Any bird lovers here read music? - Democratic Underground

GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-11-09 01:55 PM
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Any bird lovers here read music?

Can you tell me what bird sings this song?

Maryland suburbs of DC

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HopeHoops

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Mon May-11-09 01:56 PM
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1. Sounds like a finch to me.

Probably a purple finch. Yellow finches use a LOT more notes!

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-11-09 01:59 PM
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2. That would make sense...

We have lots of them around here. I just never noticed the song before.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-11-09 05:18 PM
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3. The purple finch song on the Cornell site is too ornate for this...

The song I heard consisted of only the notes above, in a pure thin voice. After reading a bit, I'm wondering if it may have been a starling mimicking another bird...

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kimmerspixelated

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Mon May-11-09 05:20 PM
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4. In VA they hum and mumble a bit,

So it's frustrating to figure it out!

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue May-12-09 12:43 AM
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9. The birds mumble?

I've never heard a bird say a mumbling word... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SE-In7Wf80

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tigereye

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Mon May-11-09 06:04 PM
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5. hmm, neat question - I don't have time to run to the piano since I have drum

lessons, but I'll check it out later. (of course someone will have figured it out by then! )

When I sing it, nothing comes to mind right now. :hi:

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue May-12-09 12:36 AM
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8. Thanks for checking it out!

Now you'll probably hear the song in your area, and wonder what it is! :hi:

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XemaSab

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Mon May-11-09 07:51 PM
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6. My best guess is White Throated Sparrow

It doesn't sound exactly the same, but individual sparrows can sort of "do their own thing."

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?source=&parkid=&searchText=&allSpecies=&shapeID=0&lshapeID=0&curAbbr=&lastView=list&lastGroup=1&lastRegion=&lastFilter=4&lastShapeName=&trackType=&curRegionID=&size=&habitat=&fruit=&color=&sortBy=has+audio&curFamilyID=208®ionSelect=All+regions®ionZIP=&curGroupID=1&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=39

If the tone, pace, or something else sounds very different, please let me know and I'll try to come up with another guess.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue May-12-09 12:34 AM
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7. The tone is really similar to the white throat

The tempo was slightly slower, and the bird sang the notes I wrote out verbatum, including the pitch but with a longer space than a quarter rest between the 1st and second parts of the call...as if he was questioning and answering himself.

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