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Cottonwood Bird Calls
Birds of Cottonwood
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05/06/2014

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Brewers Sparrow #1
Definition
Alternating trills, musical or buzzy, often quite prolonged.
me me me me me -buzzz trill
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Horned Lark #2
Definition
little yellow and black faces
squeek squeek squeek whistle twinkle
It’s a fast, high-pitched sequence of sharp, tinkling notes, often rising in pitch to a quick jumble of concluding notes. Songs are typically a couple of seconds long but may go on for more than a minute
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Vesper Sparrow #3
Definition
whine whine whine twinkle chirp
Song consists of two to four long, clear notes, followed by musical slurs and trills. Call notes include a sharp chirp.
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Sage Thrasher #4
Definition
Song a long series of warbled phrases, sometimes repeated.
fast and whoooey twinkles and can be some click sounds
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Savannah Sparrow #5
Definition
zap zap zap long zappppp note
During breeding season, the male sings a three-part song that lasts 2 to 3 seconds: opening with a few quick notes; then a high, thin, insect-like buzzy middle; and, ending with a quick lower trill.
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yellow warbler #6
Definition
"Sweet sweet I am so sweet."
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western meadow lark #7
Definition
wee woo weeeeeeeeee woohoowoo
1–6 pure whistles and descends to a series of 1–5 gurgling warbles.
pluk/chuupp sound call
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sage sparrow #8
Definition
Song is a series of abrupt buzzy phrases and/or bell-like notes. Call is a short bell-like "tink."
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brewers blackbird #9
Definition
shrill, rising squee that lasts about 0.8 second, with a metallic sound.

Brewer’s Blackbirds often make a tchup or chuk similar to the calls of other blackbirds
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song sparrow #10
Definition
3 part song: 2 medium, 3-4 quick, then upward note. Like dial-up internet connection.
sings a loud, clanking song of 2–6 phrases that typically starts with abrupt, well-spaced notes and finishes with a buzz or trill.
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blackbilled magpie #11
Definition
Call a harsh, chattering "wock, wock wock-a-wock, wock, pjur, weer, weer."

queg-queg-queg, Quesh call
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dark eyed junco #12
Definition
Sing an even, musical trill of 7-23 notes that lasts up to 2 seconds.
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american robin #13
Definition
'cheerio cheerio' repeated in low pairs, thrushy quality and notes interspersed. 3 groups of 3 notes, 1st two songs, then trilled.
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Long-billed Curlew #14
Definition
Call a harsh whistled "cur-lee," rising on second note. Also rapid whistled "kli-li-li-li."

shorebird
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white crowned sparrow #15
Definition
One long, clear introductory note followed by variable buzzes and trills.
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common Raven #16
Definition
shrill croak Cr-r-ruck
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Wilson Snipe #17
Definition
scaipe sound outspread tail feathers creates the haunting hu-hu-hu winnowing sound,
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sandhill crane #18
Definition
give loud, rattling bugle calls, each lasting a couple of seconds and often strung together.
sounds like a door stopper/spring being flicked
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greater sage grouse #19
Definition
Soft bubbly popping, mixed with swishing sounds.
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yellow rumped warbler #20
Definition
Usually 2 parted. ending up or down. Looser, progressively louder then running out of steam.
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red winged blackbird #21
Definition
Variable harsh konk-a-REEEE
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willet #22
Definition
pill-will-willet call rings out over its breeding territory in the morning and evening,
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chipping sparrow #23
Definition
Fast, insect-sounding.
sing a long, dry trill of evenly spaced, almost mechanical-sounding chips.
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ring tailed tooey #24??????????? ask
Definition
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american crow #25
Definition
a series of loud caws. You may also hear a “subsong”: a mixture of hoarse or grating coos, caws, rattles, and clicks
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Mallard #26
Definition
Loud series of quacks
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northern harrier #27
Definition
Males and females both give a fast series of kek notes lasting 1–2 seconds during courtship displays.
squeeky
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warbling vireo #28
Definition
Song a rapid jumble of rising and falling notes, usually ending in an accented, higher-pitched note. "If I sees you, I will seize you, and I'll squeeze you till you squirt!"

eeeah eeah
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hermit thrush #29
Definition
ethereal flute. single intro note, upward spiral.

echo-like tones, described as oh, holy holy, ah, purity purity eeh, sweetly sweetly. It pauses between each phrase, and the song is about 1.5 seconds long.
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mountain chickadee #30
Definition
fee-beee or fee feee fee beebee bees are lower

cheecheese burger
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snow goose #31
Definition
The flight call is a continuous chorus of shrill cries, hoarse honks, and high-pitched quacks, audible both day and nigh

Loud
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killdeer #32
Definition
kill-deer kill dedeer
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barn swallow #33
Definition
sing a “twitter-warble” song during courtship and egg-laying, with a long series of continuous warbling sounds followed by up to a dozen rapid, mechanical-sounding whirrs. The song can last 4–20 seconds and is often introduced and followed by a chirp.
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brown headed cowbird #34
Definition
sing a liquid-sounding series of low gurgling notes followed by thin sliding whistles, lasting slightly longer than 1 second.
womwerklewee
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common night hawk #35
Definition
give a nasal peent or beer call while flying. When defending a nest, the female gives a hissing or throaty cluck. Courting males give a croaking auk auk auk call.
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dusky flycatcher #36
Definition
Song has 3 basic elements: a vaguely 2-syllabled "prll-it" rising in frequency, a rough, low-pitched "prrdrrt," and a clear, high-pitched"pseet."
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ruby crowned kinglet #37
Definition
The song lasts about 5 seconds. It starts with soft, high notes that accelerate into a musical twittering, and then abruptly shifts into a loud series of 2- or 3-parted notes.
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rock wren #38
Definition
Song a series of repeated buzzy or musical phrases. Call a loud, dry trill, or a clear "tick-ear
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clarks nutcracker #39
Definition
Song a harsh "fitz-bew" or "rrritz-bew," accented on the first syllable. Call note a mellow "whit."
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northern flicker #40
Definition
Squeaky toy noise or chatterlike hoise.
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willow flycatcher # 41
Definition
Song a harsh "fitz-bew" or "rrritz-bew," accented on the first syllable. Call note a mellow "whit."
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green winged teal #42
Definition
Male gives single-noted whistle. Female gives shrill quack.
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black capped chickadee #43
Definition
Cheeseburger or sway-dee-dee-dee
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grey jay #44
Definition
Gray Jays sing a “whisper song,” a series of soft melodious notes interspersed with quiet clicks, lasting up to a minute.
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red tailed hawk #45
Definition
Adults make a hoarse, screaming kee-eeeee-arr.
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american kestrel # 46
Definition
Klee-klee-klee call
merican Kestrels have a fairly limited set of calls, but the most common one is a loud, excited series of 3-6 klee! or killy! notes lasting just over a second.
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golden eagle #47
Definition
Their occasional calls tend to be high, weak, and whistled. Call a high yelp.
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house wren #48
Definition
Songs are a long, jumbled bubbling introduced by abrupt churrs and scolds and made up of 12-16 recognizable syllables
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lincolns sparrow #49
Definition
womn womn wededwdded rattly

Song rich, warbling, jumble, with high-pitched introductory notes, followed by a short, complex phrase started at a low pitch, then bursting into higher pitches.
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marsh wren #50
Definition
Song a gurgling, rattling trill.
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swainson’s thrush #51
Definition
ethereal flute. continually spiraling upward
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tree swallow #52
Definition
Tree Swallow songs are high-pitched and liquid, composed of three sounds—a chirp, a whine, and a gurgle—which they mix and match in a variety of patterns. Both males and females sing.

chirp gurgle chirp twerkle
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western tanager #53
Definition
Robin-like but much burrier and slower; usually not in extended caroling sets. Simpler, burrier, often mixed with distinctive bud-a-beep call.
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western wood peewee #54
Definition
Song a harsh, burry "pee-eer," descending in pitch.
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american bittern #55
Definition
A deep pumping "oong-ka-choonk."
water sounding dropping a rock in the h20
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harry woodpecker # 56
Definition
is a short, sharp peek note also make a rattle
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morning dove #57
Definition
he song (or “perch-coo”) is given mainly by unmated males from a conspicuous perch. It’s a soft coo-oo followed by two or three louder coos.
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red breasted nutcracker #58
Definition
hornlike notes that sound like yank-yank.
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red naped sapsucker #59
Definition
Call a harsh mewing "waah." Drumming a distinctive slow irregular tapping, easily imitated by tapping on a tree with a stick.
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ruffed grouse #60
Definition
Female calls include a nasal squeal or hiss-like alarm call, and a pete-pete-peta-peta call made before flushing
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spotted sand piper #61
Definition
use a rapid string of about 10 weet calls in the same manner as a song, for courtship and to communicate between pairs.
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belted kingfisher #62
Definition
Rattling
give strident, mechanical rattles in response to the slightest disturbance. When threatened they may give screams, which males sometimes combine with harsh calls.
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blue winged teal #63
Definition
Male's call is a loud, high whistle or a nasal bleat. Female gives loud, evenly spaced quacks.
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great blue heron #64
Definition
squawking roh-roh-rohs in a “landing call” when arriving at the nest.
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grey catbird #65
Definition
The most common call is a raspy mew that sounds like a cat.

Sounds include whistles, squeaks, gurgles, whines, and nasal tones.
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mountain bluebird #66
Definition
blue biirddd blue birrrd.
high then low lower high than low lower
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osprey #67
Definition
imilar to the sound of a whistling kettle taken rapidly off a stove.
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falcon#68
Definition
Alarm call a loud series of harsh "kak, kak, kak."
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wilsons sparrow #69
Definition
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sora #70
Definition
Call a long, high descending whinny. Also a two-noted "sor-AH" call, with second note higher.
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Ker-wee
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Townsend's Solitaire #71
Definition
Song long and complex series of clear warbling notes. Call a high-pitched, ringing "tew."
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yellow headed black bird #72
Definition
Males sing a few musical notes followed by a screeching buzz, rather like a heavy door swinging on a very rusty metal hinge.

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