# What Bird Makes This Sound?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 10, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bird-makes-this-sound/492638 "2009-04-10T13:54:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bird-makes-this-sound/492638/1 "2009-04-10T13:54:09Z")

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As the birds return to the Northeast, one in particular has me puzzled-it makes a call that sounds like “peabody, peabody”-anyone know which species it is?

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**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:** [April 10, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bird-makes-this-sound/492638/2 "2009-04-10T14:33:43Z")

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[White-throated Sparrow.](http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/White-throated_Sparrow.html#fig1) The song is often transliterated as “Old Sam Peabody Peabody Peabody” or “O Sweet Canada Canada Canada.”