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GiqueCee

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1. For years...

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 09:02 AM

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... I've called the Veery Thrush the "Pinball Bird", because the call reminds me of sounds pinball machines used to make in the long ago. I've never seen one, only heard them, but now, after decades of wondering, I can finally put a face to that eerily beautiful birdsong!
Thank you, Donkees!

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