Today we went on a lunch time walk to Laddie Lake and heard, for the first time this year, a phoebe calling. Welcome back phoebes! The phoebe makes a sound that sounds like it's name but it has 3 syllables instead of 2. The black capped chickadee can also make a sound that sounds like phoebe but it only has 2 syllables. The phoebe sounds more like it's saying, "Cheeseburger!" We saw the phoebe from a distance flitting among the oak tree tops. When it called, "Cheeseburger!" I answered with "Cheeseburger!" The person I was walking with thought that was hilarious. With the sounds of the phoebe, the red winged blackbirds, the cardinals, the white breasted nuthatch, the red bellied woodpecker and my companion's laughter, it was a delightful walk in the park today.
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