St. Joseph County Parks Bird Phrases

Acoustics Phonetics and Mnemonics Common Bird Phrases

  1. Eastern wood pewee - peeeawee peeyew
  2. Acadian flycatcher - peetza
  3. willow flycatcher - fitzbew
  4. least flycatcher - chebeck
  5. Eastern phoebe - feebee
  6. Black capped chickadee - chickadee dee dee sweet heart
  7. tufted titmouse - peter peter peter
  8. Carolina wren - tea kettle tea kettle tea kettle teak
  9. wood thrush - comenlivewithme uphearinatree
  10. American robin - cheerup springishere cheer up cheerily
  11. brown thrasher - plantit plantit hoeit hoeit pullitout
  12. white eyed vireo - quick pick up the beer check!
  13. yellow throated vireo - come here dearie
  14. warbling vireo - I'm here yes I’m here oh yes I’m here I’m here oh I’m here can you see me look up
  15. red -eyed vireo - look up I’m here see me I’m here
  16. blue winged warbler - beees buzzz
  17. golden winged warbler - beees buzz buzz
  18. yellow warbler - sweet sweet oh so sweet
  19. chestnut sided warbler - please please please to meet cha
  20. black throated blue warbler - I am so la-zy
  21. black throated green warbler - ZOO Zee ZOO ZOO zee trees trees murmuring trees
  22. cerulean warbler - zray zray zray zee
  23. ovenbird - teacher teacher teacher teacher!
  24. common yellowthroat - witchity witchity witchity witch
  25. rufous sided towhee - drink your teeeeeee
  26. song sparrow - maids maids maids put the teakettle on
  27. white throated sparrow - old sam peabody peabody peabody
  28. white crowned sparrow - I’m henry the eight I am
  29. red winged blackbird - kook la reeee
  30. Eastern meadowlark - spring of thee earth
  31. American goldfinch - potato chip potato chip
  32. olive sided flycatcher - quick three beers!
  33. hooded warbler - wheeta wheeta whiteo
  34. belted kingfisher - Baby rattle
  35. black and white warbler - rusty wheel on a wheel barrow
  36. rose breasted grosbeak - robin with voice lessons
  37. scarlet tanager - robin in a hurry with a cold
  38. magnolia warbler - pretty pretty rachel she knew she was right yes she knew she was night
  39. great homed owl - whooos awake meeee toooo
  40. barred owl - who cooks for you who cooks for y’all
  41. field sparrow - ping pong ball falling off of a table