A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
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Bandy Field Nature Park is a wonderful area in which to go birding. Here is a list of birds that have been identified at the park. The links are to a USGS site containing pictures and sound recordings of bird songs. Some of these birds are year-round residents, but many are only present at spring or fall migration.

Family	Name with Link
Blackbirds & Orioles	Baltimore Oriole
Blackbirds & Orioles	Brown-Headed Cowbird
Blackbirds & Orioles	Common Grackle
​Blackbirds & Orioles	Red-Winged Blackbird
Chickadees & Titmice	Carolina Chickadee
Chickadees & Titmice	Tufted Titmouse
Cuckoos	Black-Billed Cuckoo
Doves	Mourning Dove
Finches	American Goldfinch
​Finches	House Finch
Flycatchers	Eastern Phoebe
Flycatchers	Eastern Wood-Pewee
Geese	Canada Goose
Gnatcatchers	Blue-Gray-Gnatcatcher
Grosbeaks & Buntings	Blue Grosbeak
Grosbeaks & Buntings	Indigo Bunting
Grosbeaks & Buntings	Northern Cardinal
Hawks	Coopers Hawk
Hummingbirds	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Jays & Crows	American Crow
Jays & Crows	Blue Jay
​Jays & Crows	Fish Crow
Kinglets	Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Mockingbirds & Thrashers	Gray Catbird
Mockingbirds & Thrashers	Northern Mockingbird
Nuthatches	Brown-Headed Nuthatch
​Nuthatches	White-Breasted Nuthatch
Starlings	European Starling
Swallows	Barn Swallow
Swifts	Chimney Swift
Tanagers	Scarlet Tanager

Family
Thrushes	American Robin
Thrushes	Eastern Bluebird
Thrushes	Hermit Thrush
Towhees & Sparrows	Chipping Sparrow
Towhees & Sparrows	Dark-Eyed Junco
Towhees & Sparrows	Eastern Towhee
Towhees & Sparrows	Field Sparrow
Towhees & Sparrows	House Sparrow
Towhees & Sparrows	Lincoln's Sparrow
Towhees & Sparrows	Song Sparrow
Towhees & Sparrows	Vesper Sparrow
Towhees & Sparrows	White-Throated Sparrow
Vireos	Blue-Headed Vireo
Vireos	Red-Eyed Vireo
Vireos	White-Eyed Vireo
Warblers	American Redstart
Warblers	Black-Throated Blue Warbler
​Warblers	Blackpoll Warbler
Warblers	Common Yellowthroat
Warblers	Magnolia Warbler
Warblers	Palm Warbler
Warblers	Pine Warbler
Warblers	Tennessee Warbler
Warblers	Western Palm Warbler
Warblers	Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Waxwings	Cedar Waxwing
Woodpeckers	Downy Woodpecker
Woodpeckers	Peleated Woodpecker
Woodpeckers	Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Wrens	Carolina Wren
Wrens	House Wren
Wrens	Sedge Wren

​Another great website to obtain information on birds is from Cornell Lab of Ornithology 

Thanks to Arun Bose, Gerry Weinberger, Mary Argentineau, John Coe, and Wendy Ealding for compiling this information.

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