Guide to Bird Songs

This being an idiomatic dictionary of the English translations of some common songsters (compiled with the help of Teta Kain)

High Pitched See-See or See Say:
American Redstart- loud see-see-SEE-SAY
Magnolia Warbler- like the Redsart but with very short phrases
Black and White Warbler- weesee-weesee-weesee-weesee (like a squeaky wheel)
Cape May Warbler- very high pitched see-see-see-see
Blackburnian Warbler- see-see-see-see-bzzz ^ (very high pitch, bzzz almost inaudible)
Bay-Breasted Warbler  see-see seeSEE seeSee (very high pitched)
Blackpoll tse-tse-TSE-tse-tse (fast and very high pitched)

Buzzy
Blue Winged Warbler     Bee-buzz (like inhale-exhale)
Golden Winged Warbler    Bizz-Buzz-Buzz-Buzz
Parula Warbler- Bizzzupp^ or Bizz-Bizz-Bizz-Bizzzupp ^ (trills up the scale and over the top)
Black-Throated Warbler    Green Buzz-Bizz-Buzz-Buzz-Bizz ^
Black-Throated Blue Warbler           Buzz-Buzz-Buzz-Bizz ^ "I'm so lazy" very slow and hoarse
Prairie Warbler     Buzzes up the scale, do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
Cerulean Warbler     musical warble-warble-warble-bizzup ^

Whistled
Hooded Warbler    weta-we-TEE-O (flute like)(sounds like first notes of bugle call to assembly)
Chestnut Sided Warbler         please-please-please-ta-meet-cha (wolf whistle)
Yellow Warbler        sweet-sweet-I-sing-so-sweet
Yellow Throated Warbler     sweetsweetsweetsweet--sweetsweetsweet
Louisiana Waterthrush     clear melodic whistle; slight rise at end
Northern Waterthrush     clear melodic whistle; slight drop at end
Swainson's Warbler    very much like the Northern Waterthrush
Yellow Rumped (Myrtle) Warbler Jingling bells

Trills
Pine Warbler     fast, soft, musical (juicy, not dry) trill
Worm Eating Warbler     fast, insect like trill
Tennessee Warbler     very loud three part trill, each one faster than previous
Nashville Warbler     two part trill, second part lower and faster
Orange Crowned Warbler     musical trill, descending in pitch
Wilson's Warbler     slow trill, descends at end
Palm Warbler     slow, buzzy trill

Jumbled
Common Yellowthroat     witchity-witchity-witchity
Canada Warbler     chip-jumbled notes going down the scale
Connecticut Warbler     ricky-ticky ricky-ticky ricky-ticky

Clear Warble
Kentucky Warbler     turtle-turtle-turtle-turtle (very fast)
Mourning Warbler     churdle-churdle-churdle
Ovenbird         teacher-teacher-teacher
Prothonotary     Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet (very emphatic)

Other
Yellow Breasted Chat     clucks, grunts, squeals, hisses, caws, cackles
Goldfinch         per-chick-er-ee, per-chick-er-ee while flying
Red Eyed Vireo     "Here I am, Up in this tree, See Me, Here I am" phrased
White Eyed Vireo    Chip-per-ee-CHICK also scolds like a cat
Yellow Throated Vireo     beeeaaaay, ceeeaaay, beeeaaaay, ceeaay (hoarse 2 note phrases)
Summer Tanager      Robin-like sing-song slow. Call note: Pick-it-up!!
Scarlet Tanager        Hoarse fast, robin like song. Call note: Chip-burr!!
Indigo Bunting         Fire, Fire, where is it? lets go put it out!
White Breasted Nuthatch     nasal Yank, Yank, Yank
Red Breasted Nuthatch    Yunk, yunk, yunk (more nasal than White Breasted)
Great Crested Flycatcher    wheeeep, wheeep
Acadian Flycatcher    peet-seet, peet-seet
Kingbird     tizz, tizz, tizz
Red-Bellied Woodpecker     chunk, chunk,chunk, chunk
Carolina Wren     teakettle, teakettle, teakettle, tea (very loud)
Rufous Sided Towhee    cher-wink, also "drink your teeeee" last note high

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