Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Goatsuckers and Swifts

Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus
"A rolling, tiresomely repeated whip' poor-weel' " (Peterson)
Long Island, June 2017.

Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
"Single high, hard chips run together into ... a rolling, descending twitter" (Sibley)
Long Island, May 2001.

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