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[lakeside44]

Hi there,

This one I've been really curious about.
I heard a bird yesterday (in Rhode Island) making a distinctive 4-note melody that I haven't heard.
I took a brief (visually lousy, sorry) video to capture the sound, and was wondering if anyone out there might
be able to identify the bird based on the song:

http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream

The melody I'm referring to occurs in the video at about "0:09" and "0:02" (note that
the time indicator on the video ticks down rather than up)...

I am not sure if the bird I filmed in the video actually is the one singing the song (I think it is, but not certain).
I took two photos (also not great, unfortunately) of the bird on the video, if that's of help:

http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream

http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream

Finally, near this spot the day before, I had taken a photo of a bird that I later found out to be
a female Red-Breasted Grosbeak, which I had never seen before.
The bird in this video/photo is of similar size.
I was wondering if it could be the same female Grosbeak...do they ever sing at all?

Thanks, Joe

[psweet]

My first thought was Baltimore Oriole, but on second thought possibly Blue Grosbeak? Female R-B Grosbeaks may sing, (I don't know -- some cardinalids do), but the song sounds more like a Robin strung out on caffeine.

[Kryptos18]

I hear a Baltimore Oriole and Yellow Warbler, among other things.

[Liam]

That's a Baltimore Oriole. You can listen the songs here: http://xeno-canto.or...ecies_nr=vatrcu

[lakeside44]

Wow! Thanks for the help...

[sandylee]

Checked just your first link..... definitely Baltimore Oriole..... Heard my first one of the year last week as I was hopping out of the shower..... grabbed by robe and an orange out of the fridge (well, didn't grab my robe out of the fridge)...... had to at least get an orange out there for them. They've been loving the grape jelly and oranges since then!