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Red-shouldered Hawk, most common call (July, NJ).
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Breeding pair (Mar, NJ).
calls at 9s
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Pair being harassed by crows, note squealing calls at end (Apr, PA).
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Red-tailed Hawk, the familiar wheezy shriek (Nov, PA)
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Extended series from bird near nest site (April, PA).
"Gaank" call heard between mates, in this case a bird in flight, the other carrying with nesting material (Mar, PA)
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An adult Red-tailed Hawk flew into an oak uttering a squealing call, and then abruptly left the tree when a second adult arrived, at which point these raspy notes were heard (Oct, PA).
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Raspy calls appear to be used in agitation (Jan, PA).
Sharp-shinned Hawk calls at 2, 29, 50 and 62s (including mobbing calls by Blue Jays, Oct, NJ)
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Juveniles give chip calls in the fall (BNA). This bird was taking short flights and being mobbed by Blue Jays (Sep, PA).
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Juvenile being mobbed by Blue Jays calling and giving chip calls that sound like Eastern Phoebe (Oct,PA).
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Cooper's Hawk, series of keks (Nov, PA)
(June, NJ).
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First year bird with the three common calls, single kek, a mew-like call, and the kek series as it flew off (Apr, PA).
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Cooper's Hawk leaving nest (June, NJ).
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Cooper's Hawk, female call after flying from nest to perch nearby (June, NJ).
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Same call by first year bird (Nov, NJ).
Mew and kek calls, the mew calls can sound similar to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Oct, PA).
Calls between two interacting immature Cooper's Hawks (Sep, PA).
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Immature bird mobbing two roosting Great Horned Owls (Sep, PA)
Peregrine Falcon in flight (Oct, NJ).
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American Kestrel in flight (male, Oct, PA).
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Female alarm in flight near nest (June, PA)
Calls by a female (April, PA).
Whine
Modulated whine, by a female before and during copulation
This soft call was heard when two female/immature Merlins interacted with each other in flight (Nov, NJ).
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Osprey (Aug, NJ).
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(Aug, NJ)
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Adult calling near nest (July, NJ)
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There was a raspy alarm at the end of some call sequences (July, NJ).
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Northern Harrier pair flying overhead in breeding habitat, the louder call being the female, and the whistle presumed to be the male (Red-winged Blackbird also calling, May, PA).
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A male Northern Harrier being mobbed in flight by a Red-winged Blackbird was presumed to make this soft call (at 3s) (breeding grounds, May, PA).
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Two birds, female or immature, calling to each other in flight (Oct, PA).
Northern Harrier in flight (Nov, NJ)
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Bald Eagle, adult pair perched, one bird calling (Apr, PA).
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I couldn't believe my very good fortune to have found this oh so informative blog when I heard and saw a bird that was so high I could not identify today. Thanks to you I now know it was a Red-tailed. Next time you come to CO, stop on by.
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