This melodic crooner posed briefly for a portrait before flying off to join others actively foraging on the ground.

(Taken on Oct. Local park, Edmonton)

(Micromys minutus). I think he really looks like he's singing into a microphone!

A red-wing blackbird sings a late autumn song.

Cactus Wren

Canyon Wren taken in Northrop Canyon, Washington State, USA by David.

American toads are really tuning it up in area wetlands with their loud ringing trills right now. We know for certain that this is a male American toad because females never sing and this guy is busy ballooning out his throat to create the melodic trilling call. He must have been a real crooner because a curious female came up to him within a minute and away they went.

Alex is an actor, singer, composer and photographer, who brings you new tunes wrapped in old time feeling. He sounds like Sinatra; his mannerism is also from the 1950s-60s. I have seen him treating his numerous fans, who range from twentysomething to seventysomething, with kindness and respect. The vocalist was nominated for 2022 Juno Award. (Canadian Grammy). His band the 'Jazz Mavericks' include Jacob Gorzhaltsan-sax, Ewen Farncombe-piano, Daniel Botos-drums and Ben Dwyer on bass. At 'Tapestry' on the day it opened under new ownership.

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A pair of Laughing Gulls

A Red-wing Blackbird sings his song on a cool winter morning in the Ridgefield marsh.

Living in the mountains is beautiful at this time of year. Truly as sight to be seen, but we are still getting miserable rain and snow... which is a bad combo... hahaha. They say walk like a penguin and it is true or you do this funky not so graceful dance with limbs flailing all over...

So.........I am dreaming of a white Christmas.

🎼: White Christmas ~ Michael Buble ~

One of the few crooners as we call them left ☺♥

🚕: Echoes of Snow

I was out yesterday looking for Great Horned Owls, but as it happens, they were no shows. I found this beautiful male red-winged blackbird singing away. It looks to me like he is singing into a cattail microphone. A real crooner!

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You probably need the whole sequence to really appreciate this. The male "Crooner" on the left, his gal on the right. She was down in the burrow, and he picked up what looks like last night's dinner leftovers at the burrow entrance. He offered it to her - it kinda looked like they had a brief discussion about its value, and then she takes it from him in this frame.

You can tell the sexes easily here, as the female is always darker since she stays in the burrow a lot. They seemed to have a family going, since bugs and such kept getting delivered down inside the burrow. They had feasted on something red-blooded recently as their faces were both dirty too, especially hers. About 10 days later, I did see the little owlets.

finally a bird who lets me come close enough for a portrait; the sparrows in California are not so cooperative; This one - I think a rufous collared sparrow was so engaged in his song near the bay before sunset that he could care less about a tourist.

That voice...that song......it's...it's...sublime!!!!!

Not really.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Boat-tailed_Grackle/sounds

Take a listen and judge for yourself.

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Camas National Wildlife Refuge, Idaho,

Jerry is a singer and musician who performs on the streets of Bath. Belting out stunning renditions of all the old crooner songs.

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It's the same crooner as the previous photo with lunch (probably a Western fence lizard)

This yellow headed blackbird sings to whoever will listen. It is very rare to see these birds where I live so I was lucky to spot him. He had a female mate close by.

Melancholy me

Melancholy over you

All alone and feelin' blue

Are you melancholy too?

Ella Fitzgerald - Melancholy me

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Whisky drinker Alex Bird is fairly new (to me) on the jazz music scene in Toronto, but his music roots go very deep into the jazz history. He emulates Sinatra and style of 1950's crooners, but he writes many of his own songs. His adoptive parents (orphanage in Romania) took him at very young age to see the best jazz in Toronto and in the clubs in NYC. He met people like Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Diana Krall, Oscar Peterson and even performed with them as a child. He studied acting (and it shows) and has parts in TV series. His band Jazz Mavericks feature high calibre young musicians such as Jacob Gorzhaltsan (sax) and Ewen Farncombe (piano). At Reid's Distillery (Gin) they also had Julian Bowes (bass). Alex is also a very good photographer and poet. His song "3:52 in the Morning" sounds like it was written by Leonard Cohen.

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"3:52 in the Morning" (2020)

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Frank Shoemaker Marsh

Lincoln, Nebraska

I like Dickcissels, but I feel bad for them. It seems like they're the little kid in the neighborhood that all of the bullies like to pick on. I've seen Meadowlarks and Red-winged Blackbirds try to drive them off even though they never seem to be causing anybody any trouble.

Eastern Meadowlark ~ (Sturnella magna)

An Eastern Meadowlark serenades a field in Pasco county, Florida. They have such a mellifluous song. Sometimes it's nice to put the car window down, drive slowly down a country road and just listen to them.

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This is one of the best Dean Martin songs I 🤔 think but I have to say it’s hard to find a bad song of his. I think he was one of the best crooners of his era.

This little Burrowing Owl was making the sweetest sound I'd never heard before in my decade of observing these precious and endearing miniature raptors. I think he was singing to his mate. The dark patch of ruffled feathers under his chin have something to do with the song I think, as they smoothed out a few pics later.

It can be tricky properly exposing black bird's feathers [and eyes] but adding to the difficulty is their love for the marsh at this refuge that faces the sun...so you have a backlit subject to boot. I love these birds and despite the lighting challenges, I just can't pass up a shot.

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Male Red-Winged Black bird.

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GoldFinch doing his lounge act

Un gran crooner

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Sukiyaki", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the charts in a number of countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. The song grew to become one of the world's best-selling singles of all time, selling over 13 million copies worldwide.

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Matt Dusk headlining performing at the Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival for the 5th time!

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Everyone loves an old crooner.

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One of the many interesting behaviors of Humpback whales is their song. Every year, when whales come back to Maui, we hear their incredible songs underwater. A typical song lasts from 10-20 minutes and can be repeated continuously for hours at a time. Only the makes sing and only in their breeding grounds. Every singing male of the North Pacific strain sings the same song. The song slowly changes in small ways throughout the season. As the changes occur, each crooner will sing the new and improved version. Scientists are uncertain what each song means, but speculation would point to communication while mating and fighting for a mate. From recent studies, we now know that it is the male humpback that responds to a singer and not the female as was previously believed

one of Bath's finest buskers in action - Jerri Hart

Sidewalk crooner on the Avenue, Chestnut Hill, PA 10/21

Versión de Granada por el gran crooner Frank Sinatra.

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Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla Chrysoscelis)

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