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![Scarlet Tanager](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/scarlet-tanager-5853290-640x311.jpg)
Piranga olivacea
Scarlet Tanager
Voice: Song: 4-5 raspy phrases that sound like a robin with a sore throat Call: chick-burr Despite the males striking color scarlet tanagers can be difficult to spot in the summer. They spend most of their time in the dense canopy... more
![Red-winged Blackbird](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/joshua-j-cotten-7gDuiqLt_ZM-unsplash-scaled-1-640x427.jpg)
Agelaius phoeniceus
Red-winged Blackbird
Voice: Call gurgling “oak-a-lee.” a dry “chek” and “cheer.” Song starts with an abrupt note that turns into a musical trill often includes raspy “conk-a-ree.” Red-winged blackbirds are one of... 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
![Pileated Woodpecker](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pileated-woodpecker-3537684-scaled-1-640x451.jpg)
Dryocopus pileatus
Pileated Woodpecker
Voice: “cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk” This crow size bird is the largest woodpecker in Ohio. Although despite is size in large tracts of mature forest the Pileated Woodpecker is heard more often then... more
![Northern Cardinal](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/joshua-j-cotten-hysbirr-lYo-unsplash-scaled-1-640x427.jpg)
Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Cardinal
Voice: Repetition of short whistled phrases with some notes run together; sounds like birdy, birdy, birdy. Northern cardinals are probably the most easily recognized birds in Northeastern United States. They... more
![Eastern Screech-Owl](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/eastern-screech-owl-3526934-scaled-1-640x385.jpg)
Megascops asio
Eastern Screech-Owl
Voice: Both males and females. Males deeper voice Song: descending whinny like horse “nay” Call: soft hoots to loud barking calls; screeches with metallic beak click Eastern screech-owls are common owls in woodland areas... more