White-breasted Nuthatch 54kB
Sitta carolinensis
Long Island, May 1997.
Black-capped Chickadee (whistled song)
31kB
Parus atricapillus
Long Island, June 1996.
Black-capped Chickadee Countersinging
86kB
Long Island, April 1997.
News about the genetic implications of chickadee
whistling competitions:
``Female eavesdropping on
Male Song Contests in Songbirds''
by Daniel J. Mennill, Laurene M. Ratcliffe and Peter T. Boag,
Science 296 873 (2002)
Black-capped Chickadee Chicka-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
36kB
Limekiln Lake, May 1997.
Tufted Titmouse Peter, Peter
30kB
Parus bicolor
Tufted Titmouse (hoarse)
34kB
Tufted Titmouse Pete, Pete
25kB
Long Island, June 1996.
Two titmice,``chickadee-like'' song
68kB
Long Island, July 1996.
Tufted Titmouse Scolding
107kB
Long Island, April 1998.
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