Here you can identify the sounds and bird song of the Black-Capped Chickadee. Compliments of The Macaulay Library at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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i have heard this bird "sing" that two note song for over 10 years. Never could see it but plenty of chickadees around. Finally it showed itself & I could not believe it is the bird that has that utters this sound. Thank you!!!
Finally!
I live in Montreal, Canada, and I've heard this bird since childhood. To me it always sounded like a playground swing that hasn't been oiled in a while :) This morning there was one right outside my window singing so loudly! I decided to find out who was singing once and for all. Now I know it's a Black-capped Chickadee. Thanks so much!
black capped chickadee
I hear this song in the late spring and early summer months in the Tualatin River Valley in northwest Oregon. One of my favorites.
This sweet little bird wakes
This sweet little bird wakes me up every morning come spring. I live in north Mission BC, a sure sign that spring has sprung:)
Finally I've found the bird
Finally I've found the bird that makes this sweet sound in the spring and summer. We live in northern Idaho.
I did not realize it was this
I did not realize it was this bird that had this song. I was just telling my little girl that I know when it's spring time cos I hear these birds. I see these guys all winter but only hear this song during the spring/summer time, thats why I always thought it was some other bird that went away for the winter.
OH MY GOD! I have heard this
OH MY GOD! I have heard this bird since I was like 6. I've made a promise that I would find this birds name. we have a nest in a bush next to the driveway but they left. AND I FINALLY FOUND IT'S NAME. I would have never guessed! :D :D :D :D
I've been listening to these
I've been listening to these birds & their babies for the past couple days (they're a talkative little bunch)! We have a little bird house hanging on the porch and 2 days ago I noticed it was full of tiny babies (5 total & I even named them)! I've been sitting on the porch just watching the mom and dad go back & forth, all day long. Got a few good pics and video though!
This is the 1st time I have witnessed anything like this & it is quite amazing! See the links below for video :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I'm so excited to have
I'm so excited to have finally found the source of what I have always referred to as my "sweetheart" bird. To me it always sounds as if they are calling out sweeeet heart. Even when I've pointed the call out when I've heard to those who know plenty about calls & nature etc, they never seem to know.
Thanks to this site I now
Thanks to this site I now know what bird species makes this beautiful sound. I have always wondered and now I know. I swear the little guy answers me when I whistle back. Probably my imagination. Southeastern Minnesota.
I'm sure they are answering
I'm sure they are answering you back! My husband whistles to them and they answer back. We have so many of these it would be hard to count how many. They love the suet that we put out. We live in northeastern Oklahoma
I keep hearing a bird singing
I keep hearing a bird singing in the morning and I think it might be a Black-capped Chickadee but this bird adds a few notes. It sounds just like your sample (the 1st 2 calls = 2 notes = "fee-bee fee-bee") but this bird adds fee-bee-bee-bee-bee-bee (where the "bee" is sang quickly).
I'm in Bracebridge,ON (about 1.5 hrs drive north of Toronto,ON)
I just heard a similar call
I just heard a similar call to the one you described except it had one less "bee" in it. I am in Oregon.
I just heard a bird that
I just heard a bird that sounds like what you describe as well. I thought it sounded like a this bird, but it adds a few more notes as well.
It is a white-throated
It is a white-throated sparrow!! I saw the comment above and found out. How precious it sounds. I have heard these birds here in Mississippi for years. Now I know what they are!
Did you ever find out whether
Did you ever find out whether your bird ( singing "fee-bee-bee-bee-bee") was a black-capped chickadee? I have a country home about 1.75 hrs north of Montreal, QC and have heard this bird for years. (Other possibility: white-throated sparrow??)
love hearing the bird sounds,
love hearing the bird sounds, so does my cat she nearly jumped on my laptop lol !!!