• The Cut-Throat Bird

    The Cut-Throat Bird

    On a hot, humid morning in late June, I climbed to the top of Sapsucker Ridge. As I followed the trail, I was serenaded by the singing of a hooded warbler, a black-throated green warbler, red-eyed vireos, and eastern towhees. Suddenly, I heard harsh, loud, and repeated calling from an agitated brown and white rose-breasted…