Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Bird Songs in Musical Notation

Hermit Thrush B (Catharus guttatus)

Recorded in Chenango Valley State Park, May 9 1999. This bird had seven songs, which can be labelled G6, G#6, A6, D6, E6, G#7, A7 by their beginning pitches (A6=1760 Hz).

1.The G#6 song. The range of the sonogram is 0-5512 Hz.

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

2. The song with beginning pitch A7 = 3531Hz. The range of the sonogram is 0-11024 Hz.

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

3. The song with beginning pitch G#7 = 3230 Hz. The range of the sonogram is 0-11024 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
August 7 2014