BNA library

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BNA library

• Dave Gammon 2008

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Species you will hear a lot around Elon
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Tufted titmouse (all year, abundant)
Song(?, abundant, 12/12)
Call (?, ?, common, 5/12)
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Carolina chickadee (all year, common)
gargle (?, rare, 0/12)
song (?, common, 0/12)
Chick-a-dee (?,?, common, 0/12)
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Carolina wren (all year, abundant)
Song(?, abundant, 12/12) and chatter(?, rare,
0?/12)
Chirt (?,?, rare, 0/12)
Pizeet (?,?, rare, 0/12)
Cheer(?, abundant, 8/12)
Rasp(?,?, common, 2/12)
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Blue jay (all year, common)
Jeer (?,?, common, 11/12)
Pumphandles (?,??, rare, 12/12)
Contact (?,?, absent, 0/12)
rattle (?, rare, 5/12)
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American crow(all year, common)
Caw (?,?, common, 0/12)
Fish crow(all year, common)
Plus many other diverse (but rare) calls and
songs (?,?)
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American robin (all year, abundant)
Alarm and chup (?,?, common, 6/12)
Chirr (?,?, abundant, 8/12)
Whine and chup (?,?, common, 4/12)
Song(?, abundant, 0/12)
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Cedar waxwing (all year, rare)
bzee (?,?, rare, 2/12)
see (?,?, rare, 0/12)
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Northern mockingbird (all year, abundant)
Chat (?,?)
Hew (?,?)
Song (?)
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European starling(all year, common, 7/12)
Variety of calls (?,?) Ten recognized call types
some examples below
threat
weeoo
whistle
buzzy
flight
mobbing
Warbled song (?)
family
Whistled song (?)
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Northern cardinal (all year, abundant)
Song(?, ?, abundant, 12/12)
chip(?, ?, abundant, 1/12)
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House finch(all year, common)
Song (?, abundant, 0/12)
Call (?,?, common, 0/12)
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Mourning dove(all year, abundant)
Coo (?, rare and soft in ?, common, 0/12)
Whistling flight (?,?, rare, 1/12)
Also wing-clapping (?,?, rare, 0/12)
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Chimney swift (summer, common)
Chipper (??,??, common, 0/12)
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Canada goose(all year, common, 0/12)
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Mallard (all year, common)
? calls (common, 0/12)
? calls (common, 0/12)
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Red-bellied woodpecker (all year, common)
whine (?,?, rare, 8/12)
trill (?,?, rare, 7/12) (audio NOMO imitation
of trill)
kwirr (?,?, common, 6/12)
Also drumming (?)
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Eastern towhee (all year, common)
Song(?, common, 7/12)
chewink(?, ?, common, 0/12)
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song sparrow(all year, common)
song (?, common, 0/12)
call (?,?, common, 0?/12)
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White-throated sparrow(winter, abundant)
song (?, rare in ?, common, 0/12)
tseet (?,?, common, 0/12)
chip (?,?, common, 0/12)
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Common grackle (summer, common)
chaa (?,??, common, 0?/12)
squeak (?,?, common, 0/12)
chack (?,?, common, 0?/12)
snarl (?, rare, 0/12)
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Brown-headed cowbird (all year, common)
song (?, common, 0/12)
chatter (?, rare, 0?/12)
Flight-whistle (?, rare, 0/12)
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Field cricket (Gryllus pennsylvanicus) (all year
but winter, abundant)
call (?, abundant, 0?/12)
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Southeastern field cricket (Gryllus rubens)(all
year but winter, abundant)
call (?, abundant, 0/12)
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Species you will sometimes hear around Elon
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Red-shouldered hawk (all year, rare)
kee-aah (?,?, rare, 5/12)
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Eastern bluebird (all year, common)
Loud song (?, common, 9/12)
Tu-a-wee (?,?, common, 9/12)
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White-breasted nuthatch(all year, rare)
Call (?,?) (quank, rare, 7/12)
Song (?, rare, 1/12)
Call (?,?) (hit and tuck)
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Brown-headed nuthatch (all year, absent)
Rubber ducky (?,?, rare, 5/12)

• Audio
• Right NOMO imitation
• Below original

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Gray catbird(summer, common)
Song (?, common, 0/12)
Mew (?,?, common, 5/12)
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Brown thrasher (summer?, common)
Tick (?,?, rare, 0/12)
Song (?, common, 0?/12)
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Northern flicker (all year, rare)
peah (?,?, rare, 5/12)
drumming (?, rare, 0/12)
wicka (?,?, rare, 11/12)
Long call (?, rare, 10/12)
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Eastern wood-pewee (summer, rare)
song (??, rare, 11/12)
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Great-crested flycatcher (summer, common)
Whee-eep (?,?, common, 5/12)
Call (?,?, rasp X3, purr-it and huit,
common, 5/12)
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downy woodpecker (all year, rare)
pik (?,?, rare, 1/12)
whinny (?,?, rare, 7/12)
drumming (?,?, rare, 0/12)
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House sparrow(all year, common)
cheep (?,?, common, 11/12)
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Dark-eyed junco (winter, abundant)
song (?, common, 0/12)
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American goldfinch (all year, common)
song (?, common, 0/12)
contact (?,?, common, 0/12)
Swee-eet (?,?, common, 0/12)
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Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
(all year, common)
NOTE the audio files used for the squeal and
the longer angry chatter were recorded from a
different squirrel species, so the Elon squirrels
sound a little different
Angry chatter (rare, 0/12)
Chup (rare, 0/12)
Squeal (rare, 0/12)
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Common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
(summer, common)
call (?, common, 0/12)
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Cicada(summer, abundant)
call (?, abundant, 0/12)
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Species you are lucky to hear around Elon
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Killdeer (all year, rare)
dee (?,?, rare, 7/12)
killdeer (?,?, rare, 1/12)
Dee-dit (?,?, rare, 0/12)
trill (?,?, rare, 0?/12)
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Yellow-billed cuckoo (summer, absent)
Coo (?, absent, 0?/12)
Kowlp (?, absent, 5/12)
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Ruby-throated hummingbird(summer, absent)
call (?,?, absent, 0/12)
song (?, absent, 0/12)
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Belted kingfisher (all year, rare)
rattle (?,?, rare, 6/12)
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Yellow-bellied sapsucker (all year, absent)
waa (?,?, absent, 0?/12)
drumming (?, absent, 0/12)
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Hairy woodpecker (all year, absent)
peek (?,?, absent, 4/12)
rattle (?,?, absent, 1/12)
wicka (?,?, absent, 4/12)
Also drumming (?,?, absent, 0/12)
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Eastern phoebe (summer, absent)
Song (?, absent, 0?/12)
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Eastern kingbird (summer, absent)
RRV (regular repeated vocalization, ?, absent,
0/12)
chatterzeer (?,?, both sexes also give zeer by
itself, absent, 7/12)
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Red-eyed vireo(summer, rare)
Song (?, rare, 0/12)
myaah (?,?, rare, 0?/12)
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Purple martin (summer, absent)
Song (?, croak, absent, 0/12)
Call (?,?, zweet)
Call (?,?, cher and chortle)
Call (absent, 10/12)
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Barn swallow (summer, absent)
Song (?, absent, 0/12)
Call (?,?, absent, 0/12)
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Brown creeper (all year, rare)
Tseet call (rare, 0/12)
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House wren (summer, absent)
Cheer (?,?) chatter (?,?, both absent, 0?/12)
Rasp (?,?, absent, 2/12)
Song (?, absent, 0/12)
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Blue-gray gnatcatcher(summer, rare)
Song (?, rare, 0/12)
contact (?,?, rare, 0?/12)
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Wood thrush (summer, rare)
Song (?, rare, 3/12)
Call (?,?, rare, 2/12)
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Yellow-rumped warbler (migratory, rare)
Song (?, rare, 0/12)
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Pine warbler(all year, rare)
Song (?, rare, 0/12)
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Chipping sparrow (summer, common)
Song (?, rare, 0/12)
Tsip (?,?, rare, 0/12)
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Other frog species to add

• Green frog
• Bullfrog
• Gray treefrog
• Cricket frog
• Eastern chorus frog
• Spring peeper

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Copes gray treefrog(all year, common)
call (?, common, 0/12)
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Mystery species (summer, common)
Minor 3rd (common, 5/12) (audio NOMO imitation)
flycatcher-like buzz (rare, 0?/12)
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Unknown nonhuman sounds
Forlorn squeal
Insect-fast metallic trill
Chewy (PISI-zhree?)
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Human sounds
Clocktower bells
Brakes squeal
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Mysteries to resolve

• Species to learn better BHCO, EUST, all frogs,
  nestlings
• Sound types to learn better AMRO-whine, YBCU-coo
  
• Sound types to distinguish
• CARW-rasp vs. HOWR-rasp vs. TUTI-call
• HAWO-wicka vs. NOFL-wicka
• EAWP-song vs. BHCO-flightwhistle vs. KILL-dee
• COGR-snarl vs. COGR-squeak
• MODO-whistling vs. KILL-trill
• BHCO-chatter vs. HOWR-chatter vs. CARW-chatter
• Species to assign buzzy flycatcher, minor 3rd