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Snow Goose Chen caerulescens "A loud resonant nasal whouck or houck ..." (Peterson) La Fille du Régiment: (One Snow Goose in a flock of about fifty Canadians, alarmed and finally put to flight by an intruder. The 4 distinctly sharper-pitched honks are the Snow Goose.) Long Island, February 2013. |
| Canada Goose Branta canadiensis "A sonorous honk." (Chapman) Long Island, July 1997. Goose Wing Sound 1997 Two Geese overhead Ithaca, May 1998. Two Geese on a pond Ithaca, May 2002. Synchronized honking from a pair who then take off and fly away. Long Island, May 2021. |
Brant
Branta bernicla
"A throaty cr-r-r-unk or kurr-onk, krrr-onk" (Peterson)
A flock of brants foraging
Long Island, April 2004.
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Mallard Anas platyrynchos Woodbridge, Connecticut, March 2002. Female Mallard Soliloquy Long Island, March 2013. |
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Gadwall Anas strepera "A quack like that of the Mallard but shriller and more often repeated" (Chapman) Long Island, March 2013. A dozen or so Gadwalls courting. Note whistling. A couple of Wigeons in the background. Long Island, October 2016. |
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American Wigeon (Baldpate) Anas americana "Male a distinctive airy whistle of two or three syllables wi-WIW-weew or Wiwhew." (Sibley) Flock of Wigeons Two or three wigeons Same at half speed Low quacks may be female wigeons, but mallards were present. |
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Wood Duck Aix sponsa Female wood duck shepherding her young. "A frightened, plaintive oo-eek" (Chapman) Long Island, May 2017
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Long-tailed Duck
(formerly "Oldsquaw") Clangula hyemalis "Talkative; a musical ow-owdle-ow or owl-omelet" (Peterson) "Very vocal ... upup OW OweLEP" (Sibley) Long Island, March 2007.
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