Yellow-rumped Warbler

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 Warbler

Setophaga petechia

Yellow Warbler

Voice: Sweet, high and clear notes, “Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, I’m so sweet.” Yellow warblers are one of the easiest warblers to recognize in Ohio. They are properly named yellow warbler... more

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

Wood Thrush

Voice: Song-a series of rich flute-like notes “ee-oh-lay.” Call-a rapid “pit-pit-pit.” Considered one of the most common woodland birds of the east, wood thrushes are best known for their ethereal... more

Winter Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

Winter Wren

Winter wrens were first described in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. It is the only wren to be found outside the Americas, occurring also in... more

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichio albicollis

White-throated Sparrow

Voice: Song: Clear whistles of “Oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada,” Call: Sharp, Volatile, “Chink.”  Across most of the eastern and southern U.S, white-throated sparrows are familiar backyard fall and winter birds. They can be found along edges of woodlots, hedgerows, thickets, and in city parks during the winter. The two different... more

White-breasted Nuthatch

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

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

Tufted Titmouse

Voice: Song: Peter, Peter, Peter; Call: scratchy scolding tsee-day-day-day Tufted Titmice are common in deciduous or mixed evergreen deciduous forests below 2,000 feet in elevation. They typically like areas with... more

Scarlet Tanager

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

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Arcilochus colubris

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Voice: Males sing a constant series of monotonous chips early in the day. Both sexes make high chips and speaks while in flight or being chased.  Ruby-throated hummingbirds are found in open deciduous woodlands of... more

Red-winged Blackbird

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

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

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

Northern Cardinal

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

Louisiana Waterthrush

Seiurus motacilla

Louisiana Waterthrush

Voice: three- four clear, whistled introductory notes that are a slurred upward, followed by a variable complex jumble of short, rapidly twitters. Call is brisk chick or chink. Louisiana waterthrushes... more

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferous

Killdeer

Voice: loud repetitive shrill; sound like name “kill-deer” Killdeer are one of the most familiar plover in North America. Their arrival in March is one of the signals of the... more

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Great Crested Flycatcher

Great crested flycatchers breed in the canopy of eastern deciduous forests. They can breed along edges of forest, and don’t require big stretches of unbroken forest canopy to thrive. In... more

Gray Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

Gray Catbird

Just as their common name implies, gray catbirds are gray in color and have a call which sounds like a cat’s mew. They belong to the genus Dumetella, which means... more

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Regulus satrapa

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Voice: Song: high pitch tsee-tsee-tsee-tsee varies in number Call: thin tsee note  Barely larger than a hummingbird, golden-crowned kinglets have a remarkable ability to endure cold climates. They can survive extreme temperature of -40 degrees. During nesting season, they can be seen high... more

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Field Sparrow

Voice: Song: Males: downward whistles descending to a bouncing ball trill Call: Both sexes: Seep or Chirp   Male field sparrows are easy to spot on an early spring or summer morning, perched low, singing loudly in open habitats. Their descending bouncing ball trill can be heard in shrubby grasslands, overgrown agricultural fields, fencerows, and forest edges. They tend to sing... more

Eastern Screech-Owl

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

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Eastern Kingbird

Common and noticeable in summer, eastern kingbirds are often seen perched on a tree branches or fence posts in fields or along forest edges where water is present. They are... more

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Downy Woodpecker

Voice: Call: pik note and descending whinny Drum: a soft roll- about 17 beats a second  Downy woodpeckers are the smallest, most widespread, woodpecker in North America. In winter they often join mixed species flocks of chickadees,... more

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Dark-eyed Junco

Voice: Song: Musical long dry trill Call: Chip note in series Dark-eyed juncos are thought of as the “snowbirds” of the temperate zone. Over most of the eastern United States... more

Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica

Chimney Swift

Voice: In flight the swift calls with a twittering of rapid repeating chirps. Roger Tory Peterson coined the term “a cigar with wings” to describe the unique shape of the... more

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