Icterid contact and alarm calls II : Orioles, Bobolink and Meadowlarks

Male Baltimore Oriole alarm chatter and a single hyu call, House Wren in background (July, NJ).


Another example of the chatter (male, with Red-eyed Vireo, May, NJ).










Nasal zhuu call (with Gray Catbird, July, NJ).










hyu calls (June, PA).











lower hyu calls (July, NJ).












Chip-like calls and several other notes by male(Aug, NJ).

call at 1 sec with chip to left







call at 5 secs with chip to left








call at 7 secs







twitter-like call at 16,19 and 24 secs










Begging calls by a juvenile Baltimore Oriole(June, NJ)













Adult male Orchard Oriole chack and we-hee calls (June, NJ)

chack








we-hee call








Male chack and hee calls.

chack call










hee call (June, NJ)











A pair of Orchard Orioles (first year male and female) near nest-site, several different calls, nestlings also calling from nest (at 4,6s) (June, NJ).

female twitter at 2 and15s








low churr at 8s







Same pair of Orchard Orioles, plaintive peeyoo calls starting at 28s.










Quiet wheezy call at 5 and 10s












A recording of a male giving a variety of calls with a female calling in the background (softer, yheer calls, the "flight" call) (June, NJ)



A male and female Orchard Oriole chasing each other and giving squeaky interaction calls (May, NJ)













The Bobolink has a low chuck, among other calls, which is closest to the call of the Common Grackle. Unlike the similar calls of other blackbirds, this call is not as commonly given in migration. (Sep, NJ)











The alarm call of the Eastern Meadowlark is a buzz. These were birds in flight (breeding grounds, July, ME).

Buzzy flight call












Shorter buzzy call by birds in flight (Upland Sandpiper calling, July, ME).















A flock of about thirty Eastern Meadowlarks singing and rattling, the rattle also indicates agitation (Nov, NJ)

Eastern Meadowlark rattle (time scale reduced)












Compare the lower rattle of a Western Meadowlark, with chup calls (May, ND)

Western Meadowlark rattle (time scale reduced)











chup call Western Meadowlark