Welcome to BIRD CALLS AND SONGS, an audio field guide to the bird sounds of the Eastern United States and the United Kingdom. Here you'll find my recordings of over 300 North American species and...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2020/03/welcome-to-bird-call-and-songs-audio.html
These two pairs of calls have caused a great deal of headaches in the NFC community and have even been considered inseparable. In this post I'm going to try to see if we can identify them. SCARL...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2023/07/identifying-veeryscarlet-tanager-and.html
Each bird species has its own specific fledgling vocalizations. Identifying often unseen young birds enables confirmation of breeding success. Blue Tit (June, Herts). Your browser does not sup...
Great Crested Grebe (June, Herts). Your browser does not support the
Cetti's Warbler (June, Herts). Adult alarm calls and high-pitched
fledgling calls.
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Roosting Northern Saw-whet Owls are extremely difficult to find in migration or on wintering grounds even though they are quite common, and the assumption may be that there aren't any around. Ced...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2021/12/detecting-non-breeding-northern-saw.html
Spotted Flycatcher (Treecreeper in background 21-28s, May, Herts).
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This is recent audio of a Swainson's Warbler fledgling at Howell Woods Environmental Center in North Carolina. I was at first drawn towards a chipping adult and then heard an unfamiliar sound com...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2021/06/swainsons-warbler-fledgling-call.html
Recently at Green Lane Reservoir, PA, two Willets in separate locations were found on the same day, an unprecedented occurrence. Willets are rarely reported inland in the NE United States, and th...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2021/06/willet-flight-calls.html
The following recordings were of birds nesting on the cliffs of Ramsey
Island, Pembrokeshire in june.
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Rose-ringed Parakeets are a recent noisy addition to the bird sounds
of the UK (June, Herts).
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The Robin has a somewhat melancholy song (Apr, Herts).
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https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2023/07/nightingale-redstart-and-wheatears.html
Rusty Blackbirds can be difficult to identify by sight in flight. They look similar to Red-winged Blackbirds unless a good side-on or view beneath is obtained, where the slightly longer, slimmer ...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2020/04/red-winged-and-rusty-blackbird-flight.html
The Least Bittern song is a quiet cu-cu-cu (May, NJ).
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American Coot, calls by several foraging and diving birds (Feb, DE)
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The Least Bittern is likely to call frequently during nocturnal migration, as the American Bittern and other herons do. Identification of the presumed nocturnal call has been based on its similar...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2019/08/least-bittern-nocturnal-call.html
The flight call of the Black-bellied Plover is a plaintive cur-wee
(May, NJ).
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https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2021/06/shorebird-flight-calls.html
This unusual song was recorded in May, PA. I had no idea what it was until I tracked down the source. It turned out to be a Red-eyed Vireo. What is the cause of aberrant song? Perhaps an anatomic...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2018/05/this-unusual-song-was-recorded-in-may-pa.html
Owls have surprisingly varied vocabularies, making the identification of heard-only birds prone to error. Two species sharing similar calls are the Eastern Screech-Owl and Northern Saw-whet Owl, ...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2013/09/eastern-screech-owl-wail.html
The Virginia Rail "kicker" call is a rarely heard call apparently made by unmated females and usually heard only in spring. The call has a fascinating history, as the identity of the species ma...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-virginia-rail-kicker-call.html
In this recording of a Blackcap and a Robin singing in the same holly bush, it appears that one or both are deliberately choosing to sing when the other has paused. The songs alternate with almos...
https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2017/04/blackcap-and-robin-alternating-their.html
Several cardueline finches, for example Lesser Goldfinch and Pine Siskin, are known to include the calls of other birds in their songs. This is a male Greenfinch, singing high in a tree in the Le...
Familiar call in spring, bird singing from top of tree (May, Herts).
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Chiffchaff alarm call (Apr, Herts). The Willow Warbler call is more
bisyllabic.
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https://pjdeye.blogspot.com/2016/05/chiffchaff-alarm-call-apr-herts.html
Double-crested Cormorants are usually mute except for at breeding colonies. The calls are mostly low croaks (with Black-crowned Night-Herons, Apr, NJ).