Beep-boop bird

FAOL Community Sound Off
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I love spring time in Minnesota, and since my retirement, I get to enjoy sitting outdoors listening to the bird songs, as I marvel at the special coloration of the sprouting leaves on the various trees in the White Bear Lake neighborhood.

Today (May 19th) I was outside on the patio drinking my coffee, and reading the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, when I heard an unknown bird calling out from somewhere in the area. Beep-boop, Beep-Beep-Beep-boop!

In my 62 years I have never heard that bird call, and never heard a bird call that was so loud, as if the bird had a cordless megaphone?.

Need help in identifying what species of bird; makes the Beep-boop mating call. ~Parnelli

Everyone we meet in life, give us happiness, some by their arrival, others by their departures!?

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Sounds like the bird was from ‘Back in the 50’s’. :slight_smile:

You could try this site to see if you can find the sound: http://www.naturesongs.com/birds.html

Larry —sagefisher—

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Uh…

Did you check to see if your car alarm was going off at the time?

:wink:

Buddy

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Check with Betty sounds like something she would know…

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Hey Steve, I think Buddy might be onto something… It could be one of the several Mimids in the area, like a Mockingbird? I’m not up on your area birds, however, my wife lived in NYC for about 5 years and she had a Mockingbird that grew up in her neighborhood (East Village) and could sing every car alarm within a 5 block radius. Including mine! Mine was the last on his expansive repertoire.

Just a thought,
Dave

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My first thought was some sort of phoebe? Wood Thrush? Yellow-Billed Cuckoo?? Maybe it wasn’t a bird…maybe it was an escaped Howler Monkey…or SASQUATCH! :slight_smile:

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I would go with WCCNovice’s theory until I learned differently. Check with you local bird store they tend to be quite knowledgeable.

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I thought about this again this morning. There is another possibility, it could be a Blue Jay. Our Blue Jays have about 7 different calls including one that sounds rather like someone hitting a 3" PVC pipe on the open end, Booonk Booonk. Something like that. Could that be your bird? I guess you’ll just have to invite me out to do some birding and fishing with you! :smiley:

All the best, and enjoy the birds!

Dave

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Once you figure it out, let us know how it tastes and what you can tie with the feathers ;).

Buddy

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We got a jay at our house that mimmicks an eagle’s call.

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Without more to go one it makes it difficult. The closest sound I could find to your description was that of a Trumpter Swan.

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I’d say it is probably the little known brown-breasted beep bop bird! Or your oven-timer went off and your cake is done! Can you hum a few bars! You’ll have to record the noise and post it on U-tube! Now you got me reeeeeally curious! Thanks a lot!! LOL!!

Best regards, Dave S.