[va-bird] A new bird sound?

Hello VAbirders,

I was working in the garden a few hours today, surrounded by bird sounds so 
sweet, and I noticed a new sound....or was it?  It was high pitched and 
seemed familiar somehow.

I thought a flock of Waxwings must be in the trees above me, so kept 
looking for them, but never saw any.

Then I thought, Starlings?

No, not Darlings.

Some very late Blackpoll warblers?

No, that's crazy, not Blackpolls.

I was beginning to think I'd gone batty when I finally found the birdees 
making the sounds.....

baby Red-bellied Woodpeckers...and quite a few...3? 4?

Geewhiz, what a surprise!  Such a small, high pitched sound for such a 
good-sized bird! I assume I was hearing their begging sounds.

It's nice having so many babies around to liven up the garden after feeling 
somewhat letdown with the passing of spring migration.

Lori Markoff
Vienna
Fairfax County
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