Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Raptors

Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
 
A high, sharp, keen, penetrating whistle. (Chapman)
Limekiln Lake, August 1997.

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis   An asthmatic squeal, keeer-r-r (slurring downward). (Peterson) Long Island, April 1998. Red-tailed Hawk mobbed by crows. Crows mobbing a pair of Red-tails. (I edited out 6'' of my footsteps in the snow) Long Island, January 2001.

Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
A loud screaming kee-yer, kee-yer (Chapman)
Woodbridge, Connecticut, April 2002.

Osprey Pandion haliaetus     Damariscotta Falls, Maine, April 1998. Adult at nest. Juvenile at nest Long Island, August 2020

Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
"Juvenile begs with repeated squeaky whistle kleer" (Sibley)
(Background: Red-bellied woodpeckers).
Long Island, July 2017

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