Two familiars and one unknown

During a recent trip to the park, I got the chance to record three birds, the Blue Jay and the White-winged Dove, and one unknown bird.

This mystery bird made itself known by calling out from a dense patch of bamboo. The bird could be heard from where I parked my car, so it was my final recording stop on the way out of the park.

I recorded this short clip of the bird before getting greedy and trying to get closer by going around to the other side of the bamboo patch. As soon as I got to the other side, the bird must’ve gotten spooked and went silent. Drats. I didn’t get even a slight glimpse of what it looked like or what shape it was.

audio clip here

A busy Blue Jay

This Blue Jay was the first bird that caught my attention in the park. I heard it calling out as soon as I was out of my car. I followed the sound to the wood fence where I could see this Blue Jay busy jumping around on the ground next to a shed. He hopped up on a stump and made the following calls:

A cooing White-winged Dove

I lied. After my encounter with the mystery bird above, I got a chance to record the beautiful cooing of a White-winged Dove. It sat up in the branches above and seemed to respond to a fellow dove in the distance.

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