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Excluding those of you who are experts in these fields of knowledge, can you distinguish a species of bird just by its call?

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Posted - February 6
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  • 10868
    Aye, guv'nor -

    - if she yells, "don't touch me, you pervert" and starts kicking at you, she's a nutcracker.
    - If  she snickers an says, "you call that big?" she's a mockingbird.
    - If she tells you all about her other "encounters", she's a crow.
    - If, she says, "that will be another $500", she's a robin.
     
    This here's a family site so I can't tell you what the call of a swallow is.
      February 6, 2025 9:18 AM MST
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  • 11810
    Yes. Among them are crows, blue jays, house finches and cardinals. 
      February 6, 2025 9:38 AM MST
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  • 4622
    I can tell crows and mourning doves by their calls.  Both are irritating as all get-out.  I can also tell an owl from its call. This post was edited by Spunky at February 7, 2025 8:22 AM MST
      February 6, 2025 10:19 AM MST
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  • 53787

      Thank you!
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      February 7, 2025 8:22 AM MST
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  • 44795
    Yes...numerous species.
      February 6, 2025 11:57 AM MST
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  • 53787

     

      Thank you!
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      February 7, 2025 8:21 AM MST
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  • 35438
    Duck
    Chicken 
    Owl
    Dove
    Turkey
    Crow
    Whip poor will

      February 10, 2025 10:58 AM MST
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  • 3737
    Only a few of those I see, and hear, most often: pigeons, gulls, crows, sparrows, blackbirds.

    (There is a pair of blackbirds nesting somewhere near my home, as I see them foraging in my garden).

    If it's melodic and very random, it might be a starling. 
     
    I think I could identify a raven's call, something between a crow's harsh call and a duck's quack.

    Crows have quite a vocabulary when they choose, sometimes sounding a bit like a barnyard hen when foraging. 
      June 15, 2025 3:36 PM MDT
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