So...yesterday, I heard THE mockingbird! The way he changes sounds so quickly, I'm not really thinking he's the mystery bird now. Especially since the mystery bird makes his one sound over and over. Catherine, it's a monotone, for sure. It's usually 2 "teets", separated by a pause, then many "teets" in a row before pausing and starting over. It appears to be speeding up, but now my memory is fading. It's been so long since I've heard it as close to the house as it was the first 2 days. It's a strong sound, not very high pitched, just solid. I have absolutely nothing to compare it to, so I'm sorry for the vague descriptions! As I mentioned earlier, the tempo of the song of the vermilion flycatcher is VERY similar, albeit it's MUCH more high-pitched than the mystery bird's. (I just listened to the song on the Cornell site, and it sounds nothing like the vermilion song in my book - "The repeated territorial song of the male Vermilion Flycatcher!" Ack!) DH did say the bird was a tad smaller than our scrub jays. He said the tail appeared black on the top with "some white underneath"....although trying to view anything against the harsh glare of the sky is NOT very accurate. LOL Thanks for continuing to try, ladies!! The wind is here until Friday, so I may not get another chance to see it until then. :( Brenda

Hi, I know this post is old, but i came across it looking for another bird sound and had to reply because I'm pretty sure I know exactly what the noise is. I'm surprised nobody else has posted this. Southern Flying Squirrels. http://www.wildlifeofct.com/southern%20flying%20squirrel.html I live in Orlando and they're everywhere, yet nobody knows they're around because they come out at exactly dusk, party all night, and are in bed before you wake up. But if you happen to have a window right outside a tree they live in, they'll keep you up for hours. I had this problem in my old house. I have them living in my yard now as well, but fortunately their tree is on the other side of the house. Grab a flash light and hang out and look for them. But have patience because they're hard to spot at first. Here's a link to the sound. Here is a link that might be useful: southern flying squirrel

LOL! Yes tree frogs are incredibly loud! I had about 5-6 singing to each other yesterday evening in the back yard and I could hardly hear my family talking to me while out on the deck! They are really hard to find too. I have one that retires to a little ledge on the top of my shed every year.....same spot. He's so cute! I love going to sleep with my windows open so I can hear them, but sometimes, I just have to close the window 'cause they are sooooooo loud! They are pretty amazing little creatures. I think they are attracted to my backyard because I have several little water gardens. They deposit their eggs in the water. They are so sensitive to the presence of water, that if I go out to just water a few plants, they start singing! I don't know if they see the water, or just hear or smell it! Ain't nature grand? :)

Like all orioles, they are very loud :-) The first time I ever saw one, I was living in N. Indiana. We had a very long one story ranch style house in the country on 5 acres, and tons of wildlife. I had cedar bushes in front of my master bedroom windows, and the bedroom was situated at the furthest most northern corner of the house. I had hung up a humming bird feeder there, so I could watch the Ruby Throated Hummingbird, which I had never seen before (having been born and raised in S. California). I was in the kitchen one morning, and had all the windows open in the house. The kitchen was at the exact opposite end of our house. All of a sudden, I could hear a bird singing it's heart out, VERY loudly. I had a thought that maybe a bird had actually gotten into the house it was so loud. I started following the sound, and ended up walking the entire length of our house to the master bedroom, and there was a gorgeous Baltimore Oriole sitting on the hummingbird feeder, singing his big ole heart out. Our Hooded Orioles here in S. California also have a beautiful song, but mostly, they make this territorial sound, or a lot of chattering. They love the oriole and hummingbird feeders I put out, as well as our Giant Bird of Paradise white flowers. So, we have tons of them in our yards due to perfect nesting areas and great eats! Sadly though today, I found a juvenile Black Headed Grossbeak dead under my kitchen window. I wasn't sure what it was at first, since the juveniles do not sport totally black heads. But, I had an adult male at my suet cake this morning, and I remembered that yesterday a bird hit our upstairs laundry room window extremely hard (as in unlikely to survive hard). I couldn't find any sign of a dead bird yesterday, but found the little guy this morning. I don't see the Grossbeaks that often at my feeders, and thought they were more migrating through, but guess I must have had a nest in my yard. So sad to lose one of the babies. Patty S.