Guide to North American BirdSongs
Guide to North American Bird Songs and Sounds
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Sound or song consists of a single note. The sound or note may be repeated quickly, but it does not vary in pitch. This includes hoots, honks, chips and trills.
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Common Merganser
Sanderling (1)
Spotted Sandpiper
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
Mourning Dove (wings whistling)
Osprey
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Downy Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Chimney Swift
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird (2)
Great Crested Flycatcher (2)
Acadian Flycatcher (2)
Alder Flycatcher (2)
Blue Jay (2)
House Finch (2)
White-throated Sparrow (2)
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Song Sparrow (2)
Swamp Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Northern Cardinal (2)
Cedar Waxwing
Worm-eating Warbler (1)
Worm-eating Warbler (2)
Myrtle Warbler (2)
Magnolia Warbler (2)
Blackpoll Warbler
Pine Warbler
Ovenbird (2)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler (2)
Hooded Warbler (2)
American Redstart (2)
House Sparrow
Carolina Wren (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (2)
Veery (2)
American Robin (2)
Harsh, unmusical sound
(at least to my ear). This category includes squawks, croaks, hisses and shrieks.
Laughing Gull
Black Skimmer
Double-crested cormorant
Wood Duck
Great Blue Heron
Clapper Rail
American Woodcock
Long-billed Dowitcher (2)
Ruddy Turnstone
Common Barn-Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Great Kiskadee
Green Jay
Brown Jay
American Crow
Eastern Meadowlark (2)
Altamira Oriole (2)
Orchard Oriole (2)
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler (2)
Common Yellowthroat (2)
Yellow-breasted Chat (2)
Northern Mockingbird (2)
Gray Catbird (2)
Marsh Wren (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadee (2)
Mountain Chickadee (1)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush (2)
Low pitched
Snow Goose
Tundra Swan
Ruffed Grouse
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Barred Owl
Great Horned Owl
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
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