For recordings of bird songs, call 612-673-7800, and when prompted press the following four-digit numbers:
1222 American crow
1223 black-billed magpie
1224 common raven
1225 Northern flicker
1226 warbling vireo
Recordings from the Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Try the lab's website: www.birds.cornell.edu.
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