from County Durham, on the northeast coast of England. She sketches and paints for her own enjoyment and relaxation; in particular, painting the plants and wildlife in her local area. You can see more of her beautiful paintings here ... Gallery
Citation
The recording by David Bissett is used here under the Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. This and many more can be found at - Xeno-Canto
He was still singing as the sun went down …
Beautiful words and song to wake me up this rainy morning!
It remains sunny here for the moment but some big black clouds are building up. The Song Thrush is still singing!
Clive, I’m always pleasantly surprised by your addition of current artists! Wonderful! Also, the thrush is such a special bird. Have a great weekend!🙏
Beautifully said my friend. As always
Thank you!
You too Ashley – have a great weekend. There is such talent out there. Do have a browse of her gallery if you haven’t already – she’s done some lovely paintings.
Beautiful post! I love thrushes.The bird that we, in N. America, call a “robin” is actually a thrush (T. migratorius). To me, it’s one of the most beautiful birds here, but it’s underappreciated, because it is so common. I really like your voice recording of the song thrush, as well as the painting. I will enhance the Garden with your excellent haiku. Thanks, Clive!
Your ‘robin’ is quite beautiful. I guess the Wood Thrush is the nearest in looks to our Song Thrush. We seem to be keeping you busy in the garden!
So full of joy and spring’s uplift. Thank you Clive
It is isn’t it Jane – such a happy carefree song. He’s still singing his heart out now
This is lovely! I have a little hermit thrush friend, a refugee from the western wildfires, who’s wintered in my garden. Thrushes are so special!
Glad you were able to give him a safe home. Have you heard him sing – it’s a beautiful if rather melancholic song. But many people describe it as the most beautiful bird song …
I grew up with hermit thrush, and also varied thrush, so I’m well familiar with their haunting and flute-like songs. But this individual is a winter visitor, so he hasn’t sung. I’m hoping he’ll decide to stay through spring, though I expect he’ll be moving off soon. Maybe he’ll come back next winter!
Oh how lovely to have grown up with such beautiful birds! Wish him luck.
You’ve built up a beautiful picture of the breaking morning Clive.
Thanks Andrea! It started off beautifully but had turned to rain again by the end of the day. The Song Thrush sang throughout 😊
Looks beautiful
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