Sound Moment · Catskills Scrub Chorus, Warbler and Sparrow Voices
Chipping Sparrow: Dry mechanical trill from far off
A Chipping Sparrow rattles a flat, dry trill behind it, steady and insect-like.
Catskills Scrub Chorus, Warbler and Sparrow Voices
shrubby young-growth hillside, late May · May 21, 2026
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Sound Moments
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- A Chestnut-sided Warbler leads off with a bright pleased-pleased-pleased-to-MEETCHA.
- A Chipping Sparrow rattles a flat, dry trill behind it, steady and insect-like.
- A Common Yellowthroat closes with a rolling, bouncing witchity-witchity, clear and tonal up front.
Full transcript
- A Chestnut-sided Warbler leads off with a bright pleased-pleased-pleased-to-MEETCHA.
- A Chipping Sparrow rattles a flat, dry trill behind it, steady and insect-like.
- A Common Yellowthroat closes with a rolling, bouncing witchity-witchity, clear and tonal up front.
What you're hearing
- Time0:02 into the recording
- BirdChipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Sounds likedry mechanical trill from far off
- WhereCatskills
More from this recording
- 0:00Chestnut-sided Warbler: Pleased-pleased-pleased-to-MEETCHA warbler phrasesounds like pleased-pleased-pleased-to-MEETCHA warbler phrase
- 0:05Common Yellowthroat: Rolling witchity-witchity from the thicketsounds like rolling witchity-witchity from the thicket
Drill this voice and the rest of the dawn chorus in short, audio-first lessons.
Get Wings & WhistlesThe recording is a real field capture, but this species call is identified as probable rather than confirmed, so the page is described conservatively and kept out of search for now. The full recording has the complete soundscape.