Found a new hobby in my back yard.

I posted a thread earlier about calling a hawk to my yard with a Bluetooth speaker. Well I sat outside this afternoon with the speaker and my tablet and tried a few more calls.

First I tried the red shouldered hawk call again and both of the hawks came and landed in my oak tree and were calling back. Got bored with them and tried the cardinal call. Within seconds, a pair of cardinals flew onto the chairs next to the speaker. They were so confused, they kept flying from the chairs to the ground searching for the intruder. I laughed my arse off.

Tried the blue Jay call and had one land on a branch above the table and look around for a bit, but didn't call at all.

Good fun, all you need is a Bluetooth speaker and this website. Click on the bird species and sounds.

Birds of the US