Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Geese and Ducks

Canada Goose 21kB Branta canadiensis ``A sonorous honk.'' (Chapman) Long Island, July 1997. Two Geese overhead 133kB Ithaca, May 1998. Two Geese on a pond 83kB Ithaca, May 2002. Goose Wing Sound

Brant 59kB MP3 file
Branta bernicla
"A throaty cr-r-r-unk or kurr-onk, krrr-onk" (Peterson)
A flock of brants foraging 64kB MP3 file
Long Island, April 2004.

Mallard 131kB
Anas platyrynchos
Mallard 274kB
Woodbridge, Connecticut, March 2002.

Long-tailed Duck (formerly "Oldsquaw") 40kB MP3
Clangula hyemalis
"Talkative; a musical ow-owdle-ow or owl-omelet" (Peterson)
"Very vocal ... upup OW OweLEP" (Sibley)
Long-tailed Duck 108kB MP3
Long-tailed Duck 108kB MP3
Long Island, March 2007.

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