it's apparently #NationalBirdDay but that's every day for me really. To celebrate regardless, here's a singing male Blackburnian Warbler I painted for @songbirding.com a few years back. I'm just in love with their colors. 🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt

Nice CBC article with some of the highlights and notes from @songbirder.social!

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Catbirds, White-throated Sparrows, a whole lot of insects, and maybe an owl? The 2025 Songbirding Halloween Special is out 🎃🪶 pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

Catbirds, White-throated Sparrows, a whole lot of insects, and maybe an owl? The 2025 Songbirding Halloween Special is out 🎃🪶 pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

It's been a few years since a new Hallowe'en Songbirding Special.. but before a new one comes out.. here's a few you can enjoy from past years.. 🪶 👇

It's been a few years since a new Hallowe'en Songbirding Special.. but before a new one comes out.. here's a few you can enjoy from past years.. 🪶 👇

New episode - a companion piece to the previous episode, the focus of this episode is the Sedge Wren. This may be the only episode focused on a single individual bird, not just a species! #birds #birdsong #FieldRecording pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

A new episode is out, focused on the Marsh Wren. Recorded over the course of several days (and years, I guess!) at Taquanyah Conservation Area near Cayuga, Ontario. Sort of a two-parter. At the end you'll understand why. #birds #birdsong #nature #soundscapes #FieldRecording pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

A new episode is out, focused on the Marsh Wren. Recorded over the course of several days (and years, I guess!) at Taquanyah Conservation Area near Cayuga, Ontario. Sort of a two-parter. At the end you'll understand why. #birds #birdsong #nature #soundscapes #FieldRecording pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

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! www.youtube.com/@Songbirding...

Ahhhh it's the winter finch forecast! So exciting. Looking forward to the upcoming Hot (Cold?) Redpoll Winter! 🪶 #birds #birding #WinterBirding #finches #nature finchnetwork.org/winter-finch...

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 pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

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 www.patreon.com/posts/why-th...

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 www.patreon.com/posts/first-...

We had some juvenile Great-horned Owls making begging calls on livestream tonight! 🪶 #GreatHornedOwl #birding #Twitch #owls

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! www.facebook.com/share/v/1B2G... @birderk.bsky.social

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 pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

In part 2 of the hike at Logan Run, we encounter some juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers! #birding #birds #birdsongs #FieldRecordings songbirding.com/podcast/song...

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 www.patreon.com/posts/why-wa...

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 pnc.st/s/songscapes...

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 www.patreon.com/posts/songbi...

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 pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

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 🪶

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

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

New article out: The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #science #birds #sleep #birdsong #urbanecology

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

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 pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

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 pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

After a couple weeks off the podcast will return in August, and finish out this season in September. In all it will be 47 episodes in Allegheny National Forest, the most of any Songbirding season. I'll be back again someday! #birding #birds #birdsong #podcast

It's been a while but a new Songbirding video hike is out! This will be part 1 of many, giving short-form video a try! In this one we explore the Otter Lake Side Trail, part of the Bruce Trail in Ontario, Canada. #birding #YouTube #birdsong www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIgm...

It's been a while but a new Songbirding video hike is out! This will be part 1 of many, giving short-form video a try! In this one we explore the Otter Lake Side Trail, part of the Bruce Trail in Ontario, Canada. #birding #YouTube #birdsong www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIgm...

The first part of one of my favourite hikes is out now. 🪶 Minister Creek Trail, in Allegheny National Forest was loaded full of songbirds for hours! This six part series will explore those songs and sounds. This was recorded in early June, 2023. #birds #birdsong #podcast pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

Here's a clip from the latest episode in the Songbirding podcast feed -- the 2025 Spring Migration Special. This features the songs of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and many others. You can listen to Songbirding on any podcast platform. #birdsong #birding #RoseBreastedGrosbeak #birds #Ontario

(Black-throated) Blue Steel 🪶

May 10 is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay -- and here is a special double-length Songbirding #podcast episode focused on the 2025 migration thus far. It explores various places in southern Ontario - birding-by-ear as usual! Gulls, sparrows, warblers, and more! #birding #birds pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

Tonight (and for the next 2-3 weeks) hundreds of millions of birds are going to be streaming overhead in the eastern half of North America. They evolved to rely on star/moon light, our overnight lights can disorient them and lead to their deaths. Get your overnight lights out, eastern US!

Announcing a new audio collection - Birdsong Serenades: 16 Common Birdsongs of Eastern North America. 🎶🐦 Features 20 minutes of recordings of featured species. 🪶 Early access is available in audiobook (m4b) format, or album (mp3) format. #birds #birdsong songbirder.itch.io/birdsong-ser...

Announcing a new audio collection - Birdsong Serenades: 16 Common Birdsongs of Eastern North America. 🎶🐦 Features 20 minutes of recordings of featured species. 🪶 Early access is available in audiobook (m4b) format, or album (mp3) format. #birds #birdsong songbirder.itch.io/birdsong-ser...

The dawn chorus over an Irish Atlantic rainforest this morning 🌎

Now playing: the concluding episode of our Songbirding exploration of the Buzzard Swamp in Allegheny National Forest. #birds #birdsong #birding #podcast pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

New episode out today -- The Buzzard Swamp, Part 1. This episode's focus species was once called "Traill's" Flycatcher (better known as Alder & Willow Flycatcher now!) and explores more of the Buzzard Swamp in Allegheny National Forest. 🪶 #birding #birds #birdsong #podcast pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

This weeks episode is the 3rd and last of a hike along the Songbird Sojourn Trail in the Buzzard Swamp, in Allegheny National Forest. The feature species this week is the Brown Creeper 🪶 #birdsong #podcast #birding pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

Songbirding is back with new episodes! This is the first of the 2023 recordings in Allegheny National Forest, and a half-way point for the podcast season. In this we begin exploring the Buzzard Swamp. #birdsong #birds #podcast #birding pnc.st/s/songbirdin...

A new set of Songbirding episodes is ready to go, starting next week. Patreon subscribers at the Early Bird and above tier have access right now to the first. 🪶 Here's a 5 minute teaser for next week's episode. #birdsong #birding #FieldRecording #birds www.patreon.com/posts/songbi...

New episode! Suzy reviews her birding experiences from January 2025, starting in Tasmania, Australia and continuing back in the UK. Suzy also speaks with Keith Betton, Chair of Hampshire Ornithlogical Society & the initiatives to increase engagement of young people & women birders in the group. 🪶

New Songscapes episode is out: "A Cold June Dawn Chorus at Deer Lick Run". Recorded in Sheffield, Pennsylvania in early June of 2024. 🪶 This acts as a bit of an accompaniment to the next Songbirding episode due in a week or so! #birding #birds #birdsong #FieldRecording pnc.st/s/songscapes...

New Songbirding episode: Return to Otter Lake, Part 3. The is the final part of this special hike, where we return five years later to the location of the very first Songbirding episode. #birding #podcast #birdsong #FieldRecording pnc.st/s/songbirdin...