Common Birds And Their Songs
An introduction to the songs and calls of 50 common and well-known species.
American Robin
The male’s melodic, caroling song is a variable series of wavering, whistled phrases: cheerily, cheeriup, cheerio, cheerily. Short pauses occur between songs. At dawn, song may be excited and continuous, without pauses. Thee most common call is is a high-pitched, whinny like outburst of notes. Alarm calls given near the nest sound like peek…peek…tut,tut…peek…tut-tut…
American Robin
The male’s melodic, caroling song is a variable series of wavering, whistled phrases: cheerily, cheeriup, cheerio, cheerily. Short pauses occur between songs. At dawn, song may be excited and continuous, without pauses. Thee most common call is is a high-pitched, whinny like outburst of notes. Alarm calls given near the nest sound like peek…peek…tut,tut…peek…tut-tut…