The beautiful Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a 932-acre park located in the Sierra Pelona Mountains in northern Los Angeles County, California. This is an exclusive rock formation...
Wildlife Values of Conservation Trees and Shrubs
SHRUBS
CARAGANA (SIBERIAN PEASHRUB) (Caragana arborescens): Used for nesting by several songbirds and the...
The European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine songbird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. This...
The red-headed woodpecker call consists of a tchur-tchur or drumming on its territory. The bird produced a variety of cackles, chirps, and other loud...
Northern Lapwing call consists of loud, shrill ‘chew’ and a more plaintive ‘chew-ip’ (often rendered ‘pee-wit’). Display-flight ‘song’ consists of short ‘wee-ip’ calls in...
Call/Voice/Sound/Song
House sparrow call consists of various chirping calls. Typical are a strong ‘cheee-ep’, a looser ‘chissick’ and a monotonous ‘chip’. The male gives a...
Common Myna call is noisy and varied, ranging from harsh gurglings and subdued chattering to liquid whistles. On taking flight, gives a weak, rather...
Call/Voice/Drumming
The Three-toed Woodpecker call (Picoides tridactylus) is not very vocal. The bird has a short but rather soft contact call, ‘kyeuk’ or ‘kyuk’, usually...
The Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is generally of medium build, though its size varies substantially, ranging from as large as a California Towhee in...
Painted Honeyeater call is a melodious undulating whistle; churr. However, the song of Painted Honeyeater is stridently whistled tort-tee, tort-tee, or et-tee, et-tee. At the...