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Veery Sounds

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© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay Library New York, May 01, 2004

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North Dakota, June 05, 1988Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
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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.

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