Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Bird Songs in Musical Notation

Hermit Thrush C (Catharus guttatus)

Recorded at Crane Mountain, July 20 2000. This bird had (at least) ten songs, which can be labelled G6, A6, B6, D7, D#7, G#7, A7, A#7, B7, C8 by their beginning pitches (A6=1760 Hz).

1.The song with beginning pitch G6 = 1593Hz. The range of the sonogram is 0-5512 Hz.

Hear song.		Hear music.
Hear song at half speed.		Hear music at half tempo.

2. The song with beginning pitch D#7 = 2454Hz. The range of the sonogram is 0-5512 Hz.

Hear song.		Hear music.
Hear song at quarter speed.		Hear music at quarter tempo.

• Index
• Introduction
• Veery
• Hermit Thrush A
• Hermit Thrush B
• Hermit Thrush C
• Hermit Thrush D
• Swainson's Thrush

Tony Phillips
November 15 2003
reformatted August 7 2014