For recordings of bird songs, call the following numbers. Press 9 to repeat the recording.
612-573-5800: Eastern kingbird
612-573-5687: mallard
612-573-5735: yellow-bellied sapsucker
Recordings from the Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Try the lab's website: birds.cornell.edu.
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