Birdsong for the
Curious Naturalist

Baltimore oriole

Chapter 2: Birds and Their Sounds
Subchapter: Female song and duets
From page 18 in the book.

♫54. Multiple male-female song exchanges excerpted from several hours on a May morning. She often sings a complete, complex song from the nest (we-chew-dle-wee-dle-wee-dle-weet); he sometimes offers his complete song, tew tew twe twe, two low notes followed by two high notes, but often sings only one or two of the low notes. Accompanying the orioles are a warbling vireo (e.g., 0:20, 0:27) and a black-and-white warbler (six songs best heard from 1:50 to 2:51). May 28, 2005. Norwottuck Rail Trail, Amherst, Massachusetts. (3:20)