Birding by Ear

with The Olive Plants

Mallard duck quack, quack

American bittern gu-gulp, gu-gulp
Wood duck (sounds like a slide whistle)
Canada goose honk, honk
Trumpeter swan honk-honk-honk-honk, honk-iddy honk, honk, honk
Killdeer Hot-pockets (it sounds very similar to t
he Hot Pockets jingle) or Kill-deer
American Avocet Follow me, follow me
Willet Will-will-will-it?
American Woodcock Paaaan
Common Loon Lou- ou- oon
Barred Owl Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you al
l?
Great horned owl Who s awake? Me too!
Red-tailed hawk Hi there!
Willow Ptarmigan will-ow-ptar-mi-gaaaan
Northern Bobwhite Bob, Bob White
Wild Turkey Gobble
Mourning dove I m so, so, sad.
Whip-poor-will Do God s will. Do God s will.
Chuck-will s-widow Chuck Will s widow. Chuch Will s widow.
Red-headed Quir-r-r-r!
Red-bellied Quir! Quir!
Downy Son, it s 8:00. Time for school.
Olive-sided Flycatcher Quick! 3 beers!
American Robin Cheer up! Cheer up! Yeah!
Red-eyed vireo Red eyed vi-eee-oh
Brown Thrasher Plant a seed, plant a seed, let it grow, let it
grow, eat it up, eat it up, yum, yum!
Gray catbird Meow
Blue jay Too-lee-lee or Jay, jay
American crow CAW!!
Fish crow Unh-unh
Stellar s jay Do not touch that!
Carolina Chickadee Chick-a-dee-dee-dee-dee
Western scrub jay Hey!
Tufted titmouse Peter, peter
White-breasted nuthatch ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Brown-headed nuthatch (sounds like a squeaky toy)
Carolina wren Pretty bird
Hooded warbler I ve a little pretty hood.
Blue-winged warbler Bee-buzz
Golden-winger warbler Bee-buzz-buzz
Red-winged blackbird Oh, my red wing
Yellow-headed blackbird What I am doing in Georgia? (It also sounds very
similar to R2D2.)
Yellow Warbler Sweet, sweet I m so sweet
Common Grackle Grackle
Black-throated Green warbler I ve a little green head. OR I was made to
love you. (It sounds very similar to the c
horus of TobyMac s song, Made to Lo
ve)
Chipping Sparrow Chi-ip-ip-ip-py
Northern Cardinal Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty
Palm Warbler palm, palm, palm, palm, palm
Prairie warbler Li-ittle house on the prai-air-air-rie
Black and white warbler Black and whit-uh-white-uh-white-uh-white-uh
American Redstart Oh, say can you see-ee?
Tennessee warbler Tenn-uh-tenn-uh-tenn-uh-see-ee-ee-ee-ee
Prothonotary warbler Pete, pete
Common yellothroat Common yellowthroat
Nashville warbler Grand ol Op-er-eeeee
Pine warbler Tree, tree, tree, tree, tree
Ovenbird Cook it up
Yellow-breasted chat Yellow, breasted, chat, chat, chat, chat
Kentucky warbler Ken-tucky-tucky-tucky
Louisiana water thrush Drink it up. Drink it up. Yummy, yum.
Worm-eating warbler (sounds like a UFO taking off, according
to my crew) Disclaimer: we do not beli
eve in ET s! LOL!
Cerulean warbler Rooly-rooly-hee-hee-hee-hee
Cape May warbler Cape May-may-may-may (I have also been t
old this bird sounds like a Storm Trooper
.)
Northern Parula (sounds like the Death Star)
Baltimore oriole I like playing baseball in the summer.
Eastern meadowlark Spring of the year
Indigo bunting I am Mommy s favorite bird. Yes, I am.
Wood thrush Weedle-wee
Eastern towhee Chirr-wee. OR Drink your tea.
Savannah Sparrow I live in Savannah.
Grasshopper Sparrow (sounds like a violin)