oehlkers
@oehlkers.bsky.social
college prof (media & com) in Salem, Mass.
Oriole philologist. Wild bird advocacy historian. Production editor, birdobserver.org
Oriole philologist. Wild bird advocacy historian. Production editor, birdobserver.org
I'm here for the birdsong appreciation moments in ゲゲゲの女房 (GeGeGe no Nyōbō, NHK, 2010, Ep 120). MIZUKI Shigeru's daughter hears a bird and thinks it's a sparrow. He corrects her: that's a varied tit (ヤマガラ). She listens to the song with renewed enthusiasm.
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I'm here for the birdsong appreciation moments in ゲゲゲの女房 (GeGeGe no Nyōbō, NHK, 2010, Ep 120). MIZUKI Shigeru's daughter hears a bird and thinks it's a sparrow. He corrects her: that's a varied tit (ヤマガラ). She listens to the song with renewed enthusiasm.
Remarkable. Calum Johnston: Song of the Thrush (Oran a' Smeoraich) recorded by Alan Lomax in 1951. archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/s...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Remarkable. Calum Johnston: Song of the Thrush (Oran a' Smeoraich) recorded by Alan Lomax in 1951. archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/s...
Tsuchika NISHIMURA, Winter 2026 Free Style (フリースタイル）cover art. Please note detail at the bottom of the full image.
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フリースタイル66THE BEST MANGA 2026 このマンガを読め！
12月26日発売！ フリースタイル66 Table of Contents 特集THE BEST MANGA 2026このマンガを読め！ 今年もこの季節がやってきました！今号の特集は年末恒例企画「THE BEST MANGA このマンガを読め！」です。 結果として決まったベストテンはもちろんどれもいい作品ですが、惜しくもベスト10入りしなかった作品たちや、お気に入りの執筆者を探すのもおすすめです。...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Tsuchika NISHIMURA, Winter 2026 Free Style (フリースタイル）cover art. Please note detail at the bottom of the full image.
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In the waning hours of winter break, I have decided to start birding the work of IZUMI Kyōka (who participated in the founding of the Wild Bird Society of Japan). Off to a good start.
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
In the waning hours of winter break, I have decided to start birding the work of IZUMI Kyōka (who participated in the founding of the Wild Bird Society of Japan). Off to a good start.
Just uploaded Episode 6 of A Distinct Success as a Bird, which explores the relationships between Baltimore oriole song and human music.
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Episode 6. HumanOriole Music | A Distinct Success as a Bird
In Episode 6 of A Distinct Success as a Bird, we explore the relationships between Baltimore oriole song and human music, including popular music heard in oriole songs, oriole songs heard in popular m...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Just uploaded Episode 6 of A Distinct Success as a Bird, which explores the relationships between Baltimore oriole song and human music.
peteroehlkers.podbean.com/e/episode-6-...
peteroehlkers.podbean.com/e/episode-6-...
while I was waiting for the otter to re-emerge from its hole, the sun came up
January 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
while I was waiting for the otter to re-emerge from its hole, the sun came up
Just uploaded The Complete Little Stories for Bedtime by Thornton W. Burgess, 1917. Please enjoy.
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archive.org/details/twb-...
December 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Just uploaded The Complete Little Stories for Bedtime by Thornton W. Burgess, 1917. Please enjoy.
archive.org/details/twb-...
archive.org/details/twb-...
Brief resort-limited DR trip. Made a handful of new friends, including Carpintero, Chichilín, Vencejito, and Petigre, and hung out with Rey Congo on the deck (pictured here). #birds
December 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Brief resort-limited DR trip. Made a handful of new friends, including Carpintero, Chichilín, Vencejito, and Petigre, and hung out with Rey Congo on the deck (pictured here). #birds
My daughter crocheted me a Juan Carlos Bodoque finger puppet for Xmas.
December 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My daughter crocheted me a Juan Carlos Bodoque finger puppet for Xmas.
"People's Home Journal Green Meadow Club Bird Sanctuaries Campaigns (1917-1925)," a collection of bird protection-related articles written by Thornton W. Burgess and William T. Hornaday, along with a few illustrations by Harrison Cady. archive.org/details/phj-...
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"People's Home Journal Green Meadow Club Bird Sanctuaries Campaigns (1917-1925)," a collection of bird protection-related articles written by Thornton W. Burgess and William T. Hornaday, along with a few illustrations by Harrison Cady. archive.org/details/phj-...
My happy place rn is pop music from late 1960s Japan.
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Late 1960s Kayōkyoku - YouTube
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October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My happy place rn is pop music from late 1960s Japan.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A Distinct Success as a Bird. Episode 5: Oriole Philology. Just uploaded (also available via Apple podcasts).
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Episode 5: Oriole Philology | A Distinct Success as a Bird
This is the promised episode on the Baltimore oriole songs of the east side of the Charles River Peninsula. I take a philological approach (explained in the episode). A video including spectrograms of...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A Distinct Success as a Bird. Episode 5: Oriole Philology. Just uploaded (also available via Apple podcasts).
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Mid-August Baltimore oriole long song. macaulaylibrary.org/asset/640132...
ML640132021 - Baltimore Oriole - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML640132021; © Peter Oehlkers; Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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August 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Mid-August Baltimore oriole long song. macaulaylibrary.org/asset/640132...
Article in August issue of Bird Observer. The Blackbirds of Boxford: Early American Wild Bird Advocacy.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Article in August issue of Bird Observer. The Blackbirds of Boxford: Early American Wild Bird Advocacy.
www.birdobserver.org/Issues/2025/...
www.birdobserver.org/Issues/2025/...
Senjōgahara, Oku-Nikkō, Japan.
July 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Senjōgahara, Oku-Nikkō, Japan.
It is well known that gray catbirds copy the songs of other birds, including Baltimore orioles. But why would this catbird (top) sing the syllables of the oriole song (bottom) in reverse order? #birds #bioacoustics
June 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It is well known that gray catbirds copy the songs of other birds, including Baltimore orioles. But why would this catbird (top) sing the syllables of the oriole song (bottom) in reverse order? #birds #bioacoustics
The image of Japan as a bird-friendly nation influenced 19th century U.S. discourse about bird protection.
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June 2025 | Sparing the Birds: A History of Exchanges between the United States and Japan
Sparing the Birds: A History of Exchanges between the United States and Japan
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June 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The image of Japan as a bird-friendly nation influenced 19th century U.S. discourse about bird protection.
www.birdobserver.org/Issues/2025/...
www.birdobserver.org/Issues/2025/...
Baltimore orioles are thought to have individually unique songs, but some communities share songs. I recorded this song exchange, involving three or four different orioles, three days in a row. #birds #fieldrecording ebird.org/checklist/S2...
eBird Checklist - 16 May 2025 - Charles River Peninsula (TTOR) - 1 species
Submitted by Peter Oehlkers.
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May 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Baltimore orioles are thought to have individually unique songs, but some communities share songs. I recorded this song exchange, involving three or four different orioles, three days in a row. #birds #fieldrecording ebird.org/checklist/S2...
Weird ultrasonic specters in my spectrogram. Anyone know what these might be? Daytime recording. Audiomoth. #fieldrecording
May 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Weird ultrasonic specters in my spectrogram. Anyone know what these might be? Daytime recording. Audiomoth. #fieldrecording
Just finished Toshitaka Suzuki's professional memoir 僕には鳥の言葉がわかる [I understand the words of birds], an invitation for everyone to become more "tori-lingual." Especially impressed by the thoughtfulness of his media strategies in trying to spread the word about animal linguistics.
May 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just finished Toshitaka Suzuki's professional memoir 僕には鳥の言葉がわかる [I understand the words of birds], an invitation for everyone to become more "tori-lingual." Especially impressed by the thoughtfulness of his media strategies in trying to spread the word about animal linguistics.
The 27th different Baltimore oriole song I recorded this spring is one of the best. Check out the vibrato. And the jaunty ending. #birds #fieldrecording
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macaulaylibrary.org/asset/635694...
ML635694630 - Baltimore Oriole - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML635694630; © Peter Oehlkers; Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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May 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The 27th different Baltimore oriole song I recorded this spring is one of the best. Check out the vibrato. And the jaunty ending. #birds #fieldrecording
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/635694...
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/635694...
Listeners to the Trestleton episodes of my podcast may be pleased to know that Lord and Lady Trestleton have returned to the trestle.
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Episode 2. Trestleton (Part 1) | A Distinct Success as a Bird
A birdsong-based story about four Baltimore orioles, framed as a romance novel. Follow Lord and Lady Trestleton, Lord Railtrailton, and a mystery bird, as they fall in love and try to ward off competi...
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May 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Listeners to the Trestleton episodes of my podcast may be pleased to know that Lord and Lady Trestleton have returned to the trestle.
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Braved the pollen and went recording this morning, and good thing! The orioles are back, Orchard and Baltimore. The Baltimore I recorded is a veteran male, singing a variation of the dominant song at the property.
April 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Braved the pollen and went recording this morning, and good thing! The orioles are back, Orchard and Baltimore. The Baltimore I recorded is a veteran male, singing a variation of the dominant song at the property.
Just uploaded, 1916 volume of The Complete Little Stories for Bedtime by Thornton W. Burgess.
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The Complete Little Stories for Bedtime, Year 5. 1916
Newly uploaded, The Complete Little Stories for Bedtime by Thornton W. Burgess 1916 . All the stories from that year plus four appendices,...
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April 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Just uploaded, 1916 volume of The Complete Little Stories for Bedtime by Thornton W. Burgess.
twbresearchleague.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
twbresearchleague.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
Wondering exactly where Meaningful Stone (김뜻돌) sourced the soundscape recording for the end of "10AM." American robin/blue jay/northern cardinal/mourning dove could easily be my backyard. youtu.be/DOl6BryH0JQ?...
10AM
YouTube video by Meaningful Stone - Topic
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March 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Wondering exactly where Meaningful Stone (김뜻돌) sourced the soundscape recording for the end of "10AM." American robin/blue jay/northern cardinal/mourning dove could easily be my backyard. youtu.be/DOl6BryH0JQ?...