The variety of the notes is quite amazing. The following sonagrams of the first 8 seconds of the song show that almost every note is different. Perhaps the House Sparrow derserves more respect as a songster.
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This repeated chlip chlip appeared to be a song by a male (April, PA).
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This male was singing from a tree top, and again, this was just one phrase repeated over and over (with Tree Swallows, Apr, PA).
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House Sparrows have a wide vocabulary of calls.
The extended chatter is typically given by females (June, PA).
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The cheep of a male can also be heard (according to BNA females do not often cheep).
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A different, clearer cheep by a male (May, PA).
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Another example of "cheep", which can sound similar to the House Finch (Jan, PA)
Another call by a male, "ch-ree" (Apr, PA).
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An agitated male near its nest-site, with 3 different calls (May, PA).
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A harder sounding chur, from a bird deep in a bush (Jan, PA).
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A descending chip (sex unknown)(June, PA).
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Juvenile House Sparrow begging call (Aug, PA).
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1 comment:
Glad I found your blog. I have a multitude of birds around our house, but have no idea what they are. Here is the chorus I hear most mornings. http://quiltingreadersgarden.blogspot.com/2011/05/morning-chorus.html
Could some of these be sparrows?
from the west coast.
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