Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Woodpeckers

Common Flicker
Colaptes auratus
"Song"
Note
Flick-a, flick-a, ...
Long Island, May 1996.

Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Call
Drumming
Ithaca, May 1998.
Awoik-awoik (Stokes III). Two P.W.'s together.
Ithaca, May 1999.

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Calls: "A hoarse chûh, chûh"(Chapman) Long Island, May 1996. "Song": "A muffled, flicker-like series" (Peterson) Chappaqua, March 1999. Fall vocalizations Long Island, October 2000. Drumming Calls (Carolina wren in background) Long Island, May 2004 Two red-bellied woodpeckers calling and drumming. (Blue-jays, etc. in background). Long Island, October 2106

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Call Ritual drumming on large sign Ritual drumming on small sign Ritual drumming on tree Ithaca, May 1999. Courtship sounds: "a catlike meeyah" (Kaufman) Ithaca, May 2002.

Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Courting solo Courting duet New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 2002. "A Kingfisher-like rattle" (Peterson) Long Island, June 2004 Drumming Long Island, February 2013

Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens   (in flight) Long Island, June 1996. Drumming Long Island, May 1997. Feeding nestlings Bear Mountain, June 1998. More drumming Long Island, April 2001 Two downies courting. The scratching sounds are their claws on the bark as they danced up the tree. Long Island, May 2002

Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides arcticus
"A relatively low, flat pwik" (Sibley)
Inlet, September 2004.

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