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Vocalizations of blackburnian warbler including; songs, flight calls, and other call notes. Recordings and descriptions made by Steve Kelling.
 

Songs and flight calls recorded on 27 May 2005

Town of Caroline, Tompkins Co., New York - description:These examples were taken from an 11 minute recording of a single male blackburnian warbler. The male was singing along the border of an old field in an ash tree approximately 20 feet above the ground.

Example 1: Description of recording: Near the end of the 11 minute recording, the bird flew to the top of a tree. It then gave one "buzzy zeee" flight note (Dunn and Garrett Warblers 1997), sang one "accented ending" song (Morse Birds of North America Online 2004), and gave 2 flight notes in quick succession (250 msec apart). Then it flew away. In sequence, other birds heard during the recording include: tufted titmouse, Nashville warbler, common yellowthroat, ovenbird, blue-winged warbler, veery, and prairie warbler. (Click on the sonagram to play sound)
Flight Note 1: Zoomed spectrograph of first flight note.

Duration- 64 ms    Frequency- Max 9486 Hz Min 5577 Hz Delta 3909 Hz Modulations 3.
Notes: Longest of 3 call notes. Higher max and lower min frequency of other 2 call notes.
The bird was perched. Note the trailing tail of the call. (click on spectrograph to
play sound)
 

 

 
Flight Notes 2 and 3: Zoomed spectrograph of second and third flight notes.
Flight Note 2 Duration- 63 ms    Frequency- Max 8409 Hz Min 6139 Hz Delta 2270 Hz Modulations 3.
Flight Note 3 Duration- 53 ms    Frequency- Max 8505 Hz Min 6171 Hz Delta 2334 Hz Modulations 3.
Notes: The last call was made by the bird in flight. (click on spectrograph to play sound)Flight notes from a Blackburnian Warbler recorded on 27 May 2005.

 

 

 
 
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