hey all!! i have three littles (aged 4, 3, and 3) and recently they have been into identifying birds primarily by call.
since they are quite young, they know bird calls mostly by English transliteration. for example, right now they know
Titmouse (peter peter peter)
Cardinal (pretty bird)
Mourning dove (coo-oo-oo-ah-ah-ah)
Towhee (drink your tea)
Crow (caw)
Bard owl (who cooks for you)
its my favorite thing! yesterday afternoon, when my parents were watching them, they heard a towhee and absolutely went crazy!! “Grandma did you hear that?!!? drink your TEEEEEEAAAAAAA!!!! Its a towhee!!!”
I love that my kids are little birders right now. Its so cute
so please share other bird calls i can teach them!
we are located in piedmont NC, so preferably birds that we might hear in our backyard!