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Songbirding @songbirding.com · 1d

YouTube doesn't give any stats about how many people are subscribed to a podcast feed (its treated as a playlist) so I have no idea how many are affected but the old feed won't be updated any more, but there will be something posted to give the new address link.

Songbirding @songbirding.com · 1d

Some housekeeping has been done with the audio feed of Songbirding on Youtube (& Youtube Music Podcasts 🙃) -- the podcast can now be found on a separate channel to keep things a bit neater.

This channel will be only audio content -- follow at the link below!

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Songbirding Audio

Exploring birdsong and nature through audio. Art by Lauren Helton - https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/ Support the show at https://songbirding.com/support AI Declaration: Absolutely no "generati...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 17d

Ahhhh it's the winter finch forecast! So exciting. Looking forward to the upcoming Hot (Cold?) Redpoll Winter! 🪶

#birds #birding #WinterBirding #finches #nature

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Winter Finch Forecast 2025-2026 - FINCH RESEARCH NETWORK

By Tyler Hoar Featured Post Photo: ©David Turgeon GENERAL FORECAST It looks to be a flight year for many species in Eastern Canada. With mostly very poor crops in the boreal forest from central Quebec...

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · 17d

Between seasons, there will be some special Songbirding episodes. A few will be single-species focus for species that haven't been well covered in the last few years.

This week starts with the Orchard Oriole!

#birding #birds #birdsong #OrchardOriole #FieldRecording

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Species in Focus: Orchard Oriole

In the upcoming special episodes I’m going to feature songbird species who fit three criteria: that I have plenty of recordings of them, that I have not significantly featured them before, and that th...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · Aug 29

Last night we got some Great Horned Owl juveniles again on livestream. Here's a bit about why this is a great time of year to find these birds

#birding #owls #GreatHornedOwl

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Why this is an easier time of year to search for Great Horned Owls | Songbirding Studios

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · Aug 22

First of a series on my first steps into birding... free access. Can also look up "Journal of a Songbirder" on any podcast app for the audio versions as well.

#birding

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First Steps into Birding I: The Record Photo | Songbirding Studios

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · Aug 19

We had some juvenile Great-horned Owls making begging calls on livestream tonight! 🪶

#GreatHornedOwl #birding #Twitch #owls

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Gökotta: the act of rising early to listen to the dawn chorus. Enjoy a gentle start to your day with this live stream of sunrise as we kick off #ErieGives2025 this morning!

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 12

Technically what it does is makes a second sound layer where everything over 5KHz gets lowered an octave (so cut to half-frequency). If you don't have hearing loss it'll sound a bit weird.. or maybe cool? You decide!

In any case, very happy to finally bring this back.

Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 12

There are many people who have high-frequency hearing loss, and don't hear a lot of bird sounds and & songs.

After a couple years hiatus I've finally had the time to begin updating the Songbirding Under 5KHz feed, where the high frequencies are lowered.

#birds #birdsong

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Solstice in the Quietude, Part 2

At the end of the day, we listen to the last songs of the summer solstice of 2021 in Johnston Harbour, Ontario. Additional recommended listening: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/songscapes-835352/...

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 11

In part 2 of the hike at Logan Run, we encounter some juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers!

#birding #birds #birdsongs #FieldRecordings

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S6E43 - Logan Falls Trail, Part 2 | Songbirding - Birding-by-ear Audio

As we return to the access road, a family of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers is encountered, and some Black-throated Green Warblers and Ovenbirds are heard. Credits...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · Aug 10

Did you know there's a proposal to split Warbling Vireo into two species -- essentially a Western and Eastern variety?

I get into that in this post. Also available to listen to. (Podcast feed for this kind of thing is forthcoming.)

#birding #birds

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Why the Warbling Vireo may be split into two species very soon | Songbirding Studios

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 10

Songscapes is back. From this point forward there will be a new episode monthly.

This month's is from a recording made along Moose creek in Kananakis Country at the end of May, 2025.

No narrations, just nature!

#birds #NatureSoundscapes #FieldRecording #Alberta

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Moose Creek, Kananaskis Country

It's mid-morning at the end of May, 2025. Along the fast-flowing Moose Creek in the Jumpingpound Demonstration Day Use Area the Lincon's Sparrows and White-throated Sparrows sing loudly while the Ruby...

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 9

Also there's still going to be Patreon tiers for those who'd like to support the costs of the show. At $10 CDN/month you'll also get a couple bonus shows!

Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 9

Audio versions of posts to Patreon will be in a podcast feed -- currently you can subscribe to the feed on Patreon for this but I'll be adding a public feed that will be distributed to the various podcast networks soon.

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 9

Songbirding Patreon posts are now going to be fully open to the public for free!

Here's a whole pile of updates about what's going on with Songbirding, Songscapes, bonus recordings, and more.

You can read OR listen now!

#birding #FieldRecording #Songbirding

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Songbirding Studios Summer 2025 Updates | Songbirding Studios

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 8

Not many episodes of Songbirding get recorded in the rain -- mostly to keep the equipment safe -- but in this classic third season episode, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak (and others!) made it worth it.

#birding #birdsong #RoseBreastedGrosbeak #FieldRecording

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Songbirding in the Rain

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, a...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · Aug 7

Season 3 of Songbirding wasn't to be released until late 2020. But with a sudden onset of the Covid pandemic, it made sense to release April 2020. The audience grew immensely after Apple promoted it that May!

The Mockingbirds of Bayfront Park started it off with an urban birding walk in #HamOnt 🪶

The Mockingbirds of Bayfront Park

Spring is coming, and the Northern Mockingbirds of Bayfront Park in Hamilton, Ontario are getting ready. For those with high-frequency hearing loss, you may alternatively download to "Songbirding Und...

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 6

Once in a while there's an episode of Songbirding that appoaches things a bit differently...

In The Barn was part of Season 4 ("On Territory"), and is an edited soundscape of Barn Swallows in their not-so-natural habitat: a barn in rural Ontario.

#BarnSwallow #birds #birding #soundscapes

In the Barn

Barn Swallows, House Sparrows, and domestic fowl have some very different sounding territories. This unique episode is a soundscape of a barn in Carluke, Ontario. Listener survey: https://songbirding...

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 6

Once in a while there's an episode of Songbirding that appoaches things a bit differently...

In The Barn was part of Season 4 ("On Territory"), and is an edited soundscape of Barn Swallows in their not-so-natural habitat: a barn in rural Ontario.

#BarnSwallow #birds #birding #soundscapes

In the Barn

Barn Swallows, House Sparrows, and domestic fowl have some very different sounding territories. This unique episode is a soundscape of a barn in Carluke, Ontario. Listener survey: https://songbirding...

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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Aug 6

New article out:
The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance

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#science #birds #sleep #birdsong #urbanecology

illustrations of an awake common myna with lights of a city in the background, and of a sleeping common myna with trees and a dark sky in the background.

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 6

Looking for a starting point for listening to Songbirding? 🎶🐦🪶

Season 5: "In the Quietude" features the park lands around the cottage community of Johnson Harbour in #BrucePeninsula, #Ontario.

44 episodes cover the songs & sounds of numerous species.

It all starts with Solstice in the Quietude

Solstice in the Quietude, Part 1

It's late afternoon during the summer solstice of 2021, a time of the day when the birds are singing at a slower, more relaxed pace in the quiet soundscape of the Bruce Peninsula National Park in Onta...

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 4

Songbirding is back after a short summer hiatus. 🥳

This week we explore a short, obscure trail deep in Allegheny National Forest. One of the highlights between this and the second part (next week!) is a nest of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers.

#birds #birding #podcast

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The podcast art for Songbirding, a Blackburnian Warbler. Art by @tinylongwing.bsky.social

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · Aug 4

This was posted before, but here's what remains of Season 6 of Songbirding

A poster schedule:

Season 6 - The Allegheny National Forest
final episodes schedule

Aug 4 - Logan Falls Trail, Part 1
Aug 11 - Logan Falls Trail, Part 2
Aug 18 - Birding the Forest Roads
Aug 25 - Ghost Town of Owl’s Nest
Sept 1 - Allegheny Dusk, Part 1
Sept 8 - Allegheny Dusk, Part 2 (finale)

Between seasons there will be some special episodes. More info coming soon!

Season 7 - Kananaskis Country
Episode schedule forthcoming! This season will be focused on Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

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