That skunk cabbage is the boss, you all.

If the swamp ever gets another follower, it will consider investing in a camera that might be halfway functional after 6 pm.

Here is the study on the hermit thrush/human music connection - www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

By sight, they’re difficult to tell apart from other thrushes, but their ginger-red tail contrasts against the rest of their body and is typically a good giveaway.

From May through July, usually ending sometime in August, at dusk every evening, simmer down by your favorite grove of trees and listen to the ethereal orchestra of thrushes, among the most masterful of the world’s musicians. ⬇️

They breed in the northeastern United States, Canada, and a chunk of the west and this is where you’ll most likely get to enjoy their magical summer concerts. ⬇️

Hermit thrushes are widespread across all of North America and occupy all sorts of habitats. You’ll find them in swamps, bogs, forests, open woods, on top of mountains, in a city park, in thickets and bushes. They’re not fussy! ⬇️

The harmonics of hermit thrush music are strikingly similar to that of human music. ⬇️

A preference for overtones in music is something people long believed to be unique to the human species, but like virtually everything else that makes Homo sapiens so “special”, it turns out they’re not alone in this world after all – Hermit thrushes share the same preferences.

Why is the hermit thrush’s song so universally beloved, with ethereal tones and chords that sound impossibly beautiful, so pleasant to the human ear? Scientists have actually studied why the hermit thrush’s song is perfection. ⬇️