Sound Moment · Catskills Scrub Chorus, Warbler and Sparrow Voices
Common Yellowthroat: Rolling witchity-witchity from the thicket
A Common Yellowthroat closes with a rolling, bouncing witchity-witchity, clear and tonal up front.
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
- Time0:05 into the recording
- BirdCommon Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Sounds likerolling witchity-witchity from the thicket
- WhereCatskills
More from this recording
- 0:00Chestnut-sided Warbler: Pleased-pleased-pleased-to-MEETCHA warbler phrasesounds like pleased-pleased-pleased-to-MEETCHA warbler phrase
- 0:02Chipping Sparrow: Dry mechanical trill from far offsounds like dry mechanical trill from far off
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.