Songbirding

A near two-week pause on seasonable weather has lead to a heavily backlogged spring migration. The first day of moderate temperatures brought with it rain, but also Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Veeries, and various warblers.

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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.

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House Wren, Blue-grey Gnatcatchers, Pine Warblers, Northern Parula, Blue-headed Vireos and more have flooded into the Waterdown Wetlands in this first migration wave of May.

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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.

Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/

In migration season, a park's bird population can change dramatically overnight.

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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.

Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/

It's the first of May, and the first warblers are beginning to pass through for spring migration. The early days of warbler migration are a good chance to do some easier birding-by-ear before the more overwhelming parts of warbler migration arrive...

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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.

Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/

Ruby-crowned Kinglets are a tiny, fast bird that is often only captured as a blur on any given birder's camera. Here its song has been captured, while migrating through Burlington, Ontario along the shore of Hamilton Harbour.

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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.

Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/

The Fox Sparrow spends only a little while passing through the Great Lakes region during spring migration, so time is of the essence to record this whistling little bird's song.

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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.

Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/

In Hamilton, the best times to see an hear Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers is a brief window of time in both spring an autumn. Their spring visits also overlap with the emergence of chorus frogs...

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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.

Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/

Spring migration is the best time to see and listen to Rusty Blackbirds outside of their breeding range.

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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.

Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/