Recorded on May 11, 2025, at the old townsite of Belmont along the Little Tallahatchie River, this is the sound of spring migration at its peak. A warbler chorus fills the breezy morning air, featuring both transient travelers and those settling in for the breeding season. Among the migrants is the Blackpoll Warbler, known for its astonishing 12,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean and North America. Sounds Southern Extended listeners will also hear a dust-up between two Louisiana Waterthrush over choice territory located on a mossy hillside where an artesian stream trickles past a blooming stand of lizard’s tail—also known as swamp lily.

The soundscape includes the steady drumming of a Hairy Woodpecker and calls from a richly varied mix of species: Red-bellied and Hairy Woodpeckers, Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, White-eyed, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos, Summer Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Acadian Flycatcher, American Goldfinch, Blue Jay, Common Yellowthroat, Brown-headed Cowbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee, Louisiana Waterthrush and the fluting song of the Wood Thrush plus a dynamic group of sweet-singing warblers: Northern Parula, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-throated, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Kentucky, Magnolia, Prothonotary, Blackpoll, Black-and-white & Pine.

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