Weekly Prompt No. 10: Sound Maps

Let your auditory sense take the lead

Although it’s been cold and gloomy most of the week, the birds in the forest have been active and very vocal. I heard the normal winter birds - owls, chickadees, and nuthatches - and a few spring arrivals such as geese, pine siskin, robins, cardinals, etc. I am not an expert at identifying birds by their calls, so I rely heavily on the Merlin ID app to …