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Mark Bonta's avatar

Definitely - it's a common nesting species, in yards as well as woods. If you listen to it very carefully, you'll sometimes hear it do very squeaky mimics of other species.

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Bill Anderson's avatar

My Merlin app has been consistently recording a Blue Gray Gnatcatcher in my yard. I caught a glimpse while it was calling. Should I believe the app?

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Bob Gosford's avatar

Minor note on this wonderful missive - in the third last par there is a typo, I suspect caused by an errant autocorrect.

"private' should be 'privet," no?

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Mark Bonta's avatar

good catch, thanks!

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