Songs
- Male advertising song
Washington April 1990
- Pair duet
Washington March 1990
Courtesy of Macaulay Library
© Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Song of male is an even hoot, repeated every two to four seconds.
Calls
- Female nest call
California April 1987
- Female nest call
Recorded by Lang Elliott
New York March 1992
- Male wing-clap and female nest call
Washington May 1990
- Male bark alarm
New Jersey May 1961
- Female bark alarm
New Jersey March 1963
- Alarm call
New Jersey March 1963
- High intensity alarm call and bill-clap
Recorded by Lang Elliott
Manitoba, Canada June 1993
- Alarm call given in flight
New Jersey March 1963
- Low intensity alarm call and bill-clap
New Jersey March 1963
- Distraction squeal
Recorded by Lang Elliott
Manitoba, Canada June 1993
- Bill-clap and hiss
New Jersey March 1963
- Fledgling begging call
Vermont June 2005
Courtesy of Macaulay Library
© Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Alarm calls vary; most common alarm call resembles barking.