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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALL on Sun May 2 10:07:00 2021
    So for the past few months, I have been trying to figure out which local
    bird it is that has a call that sounds sort of like a frog croaking. Not exactly, mind you... it is not as deep as a frog call but it is similar
    enough that until this past winter I think I always assumed it was a frog. After realizing that I was hearing the calls when the temperature was in
    the teens out, and that it was coming from trees, I realized otherwise. :)

    I still have not quite narrowed it down, but I think it might be one of the woodpecker species we have locally. We have at least 7. One is rather
    large and, since I cannot spot the bird to ID it, I am pretty sure it must
    be one of the other 6. Still have not narrowed it down beyond that.

    Mike


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Mike Powell on Tue May 4 02:12:55 2021
    Re: Birds that sound like...
    By: Mike Powell to ALL on Sun May 02 2021 10:07 am

    I still have not quite narrowed it down, but I think it might be one of the woodpecker species we have locally. We have at least 7. One is rather large and, since I cannot spot the bird to ID it, I am pretty sure it must be one of the other 6. Still have not narrowed it down beyond that.

    Do you have any quail around there. They make a ribit, ribit sound similar to a frog.

    Mocking birds can mimic other birds and also frogs although I have never heard it.


    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALAN IANSON on Tue May 4 13:32:00 2021
    Do you have any quail around there. They make a ribit, ribit sound similar to frog.

    I don't *think* so but we might. Do quail get very high in trees?
    Granted, some of the places I hear them when out walking are areas where a ground-dwelling bird might like to nest, but I am pretty sure the calls
    always come from the trees.

    Mocking birds can mimic other birds and also frogs although I have never heard
    t.

    We have those around. I can usually tell them from what they are mimicking because they switch songs or string different calls together. There is at least one in the neighborhood that seems to always sing the calls in the
    same order. "It's mimicking the cardinal, now the blue jay, now..." :)


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Mike Powell on Wed May 5 01:16:15 2021
    Re: Birds that sound like...
    By: Mike Powell to ALAN IANSON on Tue May 04 2021 01:32 pm

    I don't *think* so but we might. Do quail get very high in trees?

    Not normally. They can fly but most of the time they are on the ground running around.

    Granted, some of the places I hear them when out walking are areas where a ground-dwelling bird might like to nest, but I am pretty sure the calls always come from the trees.

    If it is from up higher then it is likely not quail, but they do fly so it's hard to say.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALAN IANSON on Wed May 5 13:15:00 2021
    Granted, some of the places I hear them when out walking are areas where ground-dwelling bird might like to nest, but I am pretty sure the calls always come from the trees.

    If it is from up higher then it is likely not quail, but they do fly so it's h
    d to say.

    I am still thinking it is one of the woodpeckers we have here. Sometimes I hear the call and, if it is quiet enough, I can hear that it is followed by some pecking sounds. We have a few woodpeckers that are not very large and
    are difficult to spot when they are up in a tree with leaves on it.

    If I ever get one spotted, I will be sure to share. :)

    Mike


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