Maybe about 10 days ago I had the Merlin app open and listening to birds in my backyard and a Blue Jay did such a convincing red-tail call that Merlin immediately identified it as a red-tail!
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> On Jun 6, 2025, at 7:48 AM, Lloyd Davies <ldavies...> wrote:
>
> Wow. We have had red-shouldered hawks nesting in the back woods for
> several years and they call all the time. Just now I had what I thought
> was was one right outside my home office window on the platform feeder: it
> was a blue jay, doing a perfect red-shouldered call. He called and called
> (cats were a bit startled) and then flew into the woods and did a few more
> times. My son came down getting ready for work and said "Hey, just heard a
> red-shouldered outside the window."
>
> Some bird.
>
> Lloyd Davies
> Marion, Kansas
>
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