Veery Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
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Sounds

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New York, June 15, 2019Recorded by Roselvy Juárez / Macaulay Library
Song
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Maryland, June 07, 1998Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Song and calls
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New York, July 08, 1960Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library
Song and calls
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New York, July 07, 2019Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
Calls
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New York, June 04, 2011Recorded by Matthew D. Medler / Macaulay Library
Calls
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New York, June 16, 2020Recorded by Brad Walker / Macaulay Library
Calls
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Illinois, May 25, 2019Recorded by Matt Wistrand / Macaulay Library
Calls
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New York, May 10, 2017Recorded by Brad Walker / Macaulay Library
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New York, June 11, 1998Recorded by Charles Duncan / Macaulay Library
Alarm calls
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New Hampshire, June 26, 2020Recorded by Christopher McPherson / Macaulay Library

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Songs

The name “Veery” was inspired by the song that males use to defend territory. A series of variations on veer, the song descends slightly in pitch, and resonates as if whirling around inside a metal pipe. A group of nineteenth-century observers called it “an inexpressibly delicate metallic utterance…accompanied by a fine trill which renders it truly seductive.”

Calls

Veeries emit a variety of whistled, squealed, and chattering calls. The most common is a distinctive, abrupt veer or jeer note that can make these birds easy to find even when they are not singing.