sound of summer

Milky Way

Driving through Ira this morning. Lights of the Milky Way Farm blazing in the darkness. Heard the call of a red-eyed vireo for the first time this year. Its call is described by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as "brief but incessant." It can call as many as 20,000 times a day. This is not the sound of winter or spring. This is the sound of summer. Listen.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-eyed_Vireo/sounds