Birding By Ear

CBC Special Part One

Are you participating in your local Christmas Bird Count? Today I have a special episode dedicated to the annual CBC. I review three common birds you will likely hear on your own CBC. And then go over three birds most of us will only find in the winter. I discuss Snow Buntings, Common Redpoll, and American Tree Sparrow. 
 
For more information about the CBC and how you can join in check out https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count
 
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Christmas Bird Count Special Part 2

This is a special episode just for this time of year. Around Christmas time volunteers all over the country go out and count all the birds they can find in their local area. This is the second episode I made for to help with the Christmas Bird Count (CBC). I talk about three common birds most people will see on their own CBC the Mallard (1:43) the Canada Goose (3:48) and the Cedar Waxwing (6:39). Then I talk about three not so common species most of us will only get the chance to see in the winter months our winter specialties. This time the winter specialties are Longspurs starting at (9:38). 
 
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Total Towhee Tour

In this episode we listen to all six species of Towhee that live in the Unite States and Canada. We begin with Spotted Towhee at 01:54, Green-Tailed Towhee at 03:23, Abert's Towhee 06:05 California Towhee at 07:30 Canyon Towhee at 10:41 Eastern Towhee 11:52 Calls 14:12 and a recap starts at 20:12. 
 
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Happy Spring and Happy Birding. 

Northern Great Plains

A very special episode dedicated to a future birding trip to the Norhtern Great Plains of the United States where my friends and I hope to find Baird's Sparrow (4:04) LeConte's Sparrow (5:36) Nelson's Sparrow (9:19) Henslow's Sparrow (11:05) Sprague's Pipit (12:41) and Yellow Rail (16:00). A review of call notes begins on (17:58). 
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Thanks for listening. 
 

Ethereal Singers: Swainson's & Hermit Thrush, Townsend's Solitaire & Mountain Bluebird

Birds in the Thrush family have some of the most beautiful and celebrated bird songs in North America. Today we will listen to the Swainson's Thrush (2:33) Hermit Thrush (7:01) Varied Thrush (10:06) Townsend's Solitaire (11:35) and Mountain Bluebird (14:39). And I briefly mention Wood Thrush (20:45) Verry (21:22) and Grey-cheeked Thrush (22:00). 
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Other helpful sites for birds sounds include: National Audubon Society www.allaboutbirds.org ebird.org and xeno-canto.org
Thanks for listening. 
 
 

Little Birds Big Voices: Nuthatches, Kinglets and Brown Creeper

I have always been fascinated at how some of our smallest birds seem to make such big sounds. Today we learn and listen to Red-breasted Nuthatch (1:09) White-breasted Nuthatch (4:36) Pygymy Nuthatch (8:08) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (10:35) Golden-crowned Kinglet (13:50) and lastly Brown Creeper (17:06). 
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Birds Are Coming Back and So Am I

Just a little preview of what I'm calling season three! Spring is just around the corner and before we know it the birds will be back singing their hearts out. Now is a perfect time to refresh our memories on what our feathered friends sound like.  It's hard to believe this is my third year of making a podcast. I still learn something new every episode, both about how to make a podcast and how to identify birds by sound. This is just a little episode I put together to reintroduce this podcast and myself. New episodes will be coming out soon so stay tuned. I would love to hear your comments, questions, suggestions, or send them to birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com also check out the podcast website here. Happy birding and thanks for listening. 

Spooky Month Special: Owls

Welcome to a special Halloween themed episode featuring Owls. Please remember not to harass owls. We listen to Great Horned Owl (4m11s), Long Eared Owl (5m42s), Barred Owl (8m44s) Western Screech-Owl (10m6s) Northern Pygmy-Owl and Northern Saw-whet Owl (11m35s). 
 
More information about Long Eared Owl https://partnersinflight.org/species/long-eared-owl/ 
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Podcase website: https://birdingbyearpodcast.podbean.com/
 
Have a great spooky month and I will see in December and then spring.  

Mountains Vs. Valleys

Today we listen to six species of birds as we compare three pairs of birds, one that primarily lives at high elevation with a similar species that lives at lower elevation. We listen to Black-Capped Chickadee, and Mountain Chickadee (1:21), Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay and Steller's Jay (with a brief mention of California Scrub-Jay) (11:41) and finally House Finch and Cassin's Finch (16:47). 
Thanks and Happy Birding. 
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Thanks and Happy Birding. 

Just a little Gnat Chat: Yellow-breasted Chat and Gnatcatchers

This episode we talk about the Yellow-breasted Chat (2:44) and three species of Gnatcatchers. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (7:03), Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (11:01) and California Gnatcatcher (13:10). 
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Article about the difference between Easter and Western Blue-gray Gnatcatchers http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/3518
Article about Black-capped Gnatcatchers http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/3553
Other helpful websites: www.allaboutbirds.org https://www.audubon.org/
Thanks for listening.