The cackle, wail, eechip and begging scream explained, with how to tell female, male and juvenile peregrine falcons apart by ear and what to do when they nest on your building.
Seeing a blue jay carries four messages in modern reading: communication, courage, foresight and loyalty, and many people take a repeated visit as a loved one checking in. What the sighting means in love, as an omen, crossing your path, in pairs, at the window and in dreams.
A nightingale sounds like rising piped whistles followed by an explosive trill. Every call explained, why males sing at night, and which birds get mistaken for one.
Owls are predators and prey. Here is what eats owl eggs, owlets, and adults in the US, how often, and what you can do around a yard or coop.
Seeing a blue heron is taken as a call to slow down, trust your own judgment and wait for the right moment. What the sighting means by situation, tradition and faith, and what to do if you find one dead.
The northern flicker long call runs 7 to 8 seconds on one pitch. Each call written out in words, with the season and hour you hear it, the birds it gets confused with, and fixes for dawn drumming.
A downy woodpecker has two main calls plus a spring drum roll. Here is what each sound means, when you hear it, and how to separate it from a hairy woodpecker by ear.
A red cardinal after a death is read as a visit from the person you lost, never as a warning. What the bird means in Christian, Catholic, and Cherokee tradition, and what a dead cardinal signals.
Seeing a great blue heron is read as a call to patience and self reliance. Native American, biblical, Celtic and East Asian traditions kept separate, plus yard, window, night and dream encounters.
What a dead dove means when you find one in the yard, at the window, or in a dream, and what the fan fiction tag Dead Dove: Do Not Eat actually warns about.