Birding By Ear

In this episode we listen to all six species of Towhee that live in the Unite States and Canada. We begin with Spotted Towhee at 01:54, Green-Tailed Towhee at 03:23, Abert's Towhee 06:05 California Towhee at 07:30 Canyon Towhee at 10:41 Eastern Towhee 11:52 Calls 14:12 and a recap starts at 20:12. 

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Happy Spring and Happy Birding. 

A very special episode dedicated to a future birding trip to the Norhtern Great Plains of the United States where my friends and I hope to find Baird's Sparrow (4:04) LeConte's Sparrow (5:36) Nelson's Sparrow (9:19) Henslow's Sparrow (11:05) Sprague's Pipit (12:41) and Yellow Rail (16:00). A review of call notes begins on (17:58). 

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Birds in the Thrush family have some of the most beautiful and celebrated bird songs in North America. Today we will listen to the Swainson's Thrush (2:33) Hermit Thrush (7:01) Varied Thrush (10:06) Townsend's Solitaire (11:35) and Mountain Bluebird (14:39). And I briefly mention Wood Thrush (20:45) Verry (21:22) and Grey-cheeked Thrush (22:00). 

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Other helpful sites for birds sounds include: National Audubon Society www.allaboutbirds.org ebird.org and xeno-canto.org

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I have always been fascinated at how some of our smallest birds seem to make such big sounds. Today we learn and listen to Red-breasted Nuthatch (1:09) White-breasted Nuthatch (4:36) Pygymy Nuthatch (8:08) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (10:35) Golden-crowned Kinglet (13:50) and lastly Brown Creeper (17:06). 

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Just a little preview of what I'm calling season three! Spring is just around the corner and before we know it the birds will be back singing their hearts out. Now is a perfect time to refresh our memories on what our feathered friends sound like.  It's hard to believe this is my third year of making a podcast. I still learn something new every episode, both about how to make a podcast and how to identify birds by sound. This is just a little episode I put together to reintroduce this podcast and myself. New episodes will be coming out soon so stay tuned. I would love to hear your comments, questions, suggestions, or send them to [email protected] also check out the podcast website here. Happy birding and thanks for listening. 

Welcome to a special Halloween themed episode featuring Owls. Please remember not to harass owls. We listen to Great Horned Owl (4m11s), Long Eared Owl (5m42s), Barred Owl (8m44s) Western Screech-Owl (10m6s) Northern Pygmy-Owl and Northern Saw-whet Owl (11m35s). 

More information about Long Eared Owl https://partnersinflight.org/species/long-eared-owl/ 

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Have a great spooky month and I will see in December and then spring.  

Today we listen to six species of birds as we compare three pairs of birds, one that primarily lives at high elevation with a similar species that lives at lower elevation. We listen to Black-Capped Chickadee, and Mountain Chickadee (1:21), Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay and Steller's Jay (with a brief mention of California Scrub-Jay) (11:41) and finally House Finch and Cassin's Finch (16:47). 

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This episode we talk about the Yellow-breasted Chat (2:44) and three species of Gnatcatchers. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (7:03), Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (11:01) and California Gnatcatcher (13:10). 

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Article about the difference between Easter and Western Blue-gray Gnatcatchers http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/3518

Article about Black-capped Gnatcatchers http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/3553

Other helpful websites: www.allaboutbirds.org https://www.audubon.org/

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Its time to learn some more warbler sounds. Today I focus on Yellow-rumped Warbler (3:06), MacGillivray's Warbler (6:30), and Wilson's Warbler (9:45). Calls begin at (14:11). 

Three Warbling Songsters https://birdingbyearpodcast.podbean.com/e/three-warbling-songsters/

Other resources: https://ebird.org/home https://www.allaboutbirds.org/ https://www.audubon.org/

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Birds that live in the marsh and like to hide from birders. Today we discuss Sora (1:09) Virginia Rail (5:05) American and Least Bittern (8:25) Wilson's Snipe (13:00). 

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