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| This Great Blue Heron is enjoying its meal; Riparian preserve, Gilbert, AZ; 12/26/2011. |
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| He is looking pretty satisfied after gulping down its midday meal. |
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Great Blue Herons at the Riparian preserve
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I just found your blog while searching for a particular sounding bird. Could you help?
I just moved to Rockford 18 months ago, and last Spring I heard this bird...and now I hear it again.
I am not sure what it is...but it sounds like it says... 'Yoooo Hoooo'
A friend said it was a chickadee...but it doesn't sound like any chickadee I've ever seen (and my parents have chickadee's in their yard in OKLA and they don't sound like that, either).
Any guesses?
Thanks
It's hard to interpret a bird song by spelling, but the Black-capped Chickadees that are very common around here have two distinct sounds: "chicka-dee-dee-dee" and a two note whistle that starts with a high note and followed by a lower note. I suppose those two notes could be deciphered as a "yoo hoo." Good luck with your ID.
Thanks, and yes, it does seem to be the black-capped chickadee.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/black-capped_chickadee/id
has a 'sound' button. And that is what the (former) mystery bird sounded like!
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