Eastern/Central Birding by Ear

Introduction

Mimics (Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher and Gray Catbird)

Woodpeckers (Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Wood

Sing-songers (American Robin, Scarlet Tanager, Summer Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-eyed Vireo and Yellow-throated Vireo)

Hawks (Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk and Red-shouldered Hawk)

Chippers and Trillers (Swamp Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Pine Warbler)

High-pitchers (Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird, Eastern Kingbird and European Starling)

Whistlers (Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Batimore Oriole, Eastern Meadowlark, Field Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow)

Owls and a Dove (Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl and Mourning Dove)

Simple Vocalizations (Great Crested Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Woodcock, Green Heron, Bl

Complex Vocalizations (Bobolink, House Wren and American Goldfinch)

Name-sayers (Whip-poor-will, Chuck-will's-widow, Black-capped Chickadee, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood-Pewee

Warbling Songsters (House Finch, Purple Finch, Warbling Vireo and Orchard Oriole)

Commoners (Canada Goose, American Crow, Blue Jay, House Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle and Song Sparrow)

Wood Warblers and a Warbling Wren (Black-and-white Warbler, Ovenbird, Kentucky Warbler, Carolina Wren, Hooded Warbler, Common Y

Thrushes (Wood Thrush, Veery and Hermit Thrush)

Unusual Vocalizations (Ruffed Grouse, American Woodcock and American Bittern)

Miscellaneous Vocalizations (Chimney Swift, White-eyed Vireo, Eastern Bluebird and Eastern Towhee)

Forest Edges (Blue Jay, Wood Thrush, Gray Catbird, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Eastern Phoebe

Forest Interiors (Ruffed Grouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Broad-winged Hawk, Ovenbird, Barred Owl, Hairy Woodpecker, Veery, Bla

Throughout (American Crow, Baltimore Oriole, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robin, Eastern Screech-Owl and Common Grackle)

Freshwater Wetlands (Swamp Sparrow, American Bittern, Red-winged Blackbird, Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Black-crowned Night

Southern Forests (Red-bellied Woodpecker, Summer Tanager, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Orchard Oriole, Kentucky Warbler

Northern Forests (Cedar Waxwing, White-throated Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee, Purple Finch, American Redstart, Hermit Thrush

Hedgerows and Thickets (Northern Bobwhite, Song Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Brown Thrasher, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow Warb

Old Fields and Open Fields (Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Field Sparrow, Ring-necked Pheasant, Bobolink, Killdeer and A

Oak-Pine Woodlands (Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-shouldered Hawk, Chipping Sparrow, Pine Warbler, Mourning Dove, Chuck-will's-wid

Urban Parks (Chimney Swift, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, House Sparrow and European Starling)