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![Yellow-rumped Warbler](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nature-3189037-640x427.jpg)
Setophaga coronata
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Voice: Song- high-pitched musical trill with a variable ending. Call-the common call is a dry check. Yellow-rumped warblers, other wised known as butter butts, are one of the first migrant... more
![Yellow-bellied Sapsucker](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-6019411-640x427.jpg)
Sphyrapicus varius
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Voice: Nasal, catlike meowing; drumming sound like Morse code. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers are primarily forest dwelling birds but they tend to favor young woodlands and riparian habitats. They are the only... more
![White-breasted Nuthatch](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nuthatch-351395-640x384.jpg)
Sitta carolinensis
White-breasted Nuthatch
Voice: Males late winter and spring low-pitched wha-wha-wha. Year round, both sexes loud, nasal yank repeated a few times in a row. White-breasted nuthatches are common feeder birds found year... more
![Red-headed Woodpecker](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/woodpecker-215057-scaled-1-640x345.jpg)
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-headed Woodpecker
Voice: “kweer , kweer, kweer” While the red-headed woodpecker is not one of the most common birds at The Holden Arboretum, it is one of the most noteworthy. According to... more
![Red-bellied Woodpecker](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/patrice-bouchard-qoDak42L9c8-unsplash-scaled-e1616012647934-640x360.jpg)
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Voice: Harsh rolling churr by both sexes or a cha, cha, cha by mates In early spring red-bellied woodpeckers in forests, woodlands, and wooded suburbs tap on trees, gutters, roofs... more
![Great Horned Owl](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/daniel-tuttle-Y7iqTU2eLaI-unsplash-scaled-1-640x418.jpg)
Bubo virginianus
Great Horned Owl
Voice: hoo- hoohoohoo—-hoo-hoo. Females produce higher pitched hoots. Great Horned Owls are the largest and most powerful of the common owls in Northeastern Ohio. They are found year round in... more
![Brown Creeper](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tree-creeper-4911784-scaled-1-640x458.jpg)
Certhia americana
Brown Creeper
Voice: very high pitched see-see-titi-see or see see This small, well-camouflaged bird of woodlands has a unique foraging technique. Adapted for “creeping” on tree trunks and large branches the Brown... more
![Blue-headed Vireo](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Vireo_solitarius_by_Melissa_McMasters-640x427.jpg)
Vireo solitarius
Blue-headed Vireo
Voice: Males: song can be rendered as “here I am, where are you, over here.” It is a bit slower than a Red-eyed Vireo. Blue–headed vireos are the only vireo that makes use of mixed forests, where conifers and deciduous trees grow... more
![Blue Jay](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sandi-mager-zJ35AoII06Y-unsplash-640x427.jpg)
![Blue-gray Gnatcatcher](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ray-hennessy-YCh5-MpB6C8-unsplash-640x426.jpg)
Polioptila caerulea
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Voice: Song: series of thin notes which may contain mimicry notes of other birds; Call: soft, nasal “Spee, Spee.” Blue-gray gnatcatchers are the northernmost occurring species of gnatcatcher family, and... more
![American Redstart](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/American_Redstart_Setophaga_ruticilla_17192242094-640x427.jpg)