BIRD CALLS and SONGS

Recordings and sonagrams of the bird sounds of eastern North America and beyond

Wednesday, October 20

Grebes and Loons

Pied-billed Grebe alarm call (Dec, NJ)

Common Loon, quiet calls between an adult and two juveniles (Sep, ME).

Posted by Paul Driver at 6:30 PM

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Equipment and Techniques

Bird Calls

Bitterns and Herons
Cormorants
Crows
Cuckoos
Ducks I
Ducks II
Finch calls
Flycatcher calls
Game Bird calls
Geese
Grebes and Loons
Gulls
Hummingbirds
Icterid alarm and contact calls I : Blackbirds
Icterid alarm and contact calls II : Orioles and Meadowlarks
Icterid flight calls I : Blackbirds
Icterid flight calls II : Orioles and Meadowlarks
Juvenile calls I : Non-passerines
Juvenile calls II : Flycatchers to Titmice
Juvenile calls III : Wrens to Waxwings
Juvenile calls IV : Warblers
Juvenile calls V : Sparrows to Finches
Kingfishers
Larks and Pipits
Longspurs
Mimid calls
Old World Sparrows
Owls
Rails
Raptors
Sandhill Crane
Shorebird calls I : Calidris Sandpipers
Shorebird calls II : Plovers
Shorebird calls III : Woodcock and Snipe
Shorebirds IV : Tringa, Dowitchers, Godwits and other shorebirds
Shrikes
Sparrow calls I : flight calls
Sparrow calls II : chip calls
Sparrow calls III : flock, agonistic, chase and mating calls
Starling
Swallow and Swift calls and songs
Swans
Tanager, Buntings and Grosbeaks: flight calls
Tanagers, Buntings and Grosbeaks: alarm and contact calls
Terns
Thrush calls I : flight calls
Thrush calls II : alarm and contact calls
Titmice and allies I : Tufted Titmouse and Chickadees
Titmice and allies II : Kinglets, Brown Creeper, Nuthatches and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Vireo calls
Warbler calls I : chip calls
Warbler calls II : flight calls
Warbler calls III : high chip and miscellaneous other calls
Waxwings
Woodpecker calls
Woodpeckers : non-vocal sounds
Wren calls

Bird Songs

Finch songs
Flycatcher songs I
Flycatcher songs II : dawn songs
Icterid songs
Mimicry I
Mimicry II : The White-eyed Vireo
Mimicry III : White-eyed Vireo rambling song
Mimid songs
Nightjars songs and calls
Pigeons and Doves
Plastic songs
Sparrow songs
Tanagers, Buntings and Grosbeaks : songs
Thrush songs
Titmice and allies : songs
Vireo songs
Warbler songs I
Warbler songs II
Wren songs

Recent Additions and Miscellaneous Posts

Recent additions
Miscellaneous Posts

Nocturnal Flight Calls

Nocturnal migrants May 11-13th 2012
Nocturnal migrants October 22nd and 23rd 2011
Nocturnal migrants early October 2011
Nocturnal migrants August 23rd 2011
Nocturnal migrants September 16-18th 2011

British Recordings

Crows
Dunnock
Finches
Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Tree Creeper and Goldcrest
Marshbirds
Nightjar
Old World Warblers
Pigeons
Thrushes
Tit calls
Tit songs
Woodpeckers
Wren

Mammals

Mammals

Trip Reports

Andros, Bahamas
Colorado
The Dalton Highway, Alaska

Audio Links to Bird Sounds

Bird Voices
Birds of North America (BNA)
Boidnoise
Borror Laboratory of Acoustics
Earbirding
Macaulay Library
Mangoverde
Music of Nature
Naturesongs
The Fledgling Project
Wild Echoes
Wisconsin Bird Sounds
Worldtwitch
Xeno-Canto

Resources

Birdsong by the Seasons. Donald Kroodsma, Houghton Mifflin, 2009. Another great book with CDs from Dr Kroodsma.
Flight Calls of Migratory Birds WR Evans and M O'Brien. CD-ROM www.oldbird.org. Excellent source of information on flight calls
Nature's Music, The Science of Birdsong. Peter Marler and Hans Slabbekoorn. Elsevier Academic press. 2004. A treasure trove of information, advanced but very readable (comes with CD).
Stokes Field Guide to Bird Song, Eastern Region, by Lang Elliot. 3 CDs. Of commercial recordings, this has the most comprehensive collection of songs and calls.
The Birds of North America Online (BNA). Comprehensive information on all aspects of life history, including audio and video. By subscription.
The Singing Life of Birds. Donald Kroodsma, Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Terrific book (plus CD), a must read.
The Songs of Wildbirds. Lang Elliott., Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Excellent photos with high quality recordings including some rare ones such as the flight song of the Western Meadowlark.
The Sound Approach to Birding. A guide to understanding bird sound. A. van de Berg, M Constantine, M. Robb. Superb discussion of bird calls and song with 2 CDs.

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