Bill and Tassy recount their latest bird sightings and then wax poetic about the benefits of birding during the Coronavirus shutdown.

Etiology of "Sitting in the Catbird Seat": https://grammarist.com/idiom/sitting-in-the-catbird-seat/

Colbert Report opening (watch to the end for a Star-Spangled Bald Eagle making a Red-tailed Hawk call): https://vimeo.com/8605534

Our friend Kevin's pictures (hawk stalking a squirrel): https://www.instagram.com/p/B_dj2cJjLRI/?igshid=11oacvk9av7de

Birds discussed:

Rose-breasted Grosbeak: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rose-breasted_Grosbeak/overview

Blue-headed Vireo: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/blue-headed-vireo

Red-tailed Hawk: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/overview

Baltimore Oriole: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Baltimore_Oriole/overview

Episode photo is a Baltimore Oriole, photo by Bill Michalski. All cat and bird sounds recorded by Bill Michalski.