# ID a birdsong for me, please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 5, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627 "2010-07-05T20:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627/1 "2010-07-05T20:01:49Z")
I was just outside on the deck when I heard a birdsong I haven’t noticed hearing before. The bird was apparently in our black walnut and the foliage is too thick to see the bird. The song went something like: cheeer cheeer wup wup wup wibwibwibwibwibwibib Any help? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627/2 "2010-07-05T20:21:02Z")
Telling us where you live would be nice. Sounds like a Cardinal tho, if you’re eastern US… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627/3 "2010-07-05T20:23:44Z")
Cardinal was what first came to mind for me too. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627/4 "2010-07-05T20:27:06Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Telling us where you live would be nice. Sounds like a Cardinal tho, if you’re eastern US… :smack: I actually thought to myself as I started typing the OP that I need to identify where I am. And then, by the time I got to the end, forgot. I’m in southeastern PA. Cardinals aren’t uncommon around here, so it’s likely. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627/5 "2010-07-05T20:39:12Z")
jayjay, The Cornell Ornithology Lab has an excellent website on bird ID, including sound ID. Here’s the entry on the [Northern Cardinal](http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal/sounds). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627/6 "2010-07-05T20:42:20Z")
That’s close enough for me, **elelle**. I’d definitely say it was a cardinal. Thanks, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627/7 "2010-07-05T22:46:52Z")
That’s funny - I’ve been watching a cardinal in our yard all day today (and can hear him singing right now), so as soon as I saw your description thought “Ooh I know! I know! Cardinal! Cardinal!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-birdsong-for-me-please/545627/8 "2010-07-06T00:55:10Z")
Cardinal bird song audio [http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Cardinal\_bird\_sounds.aspx](http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Cardinal_bird_sounds.aspx)