Bird Communication

While reading the May issue of The Simple Things magazine I came across an article on “the first bird of the day”, #firstbirdoftheday. Without even realizing it I too wait to hear that first bird song coming through my open window in the morning. The spring months bring back the songbirds, chirping an early wake up. I see my mom as she will talk to her hummingbirds as they wait eagerly for her fresh feeder, and the robins that come in groups of 50 or more for their first drink in her pond, as well as the wrens and chickadees she has nesting every spring in their bird houses. It is a connection that brings her joy. I can watch and listen to the birds do their “bird communication” in her back yard. Just what are they saying? Repeating their song sometimes with a call and response. A hidden conversation that I know no part of.

Join us this month as our guest speaker will tell us all about how birds communicate. Ann Nightingale from Rocky Point Bird Observatory has been birding for almost 25 years, her extensive bio lists endless committees and boards that she currently sits on and has been part of, as well as a volunteer for Rocky Point Bird Observatory, a past-president of both RPBO and the Victoria Nature History Society, on the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network steering committee, on the board of American Birding Association, she also coordinates the Victoria Christmas Bird Count and is an area leader for the Sidney/South Salt Spring, Duncan, and Sooke Christmas Bird Counts. Just to name a few.

The Sooke Garden Club will meet in person on Wednesday, May 25th at 7:00pm at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church to hear Ann’s presentation. As always, new members are always welcome. Join us!