Songs and Calls of some New York State Birds

Titmice and Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch 54kB
Sitta carolinensis
Long Island, May 1997.

Black-capped Chickadee (36kB) Chicka-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee Parus atricapillus Limekiln Lake, May 1997. (31kB)(whistled song) Long Island, June 1996. (86kB)Countersinging Long Island, April 1997. (275kB mp3) More Countersinging Long Island, January 2013. Sonogram of countersinging. Range 0-5512 Hz. News about the genetic implications of chickadee whistling competitions: ``Female eavesdropping on Male Song Contests in Songbirds'' by Daniel J. Mennill, Laurene M. Ratcliffe and Peter T. Boag, Science 296 873 (2002)

Tufted Titmouse Peter, Peter 30kB
Parus bicolor
Tufted Titmouse (hoarse) 34kB
Tufted Titmouse Pete, Pete 25kB
Long Island, June 1996.
Two titmice,``chickadee-like'' song 68kB
Long Island, July 1996.
Tufted Titmouse Scolding 107kB
Long Island, April 1998.

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