Bird Song

Abstract

Bird Song Tony Eprile (bio) Song is of a squeaky quality, with little or no repetition.It is a poor imitator.Song is a series of very high, thin, separate, slurred notes.Call is a slurred chewink.Song, drink-your-tea.Song is melodious notes and trills, interruptedby unmusical buzzes. Song isa clear high whistle, Old SamPeabody PeabodyPeabody.Song isloud and bubbling. Call isa sad, whistled ho-say mari-a.Song isa loud melodiouswhistle,whip-three-beers.Calls arelow, short, and hoarse;also a rattle.Calls are similar to preceding species.Sexes arealike.Song is a short high trill.Call is a low, slurred moan.Call is a high, faint scream.Call is a loud repetition of its name.Call is a high-pitched, sad weep. Catbird. Cape May Warbler. Rufous-Sided Towhee. Lark Sparrow. White-Sided Sparrow. House Wren. Coue’s Flycatcher. Olive-Sided Flycatcher. Northern Three-Toed Woodpecker. Red-Bellied Woodpecker. Arctic Warbler. Common Eider. Red-Tailed Hawk. Chachalaca. Lapwing. Transcriptions are from Birds of North America, Robbins, Bruun, Zim, and Singer. Golden Press, 1966. [End Page 600] Tony Eprile tony eprile is a photographer, amateur naturalist, and writer who lives in Bennington, VT. His novel The Persistence of Memory was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and won the Koret Jewish Book prize. He completed a memoir about his family’s move from South Africa to England and is working on a novel. He teaches in Lesley University’s low-residency graduate program. Copyright © 2016 The Massachusetts Review, Inc.