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White-throated
Sparrow Latin:
Zonotrichia albicollis / French: Bruant à gorge blanche |
| White-throated Sparrow on breeding territory at
rainforest-like summit of Slide Mountain, Catskills Preserve,
Ulster County, New York, 6/23/04 (254kb). Notice long pauses
between song sequences, dueting between two sparrows each with an
individual song, one ascending, the other descending. Pauses
between song sequences appears to be much longer in the quiet
summit environment. Notice how exaggeratedly slow the "peabody"
trill of the White-throat is in comparison to other birds.
It is like a trill in slow motion. Habitat: mostly Red
Spruce and Balsam Fir. The first sparrow sings a four part
descending song comprised of three introductory notes sliding into
the four part "peabody" trill. The song begins at
4868 herz and descends to 3305. The second bird begins at 3900 and
jumps to 5166 slurring down to a four note trill (without the
"peabody" accentuation) at 4570 that is almost, but not
quite, separated by pauses. The trill is a continuous sound
with the notes separated by changes in volume only. The
second song of the second bird drops one note from the
trill. The ascending song of this White-throat at the summit
has a greater frequency spread between notes than in the clip from
Perth Amboy giving it a more ethereal quality. |
wave836 |
| White-throated Sparrow, Sunfish Pond, Delaware
Water Gap, NJ, 10/13/01, "peeps" flocked with
Ruby-crowned Kinglet in background |
wave538 |
| White-throated Sparrow, Hall Avenue, Perth Amboy,
New Jersey, 4/13/02, (18kb) |
wave545 |
| White-throated Sparrow, Hall Avenue, Perth Amboy,
NJ, 4/13/02, (114kb) lots of city background noise but good
illustration of "pitch switching". This clip has
three sequences: the first sequence begins with an
introductory note at approximately 3300 hz jumping to 4100 and
tapering down in the "trill" to 3900; the second begins
at 3700 jumps to 4600 and tapers down to 4400; the third begins at
3777, jumps to 4700 and tapers down to 4370 herz. |
wave546 |
| White-throated Sparrow, Amboy Avenue, Perth
Amboy, New Jersey, alarm "chinks" from phragmites,
4/13/03 (19kb) |
wave716 |
| White-throated Sparrow, Amboy Avenue, Perth
Amboy, New Jersey, high "tips", 4/13/03 (5kb) |
wave717 |
| White-throated Sparrow, Amboy Avenue, Perth
Amboy, New Jersey, miscellaneous sounds from a family of 6
sparrows in phragmites, 4/13/03 (42kb). A Titmouse (loud)
sings on a single note in the background. |
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