Finches

House Finch 42kB
Carpodacus mexicanus
House Finch 75kB
Long Island, March 1999
House Finch 54kB
Andover, Mass., June 1999

Purple Finch 78kB
Carpodacus purpureus
Chatham, Massachusetts, April 2002

American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Song in flight 47kB "as he goes he sings with a thin, wiry voice Per-CHIC-o-ree, and he does so rhythmically with his undulating flight, always breaking out with the song just at the crest of the wavelike curve." (Mathews) Limekiln Lake, August 1996 Song in flight 62kB Perching song 59kB and another 48kB from the same bird. Long Island, July 1997 Perching song 63kB Limekiln Lake, August 1998

*Northern Cardinal 34kB Cardinalis cardinalis Long Island, May 1996 Northern Cardinal (trill) 90kB Long Island, June 1996 Northern Cardinal Peew, peew! 67kB Long Island, April 1997 Northern Cardinal Whirr-a-chee! 57kB Long Island, May1997 Male and female keep in touch by Chipping 46kB Long Island, May 1998 Northern Cardinal Swedish song 52kB MP3 Northern Cardinal Competing songs 216kB MP3 Long Island, March 2007

Rufous-sided Towhee Drink your tea! 40kB
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
*Rufous-sided Towhee 22kB
Long Island, May 1996.
Rufous-sided Towhee (nonstandard) 42kB
Che-wink! 15kB
Long Island, June 1996.
Something different 32kB
Bear Mountain, June 1998.

Indigo Bunting 98kB
Passerina cyanea
New Paltz, July 1996

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 108kB
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Wilton, Connecticut, May 1998
(I believe the first warble is a cue from another bird.) "...resembles a Robin's song, but mellower, given with more feeling..." Peterson
Alla pettirosso, ma con affetto.
"He has taken the tanager's tune -- which is the robin's as well -- and smoothed it and smoothed it, and sweetened it and sweetened it, till it is smoother than oil and sweeter than honey. I admire it for what it is, a miracle of mellifluency; if you call it perfect I can only acquiesce; but I cannot say that it stirs or kindles me. Perhaps I haven't a sweet ear." (Torrey 1901)

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