Small bird, NYC. Call identification required (1 Viewer)

[bonxie birder]

I was sent this by my niece in the botanical gardens. I’m afraid I don’t have a clue. Any someone please help? Note, you hardly see the bird so it needs to be identified by its call.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Sounds a little like our Nuthatch?

 

[bonxie birder]

Good shout, but I’ve listened to likely nuthatch species and they don’t seem quite right. I guess we’ll need to wait a few hours.

 

[Microtus]

It's a Northern Cardinal.

 

[Pinewood]

A male northern cardinal, I would think.

Stay safe,
Arthur

 

[Microtus]

I learned recently that female Northern Cardinals can sing, and sound exactly like males.

 

[bonxie birder]

Thank you to my friends across the Atlantic. Have no idea of nearctic songs or calls

 

[KC Foggin]

I would go with Northern Cardinal as well.

 

[nartreb]

Certainly sounds like a northern cardinal. There's a bird barely visible in the bottom of the frame at the end of the video, which could well be a female northern cardinal (dull color, dark face, large bright bill, seems to have a crest).

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Definitely a cardinal.

 

[kevinsl06]

It is indeed a Northern Cardinal, and probaly a male not definitely though. But beware of Carolina Wrens!

 

[pianoman]

Certainly sounds like a northern cardinal. There's a bird barely visible in the bottom of the frame at the end of the video, which could well be a female northern cardinal (dull color, dark face, large bright bill, seems to have a crest).

Yes the bird that flutters down onto a branch at the end of the video certainly looks like F Northern Cardinal to me too