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Hi all,
I've been hearing this bird for weeks around my house here in Wayne, throughout the day. The call seems very simple, but I don't recognize it, and Merlin doesn't register at all. I've been trying for weeks with no luck, so thought I'd record it and post it here. Asked some exeperienced birder friends and they were likewise baffled. I have an amplified and un-amplified recording; adjust your volume accordingly.
I haven't been able to see the bird at all, but we're right by a lake. I think I've only heard one. The pattern I recorded here is by far the most common, though there do seem to be one or two other variations, shorter, with only two to four notes.
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to Andrew G, Maine birds
My vote is for either tufted titmouse or Carolina wren. They both give a variety of calls —some are similar to this—and have fooled me more than once. Interested to hear what others think.
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I just played it for Merlin, which came up with Baltimore Oriole. That’s a possibility! 🤷🏻♀️
Bill Sheehan
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to Julia Hanauer-Milne, Andrew G, Maine birds
HI Andrew
It sounds a lot like the whistle-y song of the Baltimore Orioles I recorded yesterday at Lake Josephine in Easton.
Baltimore Orioles are decidedly riparian here in Aroostook county. After migration they seem to settle in to areas with mature poplar trees along the river, pond and lake shores.