These common Eastern U.S. bird sounds are for use in a sound matching game.

You can download the sounds below for personal or educational use, including closer examination with a sound visualization program such as Raven Lite. To download a .wav file to your computer, right-click on a PC (or control-click on a Mac) and select "Save Target As" (PC) or "Save Link As" (Mac).

Sounds and images courtesy of Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Backyard Bird Sounds

	American Crow caw call			Mallard female quack
	American Goldfinch song with potato-chip			Mourning Dove coo song
	American Robin cheer up, cheerily song			Northern Cardinal wha-cheer song
	Black-capped Chickadee typical fee-bee song			Red-winged Blackbird conk-la-ree song
	Blue Jay typical jay call			White-breasted Nuthatch wha-wha-wha song
	Killdeer kill-deer call

For extension activities on why birds sing, see Videos: Bird Sounds in Context, which shows the behaviors and postures associated with different calls and songs.