fast song (Mar, PA).
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slow song (Feb, PA).
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Red-breasted Nuthatches are reported to have three song types, made up of notes that sound similar to the common nasal call notes but strung together in regular sequences: slow (courtship), fast (agonistic), and a third known as the vibratory (copulation) song.
Agonistic song (migrant, April, PA)
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The vibratory song is usually heard near the nest-site, but in this case it was a non-breeding male in migration (Mar, PA).
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At dawn, the Brown-headed Nuthatch monotonously repeats its squeaky duck call in a song-like pattern (with grackles flying overhead, April, NC).
Brown Creeper. The first note of the song is the same as the often heard call note. Each male has a single song.
(migrant, Mar, PA)
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Breeding grounds (May, NJ).
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(July, PA)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (breeding grounds, July, ME).
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet. The song sung on territory is famously loud for such a small bird (July, ME)
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A migrant, with mimicry of a chickadee at 20s. (Apr, PA).
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Blue-gray Gnatcatchers have two song types, a simple or advertising song, and a quieter complex song. This is an example of the simple song, sung incessantly at dawn (May, NJ).
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Note the variety in the phrases
During the day the song is less persistent (Apr, PA).
Complex song, sung from high in trees by a male that appeared to be single (Apr, PA).
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BNA suggests that the complex and simple songs may be the equivalent of accented (to attract females) and unaccented (to maintain territory) songs in warblers.
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