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American Robbins begin piping up in late winter and then sing all through spring and summer.

Sometimes well into fall too.

One way to remember their songs pattern is with the words

cheer up cheer up cheer up cheer up cheer

up cheer up cheer up

the baltimore oriel

has a pretty similar song

at first you might think there's no way

to tell these two cheery upbeat singers apart.

But there are a couple of differences.

The Robin has that whole sentence to say,

cheer cheer up cheer up cheer up cheer up cheer up.

In contrast the Orioles usually stops after a phrase or two.

After a while, you might start to hear more subtle distinctions.

Baltimore Orioles sounds sweeter. start to hear more subtle distinctions.

Baltimore Orioles sounds sweeter, more melodic than American Robins,

who can come across a little screechy at times.

Once more, here's the long-winded Robin, and the short and sweet Oriel.

Listen for these sweet sweet singers wherever you get your bird song.

For Bird Note, I'm Michael Stein. This episode is brought to you in memory of longtime

Bird Note fan and supporter Philip Stoller and with thanks to his family for

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