Yer basics Flashcards
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
2 or 3-note whistled fee-bee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
song- a rapid, nasal, fairly low-pitched wha-wha-wha that lasts 2-3 seconds
Black-capped Chickadee
- Poecile atricapillus*
- dee-dee-dee*
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Song-a fast-repeated, clear whistle: peter-peter-peter or pet-pete-pete
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
call-A scratchy, chickadee-like tsee-day-day-day is the most common
White-breasted Nuthatch
- Sitta carolinensis*
- Call-*a loud, nasal yank often repeated a few times in a row.
American Robin
- Turdus migratorius*
- Song-*a string of 10 or so clear whistles assembled from a few often-repeated syllables, and often described as cheerily, cheer up, cheer up, cheerily, cheer up.
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Call- a mumbled cuckor tuk to communicate with each other or a sharp yeep or peek as an alarm call.
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
song-is a loud string of clear down-slurred or two-parted whistles, often speeding up and ending in a slow trill
Syllables can sound like the bird is singing cheer, cheer, cheer or birdie, birdie, birdie
Northern Cardinal
- Cardinalis cardinalis*
- they also make the theodore—theodore-theodore*
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Dark-eyed Junco
- Junco hyemalis*
- Song-*an even, musical trill of 7-23 notes that lasts up to 2 seconds. It’s similar to the songs of both the Chipping Sparrow and the Pine Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
- Junco hymenalis*
- Call-*high, short chip note that they often give in rapid succession when they fly and more slowly as they forage; the note may encourage other juncos to follow
