Friday, February 21, 2014

Mystery Bird

Thursday morning about sunrise, a bird was singing in our back yard.  I couldn’t spot him as it was still too dark, and I had never heard that particular call before.

First - it was deep – an octave or so lower than the cardinals and mockingbirds I usually hear that time of day.

Second -  the tone sounded more like a woodwind than a whistle, somewhat similar to a dove, which it definitely was not. 

Finally -  it was a repetitive call.  The same two notes with a sort of rolling transition between that made it sound like a two-note yodel, if there is such a thing.

He continued to sing for about ten minutes, then about the time it got light enough that I might have seen him, he quit.

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