Similar sounding species: Other Evening Grosbeak call Types in west, House Sparrow in the east.Ĭall descriptions: Primary flight call a soft, distinctive very short flat “pik” also a “tee-hee-you-wee” similar to Pine Grosbeak. Pine Grosbeak’s “tee-tee-tew” overall more monotone Purple Finch’s “tee-hee-you-wee,” generally goes down and up more conspicuously, sounding less monotone.Įvening Grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vespertinus )Ĭall Descriptions (only Type 3 flight call occurs in east): A loud, somewhat emphatic “beer”/“cheer” also a lower, hoarsier trill trill often paired with “beer”/“cheer” flight calls. Similar sounding species: Pine Grosbeak “tee-tee-tew” similar to Purple Finch’s “tee-hee-you-wee,” but usually higher in pitch, more relaxed (more space between notes and less rushed), clearer, and with a more “tingling” quality. We hope everyone has a fun, safe, socially-distanced season counting birds during the upcoming CBCs.Ĭall Descriptions: A series of high, sweet, tingling, and often faint whistles (usually 2-4 whistles in a series).įlight call: “Tee-tee-tew” yellowlegs type call We hope this helps people tell apart the Pine Grosbeak “tee-tee-tew” from the similar “tee-hee-you-wee” of Purple Finch, or the dry, mechanical “chyet-chyet-chyet ” of the White-winged Crossbill from the quicker, more chattery and complex “tchet-tchet-tchet” of the Common Redpoll. Finches can be challenging to tell apart when flying over, but they can be identifiable with a little practice. We should add that for this simple guide, where we cover just primarily the two main calls for each species, that we are defining a “call” as a brief sound of simple acoustic structure- a jip, cheeer, klee-you, cheep, chatter, etcĪs we gear up for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count period, taking place from mid- December into early January, we wanted to get this simple, eastern-focused flight call primer out to the finch community so one could sharpen their field ID skills. A number of people in the Finches, Irruptions and Mast Crops FB group mentioned that it would be nice to have one place they could easily go to as a quick Audio Flight Call ID guide. A few weeks back when we knew an epic finch flight was on our doorsteps, there was increasing discussion about finch flight calls and how tricky they can be to identify or tell apart from one another.
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