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Here is a 40 second sound clip from a happy bird that I heard, but never saw at first light this morning. I am in suburban Philadelphia, PA and it was raining lightly with the temperature in the mid-40s. It reminds me of a robin in certain ways, but with an extra warble- at least I think that's the word for it. I'll just apologise ahead of ...

My friend is convinced there is a bear in the woods outside his house. He hears it growl late at night and it scares the beejeezus out of him. I have assured him that it's not a bear, but he doesn't believe me. I think the sound he hears is a bird. Perhaps an owl, nightjar or egret (shorebird). Can anyone help identify this mysterious bear-bird? ...

Please help a beginner - I can't get this song out of my head without learning what it is! I heard a very distinctive but unidentified bird call 2 weeks ago at Point Reyes National Seashore, near the Fivebrooks trailhead. The call was coming from near the top of trees in mixed forest (willow, spruce, bay, etc.) between a small pond and a ...

i recently heard a new bird call. i heard it for 3 days and then nothing. the call sounded like     teacher tia teacher tia tia teacher. some one sugested it was an ovenbird. but i listened to the call of an oven bird and it was nothing like it. i live in wetern pennsylvania in the country.  the call was very distinctive.

Hello.  There is a bird that favors the tree right outside our bedroom window, and is the first one up each morning.  My home backs to a mile-wide section of woods along the Potomac River in Loudoun, VA.  I've never seen it, but I stumbled upon it while listening to bird calls (trying to find my mystery bird!).  It's in the ...

I am in the North Georgia mountain area in light woods.  I keep hearing what sounds like a cat crying in the afternoons.  I think it's a bird because the sound seems to move but I have never seen anything.  Help!

Hello!  Thanks for such a great site!  I know almost nothing about birds, but it was a great interest of my grandparents.  Many happy memories watchng killdeer guard their nests in their front yard!  My question might be fairly difficult, since I didn't get to see the bird at all.  I live in Indianapolis, Indiana - urban ...