White-breasted nuthatch
Chapter 2: Birds and Their Sounds
Subchapter: Birds sing and call
From page 9 in the book.
Photo by Wil Hershberger
♫6. Song. Five slow, then five fast songs. April 8, 2012. Whately, Massachusetts. (1:12)
♫7. Here's the longer recording from which the above was excerpted. How many slow and how many fast songs? What's the nuthatch in the background doing? (6:59)
♫8. All fast songs? How many? April 9, 2012. Whately, Massachusetts. (3:50)
♫9. Song, followed by calls. Fast or slow songs, how many? April 20, 2014. Atlanta, Michigan. (2:24)
♫10. Song. Believed to be the same bird as in ♫9, a day later. Fast or slow, how many? April 21, 2014. Atlanta, Michigan. (1:41)
♫11. Calls; a male and female converse intimately in soft yanks and twitters as they forage near each other. June 25, 2014. Conway, Massachusetts. (1:23)