# Help identify this bird? 2 note song.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 25, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bird-2-note-song/854409 "2020-05-25T00:16:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bird-2-note-song/854409/1 "2020-05-25T00:16:25Z")

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South central Wisconsin. It’s 2 tone that sounds more like someone whistling than actual birdsong. Second tone is lower pitched than first. Obviously can’t replicate it here but hoping for suggestions to look up to ID it. As always, thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bird-2-note-song/854409/2 "2020-05-25T00:37:53Z")

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There’s more than a few birdsong I.D. apps available on your smartphone.  
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bird-2-note-song/854409/3 "2020-05-25T01:10:49Z")

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Chickadee? This is a 3-note call, but sometimes it’s just 2. [Black-capped Chickadee Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-capped_Chickadee/sounds)

Sadly, it’s tonally like “Here, Kitty,” which is a poor choice on the bird’s part.

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**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bird-2-note-song/854409/4 "2020-05-25T01:14:29Z")

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I’m guessing chickadee too.

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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bird-2-note-song/854409/5 "2020-05-25T11:40:22Z")

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most definitely a black capped chickadee

Your simple description is a rare time its easy to identify.

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**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bird-2-note-song/854409/6 "2020-05-26T04:36:23Z")

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> [@2Bits](#):
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> There’s more than a few birdsong I.D. apps available on your smartphone.  
> Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Yes, I know that. The reason I posted here was I didn’t want to listen to a thousand damn birds to find something out.

Thanks to the rest. I believe it’s a chickadee. Never noticed the 3rd note but it seems they often do only 2. Or my hearing is going the way of my hair.😆