[mou] state fair question

[Holly Peirson]

I have a bird that calls at night. it's a single call and for a long time it
stumped me, like weeks. But then I heard it give a trill, and I live in
marshy habitat, so I decided it was the swamp sparrow that I hear in the
same location during the day.

It's an idea.
Holly

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Gordon Andersson and I did the afternoon shift at the fair. It was a great
day. We had lots of good interaction with the public and handed out almost a
full box of magazines. 
One question stumped us both. 
We were asked about a bird that calls only at night, gives one call and then
is silent. The location is a woody area far from a lake or wetlands,
somewhere in mid-Minnesota.

Does anyone know of such a thing. 
We guessed frogs, insects but the fair goer insisted that it was a bird
call. 

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Oh no, not another learning experience!

Debra J. Wells
6222 Yucca Lane North
Maple Grove, MN 55311