Return of the Birds

Return of the Birds

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Return of the Birds episodes

  • An Invitation, Part 2
    The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.
    Intro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on Grass
    Outro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)
    Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at archive.org.
    Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
    Louisiana Waterthrush
    Nightingale
    Blue Grosbeak
    Bobolink
    Ovenbird
    Gray-cheeked Thrush
    Northern Waterthrush
    American Pipit
    Eastern Meadowlark
    26 min
  • The Invitation
    The final chapter of John Burrough's book, Wake-Robin. Burroughs invites you to become a birder, describing the thrill of seeing the natural world around you through a new lens.
    The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.
    Intro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on Grass
    Outro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)
    Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at or archive.org.
    Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
    Wood Duck
    Yellow-rumped Warbler
    Black-throated Green Warbler
    Red-eyed Viero
    White-eyed Viero
    Eastern Wood Pewee
    American Robin
    Wood Thrush
    Hermit Thrush
    Song Sparrow
    Vesper Sparrow
    Savannah Sparrow
    Purple Finch
    Winter Wren
    Ruby-crowned Kinglet
    27 min
  • Bluebird
    Chapter 7 of Wake-Robin, by naturalist John Burroughs.
    The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.
    Intro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on Grass
    Outro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)
    Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at archive.org.
    Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
    Eastern Bluebird
    European Robin
    Western Bluebird
    House Wren
    22 min
  • Birds’ Nests, Part 2
    The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.
    Intro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on Grass
    Outro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)
    Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at or archive.org.
    Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
    Blue Grosbeak
    Black-and-White Warbler
    Blue-headed Vireo
    Mourning Warbler
    Red-tailed Hawk
    Baltimore Oriole
    31 min
  • Birds’ Nests, Part 1
    Beginning Chapter 4 of Wake-Robin, by naturalist John Burroughs. A detailed look at the nesting habits of Red-headed Woodpeckers, Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers, Pine Siskins, Cedar Waxwings, Robins and  Indigo Buntings. Burroughs marvels at the dirty jobs parent birds must endure to keep their nests clean for their young. Any parent who has changed a dirty diaper can relate.
    The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.
    Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
    Cedar Waxwing
    Red-headed Woodpecker
    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
    American Robin
    Black-capped Chickadee
    Indigo Bunting
    Intro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on Grass
    Outro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)
    Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at or archive.org.
    32 min
  • The Lower and Upper Ironworks and the Abandoned Town, Tahawus
    The second half of the third Chapter, the Adirondacks. Continuing with a timeless bit of bird therapy, Burroughs wakes from a nap in the woods to find himself under scrutiny of the wood birds. Visiting Lake Sanford, fishing in Nate’s Pond and a 12 mile hike to the Lower Ironworks with views of Mount Mercy, Mount Macinyre and Mount Golden, the monarchs of the Adirondacks. Exploring the Upper Ironworks town of Tahawus, and nearby Henderson Lake.The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:Black-capped ChickadeeCedar WaxwingRuby-throated HummingbirdPine SiskinVesper SparrowBlackbirdSolitary SandpiperIntro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on GrassOutro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at or archive.org.
    23 min
  • The Adirondacks
    The start of chapter three of Wake-Robin by naturalist, John Burroughs. Burroughs and a group of fishing companions depart for the Boreas Reach near Lake Placid, New York. Burroughs demonstrates his skill as a trout fisherman, earning the respect of their guide.Hunting at night on an open lake, the starlight reflected in the center gave the dark timberline at the water’s edge a belt of utter blackness, a portal between the real and the imaginary, the land of shadows  and specters.The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:Purple FinchPine SiskinVesper SparrowWhite-throated SparrowAmerican RobinWhite-breasted NuthatchIntro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on GrassOutro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at archive.org.
    27 min
  • The Forenoon Chorus of Finches, Thrushes and Warblers
    This episode concludes the second chapter of Wake-Robin, by John Burroughs. Lounging on a couch of moss in the shady woods, the gentleman rambler and naturalist allows his attention to wander from species to species. He points out the the Ruby-throated Hummingbird and the song of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager. He marvels at the Purple Linnet's song and chooses it to be the finest songster of the finches.By a brook, Burroughs finds a cowbird nestling crowding out the resident Canada Warbler hatchlings, and decides to intervene on behalf of the Warblers. Moving on, he details the partridge's drumming. He arrives at a reclaimed road and finds a pair of Mourning Warblers and their cousins, the Chestnut-sided Warbler. Leaving the Barkpeelings, Burroughs finds the Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler and Blue-headed Vireo mingling in the hemlock, beech and birch.The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.
    Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:Ruby-throated HummingbirdHermit ThrushRose-breasted GrosbeakScarlet TanagerPurple FinchCanada WarblerCowbirdRuffed GrouseCommon YellowthroatMourning WarblerChestnut-sided WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerBlack-throated Green WarblerBlue-headed VireoBlack-and-white Warbler
    Intro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on Grass
    Outro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)
    Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at archive.org.
    28 min
  • Reverence for the Hermit Thrush, Disdain for the Kingbird and Pewee, and Banter with the Ovenbird

    Nineteenth-century naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs gives a detailed account of the Hermit Thrush’s song. For him, it is the finest sound in nature; the peace and deep solemn joy only the finest souls may know. Commentary about the cowardly Eastern Kingbird. The Wood Pewee’s plainness. Praise for the Ovenbird and the Louisiana Waterthrush.

    The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.

    Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:

    Hermit Thrush

    Eastern Wood-Pewee

    Eastern Kingbird

    Eastern Phoebe

    Veery

    Wood Thrush

    Ovenbird

    Louisiana Waterthrush

    Intro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on Grass

    Outro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)

    Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at archive.org.

    20 min
  • In the Hemlocks, a Guided Tour of a Primitive, Undisturbed Forest and the Avifauna Living There

    The start of Wake-Robin, chapter 2, In the Hemlocks. Author and gentleman rambler, John Burroughs, begins a guided tour in the hemlocks. Years before, townsfolk, tanners, and lumbermen attempted in vain to tame and exploit the grove. But nature proved uncooperative and the effort abandoned. By his account, the spirit and energy of the wilderness repaired and rejuvenated the injuries and offer refuge to all. We meet the Red-eyed Vireo and hear his contented song. For Burroughs, the Bobolink’s song expresses hilarity; the Sparrow’s, faith; the Bluebird’s, love; the Catbird’s, pride, White-eyed Vireo, self-consciousness; the Hermit Thrush's, spiritual solemnity: the Robin’s, a military tone.

    In-depth reviews of the Snowbird and Winter Wren’s song and demeanor, the Veery’s mellow expression, the unfortunately named Blackburnian Warbler and the Northern Parula.

    The Creative Commons and public domain contains a wealth of images, music and more. The images used in these show notes link back to the contributors.

    Credits & Links:

    Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:

    Red-eyed Vireo

    Warbling Vireo

    Bobolink

    Vesper Sparrow

    Eastern Bluebird

    Gray Catbird

    White-eyed Vireo

    Hermit Thrush

    American Robin

    Snow Bunting

    Winter Wren 

    Veery

    Blackburnian Warbler

    Northern Parula

    Intro music: Kai Engel Walking Barefoot on Grass

    Outro music: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps: United States National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)

    Download Wake-Robin by John Burroughs in e-reader format at archive.org.

    23 min

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If you're feeling shut in, shut down or shut out, let the birds carry you away. John Burroughs's Wake-Robin with premier bird vocalizations from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology…