Possible? It might be, but most of the widely published “differences” are too subjective and/or too variable to be of any value. I dug into this a couple of years ago and discovered some deta...
This recording includes one song of Cerulean Warbler and one of Black-throated Blue Warbler. Can you tell them apart? Distinguishing Black-throated Blue Warbler and Cerulean Warbler by song is us...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2020/05/a-cerulean-like-song-variant-of-black-throated-blue-warbler/
I’m very excited to be able to announce the long-awaited launch of a new app – Song Sleuth – created by Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. It’s a bird song identification assistant, just a couple o...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2017/02/announcing-song-sleuth/
Song Sleuth main page Song Sleuth is a new bird song identification app, created by Wildlife Acoustics. Watch the detailed walk-through video You can find the app now in the iTunes app store. ...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2017/02/song-sleuth-tips-how-to-crop/
Download a free one-page guide to American Woodcock display The flight display of the male American Woodcock has to be one of the most remarkable avian performances in the world. And yet, despite...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/04/the-mysterious-sounds-of-the-american-woodcock/
This is the time of year when Red-winged Blackbirds are returning to marshes all over the continent, and the males are performing their showy displays to impress females and intimidate rivals. Yo...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/03/red-winged-blackbirds-showing-off/
Among the many benefits of paying attention to bird sounds is that they give you an insight into what the birds are doing. Through their songs and calls the birds announce not only their presence...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2012/05/understanding-alarm-calls-of-birds/
The next part of my introduction to learning bird songs is now up (click here). Birds can hear a lot “faster” than we can, however, and consequently can extract a lot more information from th...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2012/05/bird-song-id-series-continues-eastern-trills/
Part 5 of my introduction to learning bird songs is now up (click here). Many of the words that we use to describe the quality of a bird song also carry information about pitch and tempo. For exa...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2012/05/bird-songs-part-5-describing-quality/
Part 4 of my introduction to learning bird songs is now up (click here). In the narrowest sense, the quality of a bird’s voice would refer strictly to the tonal quality of the sound. Musicians ...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2012/05/part-4-understanding-quality-in-bird-song/