I am in the Missouri young birders club. In May we where doing an event where we would lead kids and their families on bird walks to find warblers. I didn’t know how to identify warblers by sound so I watched this video a lot. During the bird walks I used what I learned from the video to find warblers and I taught the mnemonic devises to the kids. Thank you so much for making this video and your channel!
As someone who has tried to record myself saying only 3 different phrases associated with bird songs or calls, I find it amazing that you were able to record that many without us being able to hear laughter in your voice. :D
@@BadgerlandBirding Not sure I can but in your fashion... parula: brrrrrrrrrr-tsip! whezy whezy whezy zzyzyzyz-tsip! Redstart male: (in the video) redstart female: pe-peep-pe-pepe-peep
Black-throated green, too. "zee-zee-zoo-zee" (zoo is lower). Also "zoo-zee-zoo-zoo-zee". But both have the same quality. Yellow warbler also has several alternatives, some that sound nothing like the "sweet, sweet, I am so sweet" standard. True for several others too -- but one has to start somewhere! I've heard orange-crowned and pine sound almost exactly like each other, though the typical calls tend to go one way or the other. It's not easy!
My kiddos came up with the mnemonic "cheese cheese in my knees" for a very gregarious pair of Black-throated Green Warblers at our campsite a few years back and here in Buffalo we love to say that they are singing "Let's go Buffalo!" :) Thanks for the video - always helpful for brushing up prior to spring!
OMG, I had more difficulty splitting hermit from Townsend's songs a couple of years ago... and lots of neck-craning, so I never was certain in many cases. I'm more familiar with our eastern warblers!!
@@wincoffin7985 Yep, I was born, raised, and I live in California. See TOWA all the time, see HEWA very rarely, BTYW something in between those, but I can never ever separate the songs. I am convinced it is impossible.
I just love listening to birds and this has made so exited, because we have heard many of the Warblers without knowing what bird was singing, very great help for us , who love birds!
I walk a lot of birding routes. Nowadays, I've learned and remembered bird songs (plus chips, calls, alarms etc.) much faster with Merlin Bird ID app by Cornell Lab. I started in the old days by playing bird song CDs while driving. I also birded alone and with mentors on Audubon field trips. I was determined to become an ear birder as much as possible.
I remember the year I finally learned some of the warbler songs, spring migration was so exciting on the Gulf coast! Thanks for creating this great resource!
Derek on my Grand Cherokee I have A ten disc C/D player in the back I have 6 CDs of Bird sounds that I listen to while I'm driving this is one the ways I learned bird sounds it is helped tremendously over the years .
I found myself watching & listening to my flock of finches when some strangely-patterned members of the crowd started whistling & singing. My college ornithology class was in 1986, and my notes & bird-call cassette tapes LONG gone. Fortunate then, that this YT channel exists, huh? It's been a great help. But why, exactly, do the juncos accompany these fellas? My Peterson book sheds no light on this phenomenon, can you?
My Mom had a couple Christmas decorations that you plugged in. They played bird calls. One was random blend of bird calls but the other was a blend of different Warblers for a long song. Her Parakeets, Cockatiel and Canary tried to imitate.
You gave some good, well-known mnemonics, but some of your recordings seemed a bit atypical and didn't fulfill the promise. Most obvious was that blackpoll, which really does fade in and out as you described, but the recording didn't illustrate that. I know the songs can be so variable from one individual to the next, and from one region to another... but one has to start somewhere! Anyway, thanks much -- I only recommend to others to listen to other recordings as well, as I'm sure everyone will if you're serious about learning the calls. It's not easy! It's especially challenging as some of the calls and little "chips" come into play, and the flight calls, too. There's really no substitute for years of time in the field, but I am amazed at the availability of good recordings now. When I was growing up, there was only one way: get into the field and track down that unknown song. Lots of good memories! Keep up the good work.
Bt Blue gives an alternate song that is very similar to Cerulean. I was definitely thrown last spring by a Bt Blue that was giving that song from high in the canopy. For the Blackpoll example, those were alarm calls, not its song.
I’ve been looking around to find a bird that I’ve heard but can’t seem to see. It makes a sort of a “Tweeeeeee, Tweeeeeee, tu,tu,tu,tu,tu”. It’s a little bit like 0:03. Been trying to identify the bird for months. I kinda need help 😅
I'm going to Tennessee later this year and I am really hoping to see a Swainson's Warbler! Thanks for this video, I now know what to listen for! Thanks, guys!
i think the Cornell Lab's Merlin bird ID app for smart phones is much better than trying to use a nice vid like this to discern warblers based on calls
Also Merlin sound ID can be a very useful tool, BUT I would never recommend relying on it. I threw it on last time I went birding and it mistook a Blue Jay for a catbird and a cowbird for an Eastern Wood-Pewee
Richard pointed out the Blackpoll Warbler audio is the call, here is the song: xeno-canto.org/670583
0:00 Introduction
0:23 Yellow-rumped Warbler
0:35 Black-and-white Warbler
0:49 Tennessee Warbler
1:05 Orange-crowned Warbler
1:21 Nashville Warbler
1:41 Northern Parula
1:55 Yellow Warbler
2:04 Magnolia Warbler
2:16 Cape May Warbler
2:30 Black-throated Green Warbler
2:44 Black-throated Blue Warbler
2:58 Chestnut-sided Warbler
3:08 Ovenbird
3:22 Blackburnian Warbler
3:52 American Redstart
4:07 Prothonotary Warbler
4:19 Hooded Warbler
4:30 Golden-winged Warbler
4:42 Blue-winged Warbler
4:54 Pine Warbler
5:08 Cerulean Warbler
5:23 Blackpoll Warbler
5:41 Common Yellowthroat
5:50 Louisiana Waterthrush
6:10 Northern Waterthrush
6:23 Mourning Warbler
6:35 Wilson's Warbler
6:47 Worm-eating Warbler
7:00 Canada Warbler
7:18 Kirtland's Warbler
7:28 Swainson's Warbler
7:44 Kentucky Warbler
7:58 Prairie Warbler
8:13 Yellow-throated Warbler
8:27 Bay-breasted Warbler
8:41 Connecticut Warbler
8:50 Palm Warbler
I am in the Missouri young birders club. In May we where doing an event where we would lead kids and their families on bird walks to find warblers. I didn’t know how to identify warblers by sound so I watched this video a lot. During the bird walks I used what I learned from the video to find warblers and I taught the mnemonic devises to the kids. Thank you so much for making this video and your channel!
That’s awesome! Happy to hear the video was helpful!
How many times did you burst out laughing while mimicking these songs during the voice-over? 😄
You have no idea 😂
This is VERY helpful. It would be even more helpful in memorizing if the name of the bird was continuously displayed until the next bird is shown. ;)
As someone who has tried to record myself saying only 3 different phrases associated with bird songs or calls, I find it amazing that you were able to record that many without us being able to hear laughter in your voice. :D
Parulas and redstarts have pretty different alternate songs that probably should have been mentioned
Feel free to add links to them
@@BadgerlandBirding Not sure I can but in your fashion...
parula:
brrrrrrrrrr-tsip!
whezy whezy whezy zzyzyzyz-tsip!
Redstart male: (in the video)
redstart female: pe-peep-pe-pepe-peep
Black-throated green, too. "zee-zee-zoo-zee" (zoo is lower). Also "zoo-zee-zoo-zoo-zee". But both have the same quality. Yellow warbler also has several alternatives, some that sound nothing like the "sweet, sweet, I am so sweet" standard. True for several others too -- but one has to start somewhere! I've heard orange-crowned and pine sound almost exactly like each other, though the typical calls tend to go one way or the other. It's not easy!
Oh so many beautiful warblers!
My kiddos came up with the mnemonic "cheese cheese in my knees" for a very gregarious pair of Black-throated Green Warblers at our campsite a few years back and here in Buffalo we love to say that they are singing "Let's go Buffalo!" :)
Thanks for the video - always helpful for brushing up prior to spring!
Difference between townsends, hermit, and black throated gray warbler songs?
Get a visual
Those are western warblers so I don’t think he would show them
West coast birders: am I a joke to you?
May or may not be working on a western version too 👀
OMG, I had more difficulty splitting hermit from Townsend's songs a couple of years ago... and lots of neck-craning, so I never was certain in many cases. I'm more familiar with our eastern warblers!!
@@wincoffin7985 Yep, I was born, raised, and I live in California. See TOWA all the time, see HEWA very rarely, BTYW something in between those, but I can never ever separate the songs. I am convinced it is impossible.
I just love listening to birds and this has made so exited, because we have heard many of the Warblers without knowing what bird was singing, very great help for us , who love birds!
Hi! Who is the bird singing in the background of the Cerulean Warbler (after the first play)? I grew up hearing that call and it’s so nostalgic!
The real clear one is Carolina Wren!
Thank you so very much for this! Very helpful!
Outstanding!!!
Have you guys on the Badgerland birding team seen the Kirtland's warbler in person?
Indeed we have on more than a few occasions!
@@BadgerlandBirding I envy you guys. it's my dream to go out birding with you fellows some day.
I walk a lot of birding routes. Nowadays, I've learned and remembered bird songs (plus chips, calls, alarms etc.) much faster with Merlin Bird ID app by Cornell Lab. I started in the old days by playing bird song CDs while driving. I also birded alone and with mentors on Audubon field trips. I was determined to become an ear birder as much as possible.
Best video ever!!!
this is amazing. i like warblers and this is a great video if you want to study warblers
I'm hoping to see some warblers this spring. You guys do a great job on ID sounds.
I remember the year I finally learned some of the warbler songs, spring migration was so exciting on the Gulf coast! Thanks for creating this great resource!
Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always, I am getting ready for the warblers migration in Cape May NJ in April 👍👌
Maybe see a cape may warbler at cape may!
I like this format, i wish there was more mnemonic devices to remember the calls better
I enjoy hearing the songs of warblers.
I can barely hear the palm warbler and Connecticut
Derek on my Grand Cherokee I have A ten disc C/D player in the back I have 6 CDs of Bird sounds that I listen to while I'm driving this is one the ways I learned bird sounds it is helped tremendously over the years .
I did that in the 90s. It did help a lot.
I found myself watching & listening to my flock of finches when some strangely-patterned members of the crowd started whistling & singing. My college ornithology class was in 1986, and my notes & bird-call cassette tapes LONG gone. Fortunate then, that this YT channel exists, huh? It's been a great help. But why, exactly, do the juncos accompany these fellas? My Peterson book sheds no light on this phenomenon, can you?
My Mom had a couple Christmas decorations that you plugged in. They played bird calls. One was random blend of bird calls but the other was a blend of different Warblers for a long song. Her Parakeets, Cockatiel and Canary tried to imitate.
Thank you !
You gave some good, well-known mnemonics, but some of your recordings seemed a bit atypical and didn't fulfill the promise. Most obvious was that blackpoll, which really does fade in and out as you described, but the recording didn't illustrate that. I know the songs can be so variable from one individual to the next, and from one region to another... but one has to start somewhere! Anyway, thanks much -- I only recommend to others to listen to other recordings as well, as I'm sure everyone will if you're serious about learning the calls. It's not easy! It's especially challenging as some of the calls and little "chips" come into play, and the flight calls, too. There's really no substitute for years of time in the field, but I am amazed at the availability of good recordings now. When I was growing up, there was only one way: get into the field and track down that unknown song. Lots of good memories! Keep up the good work.
This is amazing
Thanks for this video! I checked here while trying to ID a neighborhood warbler song, and now my brain is full. 😊
The black poll seems wrong to me
Blackpoll is the call not the song by mistake. Song is linked in the pinned comment
This was so helpful. Thank you!
8:04
Enjoyed 😉 thank you
Bt Blue gives an alternate song that is very similar to Cerulean. I was definitely thrown last spring by a Bt Blue that was giving that song from high in the canopy. For the Blackpoll example, those were alarm calls, not its song.
Oh yeah, you’re correct about the Blackpoll. I’ll make a note
I’ve been looking around to find a bird that I’ve heard but can’t seem to see. It makes a sort of a “Tweeeeeee, Tweeeeeee, tu,tu,tu,tu,tu”. It’s a little bit like 0:03. Been trying to identify the bird for months. I kinda need help 😅
Maybe try looking at the different Northern Cardinal songs
@@BadgerlandBirding Woah! I never knew that a bird I’ve been seeing all my life made that sound! Thank you so much kind sir!
I'm going to Tennessee later this year and I am really hoping to see a Swainson's Warbler! Thanks for this video, I now know what to listen for! Thanks, guys!
Or a TENNESSEE warbler!
@@OntarioBirding7538 😂
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i think the Cornell Lab's Merlin bird ID app for smart phones is much better than trying to use a nice vid like this to discern warblers based on calls
This video is for you to learn the songs so you know them when you go out, not really to use while you’re in the field.
Also Merlin sound ID can be a very useful tool, BUT I would never recommend relying on it. I threw it on last time I went birding and it mistook a Blue Jay for a catbird and a cowbird for an Eastern Wood-Pewee