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~ Thursday, August 12, 2004
CALL ME Descriptions of some intriguing bird-calls or songs of some US and UK birds (descriptions in brackets approximate what the call sounds like in English): US: Arctic Loon - owiiil-ka owiiil-ka owiiil-ka Black Storm-Petrel - pukaree puck-puckaroo American Bittern - BLOONK-adoonk Ruddy Duck (male during display) - jif jif jif jif ji ji ji ji jijijijijijwirrrrr Gambel’s Quail - pup waay pop pop Willow Ptarmigan - (displaying male) - goBEK goBEK goBEK, poDAYdo poDAYdo Sooty Tern - ka weddy weddy White Winged Dove - hhhHEPEP pou pooooo (‘who cooks for you’) Inca Dove - Poo-pup (‘no hope’) Greater Pewee - soo saay sooweeoo (‘Jose Maria’) Olive-sided Flycatcher - whip WEEDEEEER (‘quick, three beers’) Black-whiskered Vireo - chip john phillip Blue-headed Vireo - see you, cheerio, be-seein-u, so-long, seeya Tufted Titmouse - peter peter peter peter Magnolia Warbler - sweet, sweeter, SWEETEST Palm Warbler - zzizzizzizzizzizzi Seaside Sparrow - tup teetle-zhrrrr UK: Montagu’s Harrier - yick yick yick Red Grouse - go back, back, back Capercaillie - click-click click-click click-click POP Quail - whip, whip-whip (‘wet my lips’) Jack Snipe (displaying) - kollarap kollarap kollarap Pied Wagtail - chizzwit Cetti’s Warbler - pwit, pity-chewit, chewit, chewit Blue Tit - see see see Magpie - chacker chacker chacker Yellowhammer - zit zit trillip (‘little bit of bread and no cheese’) Source: RSPB Handbook of British Birds / The North American Bird Guide |