"Then came a time when to have a bicycle, and to have learned to ride it, and to be at last spinning along ones's own, early in the morning, under trees, in and out of shadows, was like entering paradise"
C.S. Lewis
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Prothonotary Warbler-courtesy of Steven Klinger
Prothonotary Warbler
Hockhocking Adena Trail
Here you will find the list of birds you can expect to see and hear along this trail. Follow along with the guide to find the following stops and listen to the audio clips below.
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Listen for these songs in the corresponding stops. Descriptions of the songs will help to distinguish which species you are hearing in the field.
Stops 1-4
Common Yellowthroat"Witchety Whichety Whichety"
Indigo Bunting"fire fire where where here here"
Song Sparrow-"intro notes followed by musical trill"
Field Sparrow-"Ping ball down a stairway"
Eastern Meadowlark-"Mellow Whistle"
Stops 4-5
White-eyed Vireo"Check for the beer please"
Northern Mockingbird"Mimic: repeat phase 3-5X"
Stops 5-6
Tuffted Titmouse"Peter Peter Peter"
Prothonotary Warbler"Sweet Sweet Sweet"
Yellow-breasted Chat"cat like calls, whistles, croaks"
Eastern Towhee"Drink your teaa" or "chewink"
Carolina Wren"Tea kettle 3x"
Northern Parula"Zip with an abrupt ending"
White-Breasted Nuthatch"nasal yank"
Stops 6-7
Stops 7-8
Ovenbird-"teacher teacher teacher"
Hooded Warbler-"Loud trit twee, twee twee teoo"
Wood Thrush"Flute-like ee lolah aholee
Acadian Flycatcher "Pizza!"
Lousiana Waterthrush"jumbled descending phrases"
Cerulean Warbler "Buzzy three part beer beer beer sisi zreee""
Easter Wood Pewee-"pewee Peooo"
American Redstart"series of tsi tsi tsi tseeo"
Scarlet Tanager"Slurred Robin-like phrases "
Yellow-Throated Vireo "slurred paried notes "
Red-eyed Vireo"continuous up here see me in the tree"
Stop 8
Eastern PhoebeRepeats Name-Phoebe
Chipping Sparrow-"dry trill"
Mourning Dove-"Mournful cooing"
Yellow Warbler"Sweet sweet sweet I'm so sweet"
Northern Cardinal "what cheer cheer cheer"
Catbird song 1 Cat Mewing
Catbird song 2 scrambled mimic notes
Moonville Tunnel Trail
Stop 1-2
Cerulean Warbler
Buzzy three part "beer beer beer sisi zreee"
American Crow
Loud: "kaw kaw kaw"
Northern Parula
Zip with an abrupt ending
Stop 2-3
Great-Crested Flycatcher
loud, boisterous: "bereep or wheep"
Acadian Flycatcher
Explosive: "Pizza!"
Woodthrush
Flute-like: "eelolah eelolee" note: this individual bird has a distinct slide-whistle added to the otherwise typical song.
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Stops 3-4
Common Yellow-throat
Three-part: "Witchety-Witchety-Whichety"
White-eyed Vireo
"check for the beer please"
Eastern Towhee
"drink your teaaa" song
Eatern Towhee
"Chewink" call
Hooded Warbler
Loud and fast: "twee twee twee -teoo" last phrase strongly accented.
Warbling Vireo- audio coming soon
Stops 4-6
Woodthrush
Flute-like: "eelolah eelolee" .
Carolina Wren