Veery Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
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Sounds

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North Dakota, June 05, 1988Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Song and calls
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Maryland, June 21, 1998Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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Maryland, July 10, 1999Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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Vermont, July 06, 2008Recorded by Hope Batcheller | Macaulay Library
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New York, June 11, 1998Recorded by Charles Duncan | Macaulay Library

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Songs

The name “Veery” was inspired by the song that males use to defend territory. A series of variations on veer, the song descends slightly in pitch, and resonates as if whirling around inside a metal pipe. A group of nineteenth-century observers called it “an inexpressibly delicate metallic utterance…accompanied by a fine trill which renders it truly seductive.”

Calls

Veeries emit a variety of whistled, squealed, and chattering calls. The most common is a distinctive, abrupt veer or jeer note that can make these birds easy to find even when they are not singing.