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June 14, 2010

Monday Morning Mystery 061410

   A friend of this blog passed along this mystery from a friend:
    "Wondered if you could help
me out…I've recently been noticing a bird ( call only) in the yard
who's call sounds like the opening notes from Beethoven's 5th…
  "Tweet,tweet,tweet,TWEET!"
   "…not just me…my neighbor also…When
we Google this we get a lot about a bird in mexico…the Wood Wren
….doesn't even migrate here at all…
  "I'm wondering about a mockingbird…but my neighbor claims he's seen the bird and it has a brown back
and a taupe/beige belly…."
  What do you think? Stiles Thomas suggested one bird, while Lillian Thomas and I think that it's another species.

   Please suggest your candidate in the Comments section.

 

5 comments

  • Dave Kaplan
    16 years ago Reply

    I’m voting Song Sparrow.

  • Carol Flanagan
    16 years ago Reply

    Northern Cardinal “sweet” call??

  • Janet T
    16 years ago Reply

    I would guess a Wren. House perhaps?
    Also, a Brown Thrasher is a mimic, so that is a possibility.
    There are quite a few possibilities with young birds and “yearlings” that may not have yet mastered their songs.
    ??????

  • Tom Burr
    16 years ago Reply

    Size????? Markings????? So unfair!!!! Well, here’s the wildest guess you will ever get: Brown-headed cowbird–they heard the male but saw the female. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown-headed_Cowbird/sounds
    Or a female Baltimore Oriole, as seen through blu-blockers sunglasses.
    Or….maybe Deedee’s Field Sparrow.

  • Deedee Burnside
    16 years ago Reply

    Field Sparrow???

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5 comments

  • Dave Kaplan
    16 years ago Reply

    I’m voting Song Sparrow.

  • Carol Flanagan
    16 years ago Reply

    Northern Cardinal “sweet” call??

  • Janet T
    16 years ago Reply

    I would guess a Wren. House perhaps?
    Also, a Brown Thrasher is a mimic, so that is a possibility.
    There are quite a few possibilities with young birds and “yearlings” that may not have yet mastered their songs.
    ??????

  • Tom Burr
    16 years ago Reply

    Size????? Markings????? So unfair!!!! Well, here’s the wildest guess you will ever get: Brown-headed cowbird–they heard the male but saw the female. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown-headed_Cowbird/sounds
    Or a female Baltimore Oriole, as seen through blu-blockers sunglasses.
    Or….maybe Deedee’s Field Sparrow.

  • Deedee Burnside
    16 years ago Reply

    Field Sparrow???

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