I haven`t heard it since. The mellow tones it made were similar to a middle "C" started note. Kinda sounded like it was played on a flute. Does a mockingbird sing at night? I haven`t heard any do that and we have a bunch here in the neighborhood. After the sun goes down, it gets completely quiet here as far as ANY bird singing, unless it is a hoot owl...and that is rare when I hear them. It was also loud and far off ( 200 yards or so ) I am guessing it must have been a large bird making the sounds. I heard it well from where I was at. I will check out your link about night birds. I really appreciate the help! :) This one has me tweaked. Thank you! :)

Okay...getting back to the original poster. Millymoo, I didn't sit down and think really hard about the sound you described (so forgive me if I overlook something simple), but what I do when I do not know a bird call is I use the Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds website. I can typically narrow down the approximate type of bird that I am hearing and I just begin navigating the website. Perhaps begin with Northern Cardinal (they do make many different types of calls/songs but their vocal style and clarity remains the same). I can say that the N. Cardinal does vocalize a crisp, loud, clear "birdie, birdie, birdie" song that is quite common. Could be what you heard. Here is a link that might be useful: Begin Here This post was edited by TMFF on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 20:13

Try looking up the sound of a titmouse and a Carolina wren. They have various songs, and be sure to listen to them all. (All about birds has good audio stuff). I don't think you'd find either of those birds at your feeder, but they might be close by.

Only just clicked on this thread...and funny coincidence that shax dropped in yesterday to tease us with "well, if you were in Australia..." because not less than 2 hours ago I spotted this wonderful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCRwQikQbxs What an amazing country! Look at those semi-tame and beautiful wild birds! Those Banksias! My only memorable psittacine incident down under were aggressive little green and red parrots at the Puffy Billy station outside Melbourne, stealing french fries from tourists. I've become somewhat addicted to various warm/moving/funny animal videos on youtube, which the youtube algorithm seems to be recommending to the populace of late to preserve the fabric of society during COVID isolation (LOL). A lot of them come from the outfit that produced that one, called "The Dodo". I'm not subscribed to them but they are always in my recommended list. Good luck on your search beng!