Northern Yellow Warbler Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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New York, May 09, 2017Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
Song
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New York, June 18, 2019Recorded by Brad Walker / Macaulay Library
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Idaho, June 12, 2014Recorded by Laura Gooch / Macaulay Library
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South Dakota, May 21, 2013Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Dawn song
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Maryland, May 15, 1998Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Calls
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Maryland, April 29, 2000Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Tink calls
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New York, May 11, 1964Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library
Flight calls
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New York, August 16, 2020Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
Juvenile calls
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New York, June 17, 2017Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males sing a sweet series of 6–10 whistled notes that accelerate over the course of the roughly 1-second song and often end on a rising note. The tone is so sweet that people often remember it with the mnemonic sweet sweet sweet I’m so sweet. The songs are a common sound of spring and early summer mornings and may be repeated as often as 10 times per minute.

Calls

Northern Yellow Warblers use a variety of short chip notes, some with a metallic sound and some with a lisping or buzzing quality. Males sometimes alternate chip notes with their songs, and females may answer a song with a high-pitched chip. Both sexes use a high, hissing note in territorial defense, and may confront cowbirds with a seet call.