Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Wrens

Carolina Wren 50kB
Thyrothorus ludovicianus
Long Island, May 1996.

Song II 95kB
Scolding at Jay 107kB
Song & Hiss (2 birds) 67kB
Long Island, September 1999.

Song 111kB mp3 "Tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea" (Peterson)
(with interpolated Red-winged blackbird)

Sonogram of second group; maximum frequency 5512 Hz.
Long Island, March 2013.

House Wren 105kB
Troglodytes aedon
Long Island, May 1996.

Winter Wren 273kB
Troglodytes troglodytes
Blue Mountain Lake, May 1996.

Winter Wren 170kB
Blue Mountain Lake, May 1997.

"A jolly songster he is, with the clearest and finest of tones -- a true fife -- and an irresistible accent and rhythm. A bird by himself. This fellow hurries and hurries (...) till the tempo becomes too much for him; the notes can no longer be taken, and, like a boy running down too steep a hill, he finishes with a slide." Torrey, p. 90.

Check out Christopher Majka's Love Song of the Winter Wren to see how geographical variation in song gives clues to the history of the species.

Marsh Wren 68kB
Cistothorus palustris
Montezuma National Wildlife Reguge, May 1997

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