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The see-see-see call is a give away that Golden-crowned Kinglets are around. Many times I have heard these distinctive calls but failed to see the tiny birds (Sep, ME).
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(Nov, NJ)
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Nocturnal see-see-see call in flight at 2.30am (Oct, PA)
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The alarm call of the Golden-crowned Kinglet is these notes given repetitively and with a finer modulation (Nov, NJ)
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Another useful sound to know is the sibilant contact call of the Brown Creeper, a good way of locating this cryptic bird. It is longer than most calls of the Golden-crowned Kinglet, and given singly. It can sound similar to the trill of waxwings. This bird called while scaling a tree, then took flight, giving little sip notes (July, ME)
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The flight calls of the Brown Creeper sound much like high-pitched calls of titmice or Golden-crowned Kinglets, but are distinctively sinuate in appearance on the sonagram (bird in flight, Dec, PA).
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Two birds foraging, with chase sequences at 12 and 72s (Nov, NJ).
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alarm call at 44s
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calls at 107s
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Brown Creeper alarm call; this was an agitated adult in the presence of fledglings (July, ME).
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The fledgling calls are longer:
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Very distinctive is the jidit call of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Oct,PA).
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The alarm call is this call given repetitively (Apr, PA)
Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches have common calls that are similar, but that of the Red-breasted is higher-pitched and more nasal (Oct, PA).
(Sep ME)
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The alarm call is a similar note but shorter, rapidly repeated (with Golden-crowned Kinglet alarm calls,Nov, NJ)
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Foraging bird calling with a higher, more musical pattern (Oct, PA)
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Squeaky contact calls, single bird (Nov, PA)
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Several birds calling (Sep, ME).
Contact calls between a pair; the female quivered its wings while rapidly twittering (Oct. PA)
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This bird, which may have been a juvenile, made higher notes during short flights (July, ME).
time scale reduced
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Agonistic call at a feeder, aimed at a chickadee (Oct, PA)
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This is the common call, "yank", of the White-breasted Nuthatch (Jan, NJ)
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Often, the call is doubled (Feb, PA).
The alarm call is a shortened version of this call repeated rapidly (June, NJ).
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Bird calling then taking flight (Feb,PA)
Contact call similar to above flight call (Jan, PA)
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Various calls by 3 interacting birds (Apr, PA).
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Agonistic call aimed at chickadee (Oct, PA)
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Brown-headed Nuthatches sound like a rubber duck (June, DE).
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Contact calls by feeding birds include a Carolina Wren-like "whip" and American Goldfinch-like twitters (Jan, DE)
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The twitter at the end of the recording is as the bird takes flight (time scale reduced)
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Various calls by four interacting birds, including squeaky duck, twitters and raspy agonistic calls (April, NC).
agonistic call
Typical calls of a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Apr, NJ).
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Blue-gray Gnatchers are known to include mimicry in their songs/calls. This bird gave chips which recalled Hooded Warbler and chipmunk (May, PA).
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Chips by the same bird followed by the regular call used as an alarm.
More atypical calls (perhaps song?), sounding more like a chickadee (May, NJ).
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