Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Woodpeckers

Common Flicker:
Colaptes auratus
"Song" 100kB
Note 16kB
Flick-a, flick-a, ... 97kB
Long Island, May 1996.

Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Call 60kB
Drumming 58kB
Ithaca, May 1998.
Awoik-awoik 99kb (Stokes III) Two P.W.'s together.
Ithaca, May 1999.

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Calls 37kB "A hoarse chûh, chûh"(Chapman) Long Island, May 1996. "Song" 76 kB "A muffled, flicker-like series" (Peterson) Chappaqua, March 1999. Fall vocalizations 72kB Long Island, October 2000. Drumming 36kB MP3 file Calls (Carolina wren in background) 56kB MP3 file Long Island, May 2004

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Call 98kB
Ritual drumming on large sign 52kB
Ritual drumming on small sign 89kB
Ritual drumming on tree 150kB
Ithaca, May 1999.
Courtship sounds: "a catlike meeyah" 110kB (Kaufman)
Ithaca, May 2002.

Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Courting solo 80kB
Courting duet 62kB
New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 2002.
"A Kingfisher-like rattle" (Peterson) 53kB MP3 file
Long Island, June 2004

Downy Woodpecker 39kB Picoides pubescens (in flight) 33kB Long Island, June 1996. Downy Woodpecker drumming 36kB Long Island, May 1997. Downy Woodpecker feeding nestlings 115kB Bear Mountain, June 1998. More drumming 183kB Long Island, April 2001 Two downies courting 133kB The scratching sounds are their claws on the bark as they danced up the tree. Long Island, May 2002

Three-toed Woodpecker 229kB MP3 file
Picoides tridactylus
"A relatively low, flat pwik" (Sibley)
Inlet, September 2004.

INDEX: Main Bird Page   Gulls and Terns   Other Shorebirds   Geese and Ducks   Loons   Doves   Raptors   Owls   Kingfishers   Quails, Partridges, etc.   Cuckoos   Woodpeckers   Flycatchers   Titmics and Nuthatches   Wrens   Mimic Thrushes   Thrushes   Vireos   Warblers   Orioles and Blackbirds   Tanagers   Swallows   Crows and Jays   Finches   Sparrows   Hummingbird   Tony's Home Page