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When you've been backyard bird watching like I have, you will soon be able to tell the birds by their calls. I can tell my neices and nephews which bird is in the yard, and they ask me how I know.
My favorites, based on my personal experience are Orioles, redwing blackbirds, Northern flicker, mockingbird, and nightingale.
Sure, they are some "honorable mentions" like starlings, sparrows, chickadees, cardinals and bluejays, but they don't really "sing".
If you know you have a mockingbird in your yard, and it's "singing", have some fun and whistle your favorite song (only a short part of it) and they may choose to include your song in their melody. They are renown for imitating a lot of sounds to increase their song length (to impress their mate). I had one that copied a cat's meow, and flew to the top of a tree to sing. Imagine people looking for a cat at the very top of a 40 foot maple in early spring? I laughed out loud at that one.
(They can imitate lawn mowers, and even car alarms.)
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