Backyard Bird Sounds
These recordings are downloadable for personal and educational use
Eastern U.S.
 Downy Woodpecker
"pik" calls | rattles |
 Blue Jay
"jay" calls | "pump handle" calls | "wheetle" calls |
 Black-capped Chickadee
"fee bee bee" song | "chickadee" calls | "gargle" call |
 Tufted Titmouse
song | calls |
 White-breasted Nuthatch
song | "ank" calls |
 Northern Cardinal
"purdy" songs | "wha-cheer" songs |
 Eastern Towhee
songs | calls |
 Dark-eyed Junco
song | "tsik" calls |
 Red-winged Blackbird
"o-ka-lee" song | "chek" call |
 House Finch
song | calls |
Western U.S.
 Mourning Dove
songs |
 Northern Flicker
"kleeyer" calls | "flicka" calls | drums |
 Western Scrub-Jay
calls |
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White-breasted Nuthatch
song | "ank" calls |
 White-crowned Sparrow
song |
 Cassin's Finch
song with mimicry |
 Pine Siskin
"zhree" calls |
 American Goldfinch
song with "potatochip" calls |
 Evening Grosbeak
calls from a single bird | flock calls with bill sounds |
 Steller's Jay
calls |
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