Dickcissel Twitch

Dickcissel Spiza americana

  What did you just say?

  Drove out east towards the townships for a Saturday twitch with George. In the lovely, sunlit uplands near Dunham, a lone male Dickcissel sang for a mate that will never arrive. Kind of sad, actually.

  So, where did the name come from, you may ask? From its song, apparently. Dick dick dick…cissel? Anyway, the first few notes sounded like Song Sparrow to my ear.

  Dickcissel, yay!