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| Acadian Flycatcher | peet-seet or peet-suh or peet |
| Alder Flycatcher | fitz-bee-o |
| American Avocet | wheek or kleet (given in flight, repeatedly) |
| American Bittern | gulp-a-pump... |
| American Bittern | woonk-a-chunk... |
| American Black Duck | quack quack quack... (lower than a Mallard) |
| American Black Oystercatcher | wheep-wheep-wheep... (rapid, clipped) |
| American Coot | ka-ha, ka-ha |
| American Coot | kuh-uk!, kuh-uk! (loud, clear) |
| American Crow | caw-caw-caw-caw-... |
| American Crow | koodle-yah, koodle-yah (trilly voice) |
| American Golden Plover | looo-eee! |
| American Golden Plover | poo-too-eee!, poo-too-eee! |
| American Goldfinch | pa-chip-chip-chip |
| American Goldfinch | per-chick-a-ree |
| American Goldfinch | po-ta-to-chip (and dip {in flight}) |
| American Kestrel | klee, klee, klee… |
| American Pipit | chwee, chwee, chwee... (thin) |
| American Pipit | pipit-pipit |
| American Redstart | tzee-tzee-tzee-tzeeeo |
| American Robin | cheer-up, cheer-a-lee, cheer-ee-o |
| American Robin | whinny |
| American Wigeon | squeaky, nasal whistle |
| American Woodcock | peeent, peeent, peeent (nasal) |
| Anna's Hummingbird | chee-ik-ee-ik-ee-ik (grating, squeaky) |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | ka-brick |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | ka-wheer |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | prrrrrt (buzzy) |
| Bachman's Sparrow | highly variable - clear, liquid, whistled phrases |
| Bachman's Sparrow | seeeee, slip-slip-slip-slip-slip |
| Baltimore Oriole | flute-like, disjointed series of notes |
| Baltimore Oriole | here, here, come right here, dear |
| Barn Owl | screeeeeee (hissing - long) |
| Barn Swallow | twittering (rapid) |
| Barn Swallow | tit-tit-tit-tit... (rapid staccato) |
| Barred Owl | who-cooks-for-you, who-cooks-for-you-all |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | tee-zee-tee-zee-tee-zee-tee (very rapid, hp) |
| Belted Kingfisher | stuttering, non-musical, dry rattle in-flight |
| Bewick's Wren | like Song Sparrow, but thinner, more rapid |
| Black & White Warbler | wee-zee, wee-zee, wee-zee... (like a bathtub squeaky toy) |
| Black Rail | kicky-chew |
| Black Rail | kiki-krrr |
| Black Rail | pee-pee-toe |
| Black Skimmer | kaup, kaup, kaup... (clear-noted) |
| Black-bellied Plover | pee-a-wee! |
| Black-bellied Plover | whee-er-wee! |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | ku-ku-ku... |
| Black-billed Magpie | maaagh?! |
| Black-billed Magpie | wenk-wenk or wenk-wenk-wenk |
| Blackburnian Warbler | see-say |
| Blackburnian Warbler | teetsa-teetsa-teetsa-...zee-zee-zee... (very hp) |
| Black-capped Chickadee | chk-a-dee-dee-dee (rapid, higher-pitched than Carolina) |
| Black-capped Chickadee | fee-bee |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | tchew (soft, flat) |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | quawlk |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | ik (sharply) |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | robin-like, but more musical |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | spik |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | kitty-waaak |
| Black-necked Stilt | kyip, kyip, kyip... |
| Blackpoll Warbler | chipping trill (very hp - slower than Chippie) |
| Blackpoll Warbler | tsit-tsit-tsit-tsit-tsit-tsit-tsit (very hp) |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | beer-beer-beer-beeee! (raspy) |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | zur-zur-zur-zree! |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | please, please, please squeeeeeeze |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | I am so laz-eeeeee |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | zeedle-zeedle-zee-zeet-cha |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | trees-trees-murmuring-trees |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | zee-zee-zee-zee-zoo-zee |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Tim Kelly or Whip Tim Kelly |
| Blue Grosbeak | chink |
| Blue Grosbeak | house finch-like, but lower |
| Blue Jay | fee-der-de-lurp |
| Blue Jay | jay-jay-jay... |
| Blue Jay | queedle-queedle-queedle-... |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | zpeee (a bit raspy) |
| Blue-winged Warbler | beee-bzzz |
| Blue-winged Warbler | blue winged! (second syllable buzzy) |
| Bobolink | plink, plink |
| Bobwhite | toot-sweet! |
| Bobwhite | bob-white! |
| Bonaparte's Gull | chrrr-chrrr-chrrr... (rapid, buzzy) |
| Boreal Chickadee | chick-che-day-day |
| Boreal Owl | hooo-too-too-too-too... |
| Brewer's Blackbird | ksh-eee (creaky) |
| Brewer's Sparrow | seeeep (thin) |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | cheew-iew-iew-it |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | chittering, thin - mixed with wing-hum |
| Broad-winged Hawk | peet-seeeeep |
| Brown Creeper | trill (hp, rapid) always as individuals |
| Brown Thrasher | varied mocker-like phrases (twice repeated) |
| Brown Thrasher | drop-it, drop-it, cover-it-up, cover-it-up, pull-it-up, pull-it-up |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | bubble-bubble-zeeee! (hp) |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | kit-kit-kit-... or ki-dit, ki-dit... (hp, rapid) |
| Bufflehead (Fe) | quack quack quack... |
| Bullock's Oriole | varied, rich whistles and mixed gutturals |
| Bullock's Oriole | chuck chuck chuck-it-too-ee zhew zhew |
| Bushtit | lisp (multiple, very hp) |
| Bushtit | tsit (multiple, very hp) |
| California Quail | kurr |
| California Quail | chi-ca-go, chi-ca-go or qua-quer-go, qua-quer-go |
| Canada Goose | honk, honk, honk... |
| Canada Warbler | chip-chupitty-swee-ditchety |
| Canyon Wren | tewee, tewee, tewee,...(¡, slowing) |
| Canyon Wren | tsheee (raspy, metallic) |
| Cape May Warbler | seet-seet-seet-seet (thin, hp) |
| Carolina Chickadee | car-o-li-na (four notes) |
| Carolina Chickadee | chk-a-dee-dee-dee |
| Carolina Chickadee | fee-bee-fee-bay |
| Carolina Chickadee | see-dee-dee-dee |
| Carolina Wren | brrrrrrr¡ (a brief, downslurred, rapid trill - like thumbing comb tines) |
| Carolina Wren | chooble-dee, chooble-dee, chooble-dee (varied triplet phrases) |
| Carolina Wren | tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle... |
| Caspian Tern | raaaah (raspy, hoarse) |
| Cassin's Finch | chitty-up or chill-ee-up |
| Cedar Waxwing | trill (hp, rapid) always in flocks |
| Cedar Waxwing | zeee-zeee-zeee... (hp trilled) |
| Cerulean Warbler | chyoo-chyoo-chyoo-tseee (last syllable burry) |
| Cerulean Warbler | trill (ending with buzzy-)beeee |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | pleased-pleased-pleased-pleased-ta-meetcha |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | see-see-see-Miss-Beech'er |
| Chimney Swift | chit-chit-chit-chit... (rapid staccato) |
| Chimney Swift | twittering (rapid) |
| Chipping Sparrow | chipping trill (mechanical, dry, rapid) |
| Chuck Will's Widow | chuck-will's-widow |
| Clapper Rail | tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-... (even, almost incessant) |
| Clark's Grebe | kreeet (burry) |
| Clark's Grebe | kriiik (burry) |
| Clark's Nutcracker | kraa-a-a-a (long, drawn-out), or kra-kra-kra-kra |
| Common Eider | ow-oo-urr |
| Common Eider | whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh |
| Common Goldeneye | pee-ik (raspy) |
| Common Loon | kooo-wah-leeeee (eerie, rising, slow, plaintive) |
| Common Loon | whinny, eerily |
| Common Merganser | ah, ah, ah, ah... (low, even croaking in flight) |
| Common Moorhen | kip-kip-kip-... |
| Common Nighthawk | beeer |
| Common Nighthawk | pee-eet (nasal) |
| Common Poorwill | poor-will, poor-will, poor-will... |
| Common Raven | cruck (harsh, raspy) |
| Common Raven | tawk (metallic) |
| Common Ringed Plover | poo-eep (in-flight) |
| Common Screech Owl | woooooooo warbled |
| Common Snipe | skaip |
| Common Snipe | wicka-wicka-wicka-... |
| Common Tern | kee-arr¡ (trilly) |
| Common Yellowthroat | witchety-witchety-witchety... (slow) |
| Common Yellowthroat (western race) | tchep (flat and raspy) |
| Connecticut Warbler | chee-pa-chuh, chee-pa-chuh, chee-pa-chuh, chee |
| Connecticut Warbler | chik-a-too-ee, chik-a-too-ee... |
| Cooper>'s Hawk | kek-kek-kek-kek-kek... (more flat and even than Pil. WP) |
| Cordilleran Flycatcher | pseet, tri-i-i-ip, seet (thin, squeaky) |
| Dark-eyed Junco | dit (repeated occasionally) |
| Dark-eyed Junco | smack (repeated occasionally) |
| Dark-eyed Junco | chipping trill (musical, tinkling) |
| Downy Woodpecker | pik (flat) |
| Downy Woodpecker | whinny¡ |
| Eastern Bluebird | pew or mew (sharply) |
| Eastern Bluebird | chatter (harsh, brief) |
| Eastern Bluebird | cheer-ee-oo-ee (rapid, fluty) |
| Eastern Kingbird | t-t-tseeep (electrical sputtering) |
| Eastern Meadowlark | but-I-DO-love-you |
| Eastern Meadowlark | eas-tern mead-ow-lark (musical) |
| Eastern Meadowlark | spring-of-the-year |
| Eastern Phoebe | fee-beee (last syllable raspy) |
| Eastern Towhee | too-wheee! |
| Eastern Towhee | drink-your-teeeee! |
| Eastern Towhee | hot dog, pickle-ickle-ickle |
| Eastern Wood Pewee | pee-a-weee and pee-yer |
| Evening Grosbeak | chirp or chiirrrp (burry) |
| Field Sparrow | notes like a ping-pong ball dropped onto a table - increasing in rate and pitch |
| Fish Crow | eh-eh, eh-eh (two-noted phrases) |
| Forster's Tern | keeeeeeeeer |
| Forster's Tern | zaaaah (raspy, nasal) |
| Gadwall (Ma) | bek (buzzy) (Fe quacks like mallard) |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | see-see-see-... (hp) |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Oh, dear me! |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | three blind mice |
| Golden-winged Warbler | beeee(buzzy trill)-bz-bz-bz |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | pee-trip-treee (last syllable a raspy trill) |
| Gray Catbird | meeeee-ew or maaaaaanh (nasal) |
| Gray Catbird | varied mocker-like phrases (seldom repeated) |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | whee-wheeo-titi-whee (thin, nasal) |
| Great Blue Heron | squawking or croaking (very raucous) |
| Great Gray Owl | whoo-whoo-whoooo |
| Great Horned Owl | hoot-a-hoot, hoo-hoo |
| Great Horned Owl | who's awake? me too |
| Great Kiskadee | Qu'est-ce qu'il dit? Qu'est-ce qu'il dit?… ("What's he saying?") |
| Great-crested Flycatcher | prrreeeet (burry) |
| Great-crested Flycatcher | wheeep |
| Greater Yellowlegs | dear, dear, dear (sharply) |
| Greater Yellowlegs | klee-klee-klee... |
| Greater Yellowlegs | tu-tu-tu (whistled - three or more notes) |
| Green Heron | skelp skelp skelp... |
| Green-tailed Towhee | weet-churrr-chee-churrr (mixed sweet and burry notes) |
| Gull-billed Tern | kay-week and za-za-za |
| Hairy Woodpecker | peeeek (sharply, somewhat nasally) |
| Hairy Woodpecker | even whinny |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | chip-chewy or chip-chewy-chew (hp and a bit burry) |
| Heerman's Gull | kowok |
| Henslow's Sparrow | tsip-a-tik (non-musical, repeated occasionally) |
| Hermit Thrush | veer-veer-veer-veer-... |
| Hermit Thrush | Why don'tcha come to me? Here I am right near you |
| Hooded Warbler | a-weeta-weeta-weet-tee-o |
| Horned Lark | pit-sit (hp) |
| Horned Lark | tee-seep (hp) |
| House Finch | zreee! (included in varied, warbling song) |
| House Sparrow | chiddik, chiddik (dry, non-musical) |
| House Wren | stuttering, gurgling, musical, ¡ at end |
| Inca Dove | no hope |
| Indigo Bunting | varied phrases (in couplets) |
| Indigo Bunting | fire, fire; where? where? here, here; see it? see it? |
| Kentucky Warbler | p'chee, p'chee, p'chee... |
| Kildeer | kill-deeeeer or kee-dee, kee-dee, kee-dee... |
| King Rail | hip-hip-hurrah (dry, rattly) |
| Lark Sparrow | tsip (sharp) |
| Laughing Gull | haa-haa-haa-haa... (loud, laugh-like) |
| Laughing Gull | laughter (raucous, clear-noted) |
| Lazuli Bunting | zzzzzzd (buzzy) |
| Least Bittern | wuff, wuff, wuff, wuff, wuff |
| Least Bittern | ku-ku-ku... (lower and throatier than B-B Cuckoo) |
| Least Flycatcher | che-bek |
| Least Sandpiper | kreeet (thin, somewhat burry) |
| Least Tern | zreeeeek |
| Lesser Goldfinch | tee-yee! or tee-yer¡ |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | quu-quu (whistled - in pairs) |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | tyooo-tyoo |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | yoo-yoo, yoo-yoo-yoo |
| Limpkin | kraaaaaah (loud, piercing, usually repeated) |
| Loggerhead Shrike | peet-peert --- peet-peert --- peet-peert... (with a somewhat raspy, 'twirty' color) |
| Long-billed Curlew | ker-lee |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | keeeeek (in flight - may be repeated) |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | chink |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | tree, tree, tree terwitter-witter wit |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | chiddle-chiddle-chiddle-turtle |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | chip-chewy or chip-chewy-chew (hp, clearer than Hammond's Flycatcher) |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | tsik (low, sharp) |
| Magnolia Warbler | weeta-weeta-weetsee |
| Magnolia Warbler | weeta-weeta-wit-chew |
| Magnolia Warbler | I'm-I'm-I'm-so-sweet |
| Magnolia Warbler | one, two, three, four, six |
| Mallard | quack quack quack... |
| Marbled Godwit | "god-wit" or ker-whit |
| Marbled Godwit | raddika, raddika, raddika... |
| Marsh Wren | varied, complicated, fast, bubbly and busy |
| Mountain Chickadee | tsik-a-zee-zee-zee (raspier than Carolina) |
| Mourning Dove | hooo-ah hoo-hoo-hoo |
| Mourning Warbler | chirry-chirry-chirry-choreeo |
| Mourning Warbler | turdle, turdle, turdle, two-to-you |
| Nashville Warbler | trill in two parts - 2nd faster and lower in pitch |
| Nashville Warbler | see-bit-see-bit-see-bit..., see-see-see-see... (2-pt.) |
| Northern Cardinal | cheer-cheer-cheer-... |
| Northern Cardinal | purty-purty-purty-... |
| Northern Flicker | kleeeyer |
| Northern Flicker | wik-wik-wik... |
| Northern Flicker (courting) | squeechu-squeechu-squeechu... |
| Northern Mockingbird | varied phrases (thrice or more repeated) |
| Northern Parula Warbler | trill! (fast rising, ending with) -tsyoo |
| Northern Parula Warbler | zeeeeeeeeeeeeeee(buzzy)-chyoo¡ |
| Northern Pintail (Ma) | prrrip, prrrip (low, stuttery) |
| Northern Pygmy Owl | too-too-too... (clear notes) |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | too-too-too... (clear notes) |
| Northern Shoveler (Ma) | chik-chik, chik-chik,... (Fe quacks like mallard) |
| Northern Waterthrush | twit-twit-twit, sweet-sweet-sweet, chew-chew-chew |
| Oldsquaw | ow-ow-ow-a-la |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | pip-pip or pip-pip-pip |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | quick, three-beers |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | trill (ascending/accelerating, then tumbles ¡ at end) |
| Orchard Oriole | warbling - varied phrases, incl. guttural notes |
| Osprey | kyew, kyew, kyew, kyew, kyew (hp whistled) |
| Ovenbird | p'cheer - p'cheer - p'cheer... |
| Ovenbird | t-cheer, t-cheer, t-cheer... (tea-cher, tea-cher) |
| Pacific Loon | kwa-wee! |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | see-a-weeeet! |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | seeet (sharp, h.p) |
| Palm Warbler | trill (weak and buzzy) |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | krick (low-voiced) |
| Pied-Billed Grebe | gulp, gulp, gulp... |
| Pied-billed Grebe | kuk-kuk-kow-kow-kow-kowp-kowp |
| Pileated Woodpecker | kik-kik-kik-kik-kik... (rate & pitch rise then fall) |
| Pine Siskin | zreeeeeee! (buzzy) |
| Pine Warbler | trill (somehwat slower and more musical than Chippie) |
| Piping Plover | pip-pip-pip... |
| Plain Titmouse | tsik-a-dee |
| Prairie Warbler | zee-zee-zee-zee... (steady rise in pitch) |
| Prothonotary Warbler | zweet, zweet, zweet... (single pitch) |
| Purple Finch | warbling - varied phrases, fast, lively, brief |
| Pygmy Nuthatch | pippit, pippit, pippit... |
| Raven | squawking (raucous) |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | churrr, churrr (throaty, deeply trilled) |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | ank-ank-ank... (nasal monotone) |
| Red-eyed Vireo | where are you? and here I am |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | squeer, squeer... (raspy) |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | kee-yer, kee-yer, kee-yer... |
| Red-tailed Hawk | keeeeeeeeer |
| Red-throated Loon | kwuk |
| Red-winged Blackbird | chortle-deeeeee (hp and drawn-out last syllable) |
| Red-winged Blackbird | conk-a-reeeeeeeee |
| Red-winged Blackbird | tseer, tseer |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | kok-kok (squawky, raucous, followed by wing-whir) |
| Rock Wren | ch-reee, ch-reee, ch-reee (a bit trilly-buzzy) |
| Rock Wren | chee-urr, chee-urr, chee-urr (a bit raspy) |
| Rock Wren | tik-eer |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | cheer-up, cheer-a-lee, cheer-ee-o (melodic) |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | chink |
| Royal Tern | keeer (trilled) |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | ji-dit, ji-dit, ji-dit (rattly) |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | too-fritchyoo-fritchyoo-fritchyoo-... |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | t-t-t-t-t-t-t... (soft, rapid, excited) |
| Ruffed Grouse | drumming-thumping, accelerates into a whir |
| Rufous Hummingbird | zee-chuppity-chuppity (buzzy) |
| Rusty Blackbird | check |
| Rusty Blackbird | ksh-a-leeee (rusty-squeaky) |
| Sanderling | plik-plik-plik... |
| Sandhill Crane | garoo-a-a-a (stuttery) |
| Savannah Sparrow | zit-zit-zit-zeeee-zaaay (burry-raspy) |
| Say's Phoebe | pi-weer¡ or pee-eee! |
| Scaled Quail | Paark! Pe-cos, Pe-cos, Pe-cos… |
| Scarlet Tanager | cheer-up, cheer-a-lee, cheer-ee-o (burry, raspy) |
| Scarlet Tanager | chick-burrr... (last syllable rapidly trilled) |
| Scarlet Tanager | hurry, worry, blurry, flurry (burry) |
| Scrub Jay | shaaaaack (drawn-out, grating) |
| Scrub Jay | zreeeeek |
| Seaside Sparrow | chup-chup-tzeeee |
| Sedge Wren | chip, chip or chip, chip, chrrrrr-rrr |
| Semipalmated Plover | chureee! |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | churrrk (burry) |
| Sharp-tailed Sparrow | tee-shaay¡ (raspy) |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | tu-tu-tu (in flight - may be repeated) |
| Solitary Sandpiper | peet-weet-weet or peet |
| Solitary Vireo | chu-whee, cheer-ee-oh |
| Solitary Vireo | Come here… Jimmy… quickly… |
| Song Sparrow | Maids-maids-maids-put-on-your-tea-kettle-ettle-ettle |
| Song Sparrow | Hip, hip, hip hurrah boys, spring is here! |
| Song Sparrow | Madge, Madge, Madge pick beetles off, the water's hot |
| Sora | ker-wee...ker-wee¡ (descending whinny) |
| Spotted Sandpiper | peet-peet-peet-peet... |
| Spotted Sandpiper | weet-weet-weet-weet... |
| Sprague's Pipit | ching-a-ring-a-ring-a-ring-a-ring-a-ring-a¡ (descending) |
| Starling | wolf-whistle (breathy) |
| Steller's Jay | shaaaaack (drawn-out, grating) |
| Steller's Jay | shook-shook-shook-shook-shook... (rapid fire) |
| Summer Tanager | cheer-up, cheer-a-lee (bouncy - musical) |
| Summer Tanager | piky-tucky-tuck or pik-a-tuck |
| Swainson's Hawk | kreeeeeeeeeerr (drawn-out, shrill, plaintive) |
| Swainson's Thrush | rurrip, rurrip... |
| Swainson's Thrush | whit, whit |
| Swainson's Warbler | whee, whee, whee whip-poor-will |
| Swamp Sparrow | chipping trill (slower, staccato) |
| Tennessee Warbler | tika-tika-tika, swee-swee-swee, chay-chay-chay |
| Tufted Titmouse | cheeva, cheeva, cheeva... |
| Tufted Titmouse | fer-da, fer-da, fer-da... |
| Tufted Titmouse | here, here, here... |
| Tufted Titmouse | peter-peter-peter-... |
| Tundra Swan | woo-ho and woo-woo |
| Upland Sandpiper | ch-wut |
| Upland Sandpiper | wolf-whistle (long, drawn-out) |
| Varied Thrush | chyup |
| Veery | veer-veer-veer-veer-... (ethereal) |
| Vesper Sparrow | like Song Sparrow, but lower, more guttural |
| Vesper Sparrow | listen to my evening sing-ing-ing-ing |
| Vesper Sparrow | here-here, where-where, all-together-down-the-hill |
| Virginia Rail | ki-dik, ki-dik, ki-dik... |
| Virginia Rail | tic-tic-mcgreer |
| Warbling Vireo | warbled phrases (complicated) |
| Warbling Vireo | If I sees you, I will seize you, and I'll squeeze you till you squirt (to a sought caterpillar) |
| Warbling Vireo | brigadier, brigadier, briga-tee |
| Western Bluebird | few (sofly) |
| Western Grebe | krik-krik |
| Western Kingbird | kit |
| Western Kingbird | whit, whit, whit |
| Western Meadowlark | flute-like, 7-10 gurgling (some double) notes |
| Western Screech-Owl | accelerating hollow whistles, constant pitch |
| Western Tanager | pri-di-dik |
| Western Towhee | chup-chup-zeeee! |
| Western Wood Pewee | peeer (burry) |
| Whimbrel | ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti (clear, 5-7, rapid pace) |
| Whimbrel | whistled notes - clear, 5-7, rapid pace |
| Whippoorwill | whip-poor-will |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | anh-anh-anh-anh-... (nasally) |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | tooy-tooy-tooy-tooy... |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | wee-wee-wee-wee-... |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | who-who-who-who-... |
| White-crowned Sparrow | more, more, more cheezies, please |
| White-crowned Sparrow | pink (loudly) |
| White-crowned Sparrow | tseeeep (thin) |
| White-eyed Vireo | chick, per-wee-tee-o, chick or chick-per-wee-o |
| White-eyed Vireo | Quick give me a rain check |
| White-eyed Vireo | Spit and see if I care, spit! |
| White-throated Sparrow | O Sweet Canada, Canada, Canada |
| White-throated Sparrow | o-san-pibbity-pibbity-pibbity |
| White-throated Swift | je-je-je-je-je-je-je-... (shrill, excited) |
| Whooping Crane | ker-laa, ker-laa (second note higher-pitched) |
| Wild Turkey | gobble-gobble-gobble-... |
| Willet | pill-will-willet |
| Willow Flycatcher | fitz-bew (burry) |
| Wilson's Warbler | chee-chee-chee, chet-chet-chet-chet... |
| Winter Wren | varied, complicated, bubbly and busy |
| Wood Duck | jeeeeeeee! |
| Wood Duck | !-sliding (hp) whistle |
| Wood Duck | whoo-eek (breathy, whistley) |
| Wood Thrush | chk-chk-chk...(dry-subtle)...ra-vi-o-li (flute-like) |
| Wood Thrush | ee-oh-lay (flute-like - last note trilly) |
| Wood Thrush | ra-vi-o-li (flute-like) |
| Wood Thrush | oo-duh-lay-oh or oodle-drrrr (last note trilly) |
| Wood Thrush | fweet-fweet-fweet... (rapid-fire) |
| Worm-eating Warbler | trill (very rapid, even, mechanical) |
| Yellow Rail | click click... (typewriter-like) |
| Yellow Rail | tik-tik, tik-tik-tik,... (2-3 rhythm, repeated) |
| Yellow Warbler | sweet, sweet, sweet, little-more-sweet |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | chu-wee, chu-wee |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | killik |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | meeew¡ (whiny, nasal) |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | hoo-luh, hoo-luh, hoo-luh... (1/sec, broken) |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | ka-ka-ka-... kowp-kowp-kowp |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | whoit (whistled) |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | wit, wit, wit or chak, chak, chak |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | HORRENDOUS, panther-like scream |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | quawk |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | hoarse, raspy notes and phrases |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | trill in two parts - 2nd higher or lower in pitch |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | trill (weak, unvaried) |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | three-Ay, three-Ay |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | tsyoo-tsyoo-tsyoo-tsyoo...-tswee |
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