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Old 05-07-2008, 12:50 PM   #22 (permalink)
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You'll have to record that one. My mother-in-law has a bird book that has a recording of each birds call, I use it every once in a while to id a call. Or you can do an online search of the bird you think it is and most sites have a recording of the common calls for that bird.
When I was out in West Virginia earlier this spring, we had a bird in the yard that made a buzzing sound like a cicada ending with a throaty whistle. It was a ground dwelling bird. I used the MIL's book to find out it was a Woodcock. Good luck in your hunt for an answer!
I just listened to a clip on wikipedia of a Chuck Will's Widow and it sounds almost identical to the bird in question. I'll have to record it myself sometime soon and compare! He/she only starts "talking" late into the evening.
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