Migration Melody

Blackberry Farm Adventure Manager Joy Hopkins teaches a lot of birding by ear as well as sight. She loves to teach guests about the beautiful sounds of our native birds, especially when all the trees have full canopies, and the birds are harder to see.

Joy was inspired by the birds serenading her on a walk from the Main House to the Chapel to share this poem celebrating their sounds. Listen to the birds around you, and see what their tweets sound like to your ear.

Migration Melody
From the Main House to the Chapel

Carolina Wren
teakettle teakettle teakettle,

teakettle teakettle teakettle -

Carolina Chickadee
chickadee dee dee……chickadee dee dee…

(yank yank, yank yank)
White Breasted Nuthatch

peter, peter, peter! peter, peter, peter!
Tufted Titmouse

CONKAREEEEEE!
Red-winged Blackbird

purty…purty…purty purty…
Eastern Bluebird

cheerio, cheery? cheerio.
American Robin

cheerio, cheery? cheerio.

CONKAREEEEEE!

White-eyed Vireo
Quick with the beer check!

Beer check!

(yank yank, yank yank)

Eastern Phoebe
phoebe! phoebe dip…phoebe!

purty…purty…purty…
American Goldfinch

po-ta-to chip! po-tato chip! po-tato chip!

phoebe dip! phoebe!

cheerio, cheery? cheerio.

Black and White Warbler
weesa weesa weesa. weesa weesa weesa.

po-tato chip! po-tato chip!

weesa weesa weesa. weesa weesa weesa.

purty…purty, purty…

purty, purty…