Sounds

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Acadian Flycatcher
SB
"Pee-zay bird"
American Goldfinch
YR
"Wild Canary"
American Redstart
M
"Candelita (Spanish — "little candle")"
American Robin
YR
"Robin"
American White Pelican
WV
"White Pelican"
Anhinga
SB
"Snake Bird"
Bald Eagle
YR
"American Eagle"
Barn Swallow
SB
"Swallow"
Barred Owl
YR
"Hoot Owl"
Belted Kingfisher
YR
"Lazy Bird (old Southern)"
Black-and-white Warbler
M
"Zebra Warbler"
Black-throated Blue Warbler
M
"BTBW (birder abbreviation)"
Black-throated Green Warbler
M
"BTNW (birder abbreviation)"
Blue Jay
YR
"Jaybird"
Broad-winged Hawk
M
"Broadwing"
Brown Thrasher
YR
"Thrasher"
Canada Warbler
M
"CAWA (birder abbreviation)"
Carolina Chickadee
YR
"Dee-dee bird"
Carolina Wren
YR
"Great Carolina Wren"
Cedar Waxwing
WV
"Waxwing"
Cerulean Warbler
SB
"CERW (birder abbreviation)"
Chestnut-sided Warbler
M
"Pleased-to-meetcha"
Chimney Swift
SB
"Flying Cigar"
Chuck-will's-widow
SB
"Chuck"
Common Loon
WV
"Great Northern Diver"
Common Yellowthroat
SB
"Masked Warbler"
Cooper's Hawk
YR
"Chicken Hawk"
Dark-eyed Junco
WV
"Snowbird"
Downy Woodpecker
YR
"Little Woodpecker"
Eastern Bluebird
YR
"Bluebird of Happiness"
Eastern Kingbird
SB
"Tyrant"
Eastern Meadowlark
YR
"Meadowlark"
Eastern Phoebe
YR
"Phoebe"
Eastern Towhee
YR
"Towhee"
Golden-winged Warbler
M
"GWWA (birder abbreviation)"
Gray Catbird
SB
"Catbird"
Great Blue Heron
YR
"Big Cranky"
Great Crested Flycatcher
SB
"GCF"
Great Egret
YR
"Great White Egret"
Great Horned Owl
YR
"Hoot Owl"
Greater Yellowlegs
M
"Big Yellowlegs"
Hermit Thrush
WV
"Swamp Angel"
Hooded Warbler
SB
"Hoodie"
Indigo Bunting
SB
"Blue Canary"
Kentucky Warbler
SB
"Kentucky"
Killdeer
YR
"Killdee"
Least Bittern
SB
"Small Bittern"
Louisiana Waterthrush
SB
"LOWA (birder abbreviation)"
Magnolia Warbler
M
"Maggie"
Mississippi Kite
SB
"Grasshopper Hawk"
Mourning Dove
YR
"Turtle Dove (Southern folk name)"
Northern Cardinal
YR
"Redbird"
Northern Flicker
YR
"Yellowhammer"
Northern Mockingbird
YR
"Mocker"
Northern Parula
SB
"Parula"
Osprey
SB
"Fish Hawk"
Ovenbird
M
"Teacher Bird"
Pileated Woodpecker
YR
"Lord God Bird (informal; properly the Ivory-bill)"
Pine Warbler
SB
"Pine"
Prairie Warbler
SB
"Prairie"
Prothonotary Warbler
SB
"Golden Swamp Warbler"
Purple Martin
SB
"Martin"
Red-bellied Woodpecker
YR
"Zebra Woodpecker"
Red-eyed Vireo
SB
"Preacher Bird"
Red-shouldered Hawk
YR
"Bottomland Hawk"
Red-tailed Hawk
YR
"Redtail"
Red-winged Blackbird
YR
"Red-wing"
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
WV
"Kinglet"
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
SB
"Hummer"
Sandhill Crane
M
"Crane"
Scarlet Tanager
M
"Firebird (folk)"
Snow Goose
WV
"Blue Goose (dark morph — same species)"
Solitary Sandpiper
M
"Solitary Tattler"
Summer Tanager
SB
"Summer Redbird"
Swainson's Warbler
SB
"SWWA (birder abbreviation)"
Tennessee Warbler
M
"Tennessee"
Tufted Titmouse
YR
"Peter-bird"
Turkey Vulture
YR
"Buzzard"
Warbling Vireo
SB
"WAVI (birder abbreviation)"
White-breasted Nuthatch
YR
"Upside-down Bird"
White-eyed Vireo
SB
"Whip-John-with-it"
White-throated Sparrow
WV
"Old Sam Peabody"
Wild Turkey
YR
"Turkey"
Wood Duck
YR
"Woodie"
Wood Thrush
M
"Forest Flute"
Worm-eating Warbler
SB
"WEWA (birder abbreviation)"
Yellow Warbler
M
"Summer Yellowbird"
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
SB
"Rain Crow"
Yellow-breasted Chat
SB
"Chat"
Yellow-rumped Warbler
WV
"Butter-butt"
Yellow-throated Vireo
SB
"YTVI (birder abbreviation)"
Yellow-throated Warbler
SB
"YTW"