# Night birds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-birds/839451>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 30, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-birds/839451 "2019-08-30T02:17:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-birds/839451/21 "2019-09-06T16:01:10Z")

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You are missing the obvious solution to this–instead of pointing the OP to clips of bird sounds and asking if they match, the OP should be sharing the sounds in question with _us_. For example, I’m sitting on my porch right now reading on my phone, and [this](https://www.sendspace.com/file/8sodtl) is some of the ambient sound around me.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-birds/839451/22 "2019-09-06T17:07:48Z")

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If the night bird was singing “come away, come away,” you might have Stevie Nicks in your foliage.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-birds/839451/23 "2019-09-07T02:33:01Z")

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> [@spikey1006](#):
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> In southeastern Wisconsin, where we are, I believe the cicadas and crickets make most of the noise. We do have bats and owls, but not sitting all around in the bushes and trees. Frogs can make quite a bit of noise, but we are not near the water. Thanks for the ideas.

First of all, if you’re in southeastern Wisconsin, my bet’s on crickets… which can be a lot louder than you’d think.

Second of all, if you’re in southeastern Wisconsin, congratulations. The weather’s been as close to perfect as I could imagine. Have been in Milwaukee, went to a Brewers game, and the air was dry with just a touch of crispiness. Deep blue sky with fluffy clouds. High 70s; wore just a t-shirt in the sun, put on an extra layer in the shade. But after dark, it was deafening… :~}

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