Some bird calls are rambling jumbles of cheeps, chirps, squeals, squawks, and grunts. But sometimes birds sound like they’re actually trying to tell us something. Name these tunes: a cheat sheet to 10 pointed calls for your next birding adventure.
“Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you?” = Barred owl
“Sweet sweet I am so sweet” = Yellow warbler
“Tea-kett-le, tea-kett-le, tea-kett-le” = Carolina wren
“Cheerily, cheer up, cheer up, cheerily, cheer up” = American robin
“Pleased, pleased, pleased to meet-cha” = Chestnut-sided warbler
“Witchety, witchety, witchety, witch” = Common yellowthroat
“Po-ta-to chip” = American goldfinch
“CHEESE-burger” = Mountain chickadee
“Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck” = Common flicker
“Quick, three beers!” = Olive-sided flycatcher