Eastern Bluebird

I've been making an effort recently to learn the names and voices of the birds around us. It's not easy, especially given my lack of free time, but I was able to recognize an Eastern Bluebird as it flew past Bella and I on our morning walk. Don't see too many of those around here, but from what I understand they're making a bit of a comeback.

Crow Attack!

As I walked Bella around 2:00 today, I saw a large number of crows dive-bombing two Red-tailed Hawks that were perched in the top of an evergreen tree. It looked a lot like this. It was quite a sight. The crows were extremely noisy, but the hawks just waited it out and eventually the crows gave up the physical attack and flew across the street in favor of an endless verbal squalking.
I'm not entirely sure why they were attacking, but it was extremely entertaining.

Trance Birds

I have no idea what they're called, but I often hear a fascinating bird song when i'm hiking, and called them trance birds because I thought that their song would fit very well into a trance song.

While not incorporated exactly how I would envision it, Susumu Yokota did use the Trance Bird song in his song Zenmai off of Acid Mt. Fuji. You can hear the birds in the first minute of the song, before the beats start.

And if you know the name of the bird, please let me know!