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Shaker-like Sounds |
| Ovenbird, "Teacher, teacher, teacher!",
one of the loudest birds in the forest. (open forest, generally
singing from 10-20 feet up). Slower and much louder than
other warblers. No prefix and no suffix. |
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| Kentucky Warbler |
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| American Redstart (moderately mature forest with
dense growth, sings from 5 feet up to just under the canopy).
Notice the abruptly descending suffix ending with the "piz-zza"-like
phrase. |
wave686
classic song with explosive suffix
wave672
slower shaker root of song with Chestnut-sided Warbler-like
suffix. |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (the faintest of the
shakers)(second growth clearings in mature forest or mature forest
bordering ponds, generally sings high up just under the canopy).
The mnemonic for this song is "pleased, pleased, pleased to
meet you". The "pleased" is actually the root
of the song with a one note "you" or three note "to
meet you"or "I see you" suffix which is
variable. "to meet you" describes a suffix with
"meet" accented on a higher note. "I see
you" describes a suffix with "I see" accented but
on the same note followed by "you" on a lower note.
This rather uncommon bird is abundant on Indian Head Point at the
Mohican Outdoor Center. Redstarts are also abundant.
These two birds can be hard to distinguish by sound alone at times
with the Redstart generally delivering a louder song. |
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Ascending "pleased, pleased, pleased"
following by descending "to meet you" suffix
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"I see you" variant. Great-crested Flycatcher in
background. |
| Black and White Warbler, 4/30/03 (10kb) no prefix
or suffix, just a two note descending or ascending phrase rapidly
repeated and often faint. |
wave740 |
Black and White Warbler, Delaware Water Gap,
Beaver Swamp in
Laurels, 6/18/00
(24kb) very soft,
"we-see, we-see,
we-see, we-see
you". Notice the drop in pitch on the last note. |
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| Blackburnian Warbler, Southold, Long Island, NY,
path to Bent Tree, 051503 (39kb). Descending root notes
(main body of song) with sharply ascending suffix. Notice the end
notes (suffix) at a pitch almost a full scale higher. |
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