TRAVELS: SEE NATURE FOR FREE

Enjoy your own personal concert by visiting grasslands, wetlands, and woods in early morning in June and July. Listen for the sweet "spring of the year" song of the Eastern Meadowlark in grasslands; the bugling call of Sandhill Cranes near wetlands, and the omnipresent song of Red-eyed Vireos in the woods, singing "Here I am. Right over. Right here." You don't have to know which bird you are hearing; just listen and be amazed. Birds sing to attract mates, encourage females to build nests, and defend territories. Listen to the conversational style of the the Red-eyed Vireo pictured below, as well as the sound of the rare the Black-whiskered Vireo which lives farther south.