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
sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet--
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
