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> Sitting here at the UW doing some reading, glancing out my window at the
> Boat Street Curriculum as the riders all ride by, and listening to the
> Masters Golf Tournament. Realized I kept hearing a Northern Mockingbird
> singing, and started paying closer attention to the golf. So far, I have
> added Eastern Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal and Ovenbird. Pretty nice group
> of birds to get while sitting on my butt in Seattle!

Wasn't there some minor scandal about this a few years ago, when they were
piping in fake birdsong for some golf tournament (I thought it was the
Masters, but maybe not)? Canyon wrens or something?

But yes, I watched some of the tournament and it was nice to hear the
cardinals singing. I think of all the eastern birds we don't get, the
cardinal is the one I miss most. Common as all get out, but pretty, with a
pretty song. (My "bird clock" has a cardinal at 1 o'clock, and it always
makes me smile when I hear it.)

-Josh Hayes, josh at blarg.net