Songbirds

The robin is one of the most well-known songbirds living in the United Kingdom.

Blackbirds are songbirds common throughout Europe.

They raise their songbirds on a caterpillar diet.

Bill Gette and Rebecca Schwer are staff members at the Massachusetts Audubon Society, which maintains an education center and bird banding station for the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge here on the Massachusetts coast. In addition to songbirds, the Refuge also shelters endangered shorebirds such as the Piping Plover, varied mammals and fish.

Just after dawn and a bit inland, it is the sanctuary's role as a resting-stop and sometime breeding ground for migratory songbirds that interests veteran birdwatcher Bill Gette, director of the Massachusetts Audubon Society's education center near the Refuge.

Because the Dunes are on a major migratory path, they are also home to more than 300 species of birds, including waterbirds such as loons and herons, birds of prey such as hawks and bald eagles, and a wide variety of songbirds.

Are cuckoos songbirds?