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Learning to identify birdsong by ear can be a satisfying skill for anyone who has interest in birds and nature. In this podcast, birdsong recordist Rob Porter introduces you to the songs found in various habitats across North America.Recordings are by Rob Porter. Cover art is by Lauren Helton. https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/
Rob Porter hosts Birdsong Serenades, a science show with 27 episodes published.
It’s early morning and you’ve started the day off with a hike along a prairie scrubland — there’s few or no trees, and the small shrubs that are present reach no more than a foot off the ground. As you hike you keep hear
Let’s say you’re taking a walk down a prairie road in early June. The land is fairly flat, there are few if any trees or shrubs taller than a couple feet. In a field alongside you, you begin to hear this song... It’s fai
It’s late in the bird breeding season. Very late.. perhaps early September, somewhere in the Great Lakes region. Many species stopped singing with any regularity weeks ago, but on a late evening hike, you’re hearing one
Imagine that it is mid-June, and you’re hiking in a forest. You hear this one birdsong. With very few (if any) breaks between these repeated phrases. You’re not sure, but you think there might be several of these birds.
The Common Yellowthroat is more heard than seen. A typical encounter might be something like this: You’re hiking a trail somewhere, and you hear this song. You look over to where it came from and see a patch of cattail r
This episode will focus on the Wood Thrush. You may notice a bit of a tweak to the format of this series, it’s something new I’d like to try, and if feedback is positive I’d like to begin re-releasing episodes with the n
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet has a lengthy and fascinating song for such a tiny songbird. It starts off with soft high notes, then break into a musical twittering, and concludes with a loud series of phrases. It’s a strange
To many in North America, the Northern Cardinal is the first birdsong of the season one will hear. If you listen often enough though, you might hear one singing at any time of the year. The song can be a “purr deep purr
The American Robin is very common songbird found across North America, and is often considered the quintessential “sign of spring” for many people. Their song is complex, but can often be boiled down to variations upon t
The Eastern Towhee has one of the most famous mnemonics of all of North America's songbirds. "Drink Your Tea" describes the most common song of this species, though it has some variations to this. Its' call, interestingl
The Hooded Warbler's range just barely touches into southern Ontario, and is usually associated with the extreme south -- the forests near the shore of Lake Erie. This yellow warbler with a distinct black hood is a Carol
The Eastern Meadowlark is a bright, loud, and cheery presence in tallgrass prairies and farmland across eastern North America, the Central Americas and parts of South America. The male’s song generally consists of 3-5 pl
The Hermit Thrush is a forest songbird with a drab brown plumage, and well-known melancholy song. They lurk in the understories of northern forests in the summer, and the southern forests in the winter. Their song begins
The Chipping Sparrow has what can be called in most regions a cryptic song. What is meant by this, is it can sound very similar to some other species. Its trill is similar to Swamp Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Pine Warbler,
The House Wren is a small but powerful and frequent singer. Both males and females will sing during breeding season. The songs are bubbly, and abruptly move from note to note. To me they can be reminiscent of a warbler s
The Yellow Warbler is one of the most widespread of all the warblers of North America, and are well-known by their bright colour and cheery song. Their most common song is a loud “sweet sweet sweeter than sweet”, but the
The Field Sparrow is a small warm-coloured brown bird found in tallgrass priaries, and old fields with shrubs and small trees. Their song starts off with slow, repeated notes, then accelerates to the point where it almos
The Rusty Blackbird was once an abundant, common blackbird species. In the last fifty years, its population has had a rapid decline, losing between 85 and 99 per cent of its population. If you've never heard one or seen
The Red-winged Blackbird is one of the most recognizable and abundant birds in North America. The males show bright red-and-yellow epaulets upon their wings, in stark contrast to their otherwise charcoal appearance. When
The Swamp Sparrow has what can be called in most regions a cryptic song. What is meant by this, is it can sound very similar to some other species. Its trill is similar to Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Pine Warbler,
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