Birding By Ear

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. 

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.  

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. 
I would love to hear from you. You can reach out to me with a review on apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcase or at the podcast website https://birdingbyearpodcast.podbean.com/ or at facebook.com/BirdingByEarPodcast
 
Thanks and Happy Birding. 

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). 
Let me know what you think at https://www.facebook.com/BirdingByEarPodcast
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. 
 
 
 

Its time to learn some more warbler sounds. Today I focus on Yellow-rumped Warbler (3:06), MacGillivray's Warbler (6:30), and Wilson's Warbler (9:45). Calls begin at (14:11). 
 
Three Warbling Songsters https://birdingbyearpodcast.podbean.com/e/three-warbling-songsters/
Other resources: https://ebird.org/home https://www.allaboutbirds.org/ https://www.audubon.org/
Reach out to me: https://www.facebook.com/BirdingByEarPodcast https://birdingbyearpodcast.podbean.com/
 
Thank You for Listening. 

Birds that live in the marsh and like to hide from birders. Today we discuss Sora (1:09) Virginia Rail (5:05) American and Least Bittern (8:25) Wilson's Snipe (13:00). 
 
Thank you for listening. Comments, questions you can reach out to me via FB at https://www.facebook.com/BirdingByEarPodcast/
 
If you like what you hear feel free to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. 
Happy Birding. 

Vesper Sparrows (1:19), Savannah (5:40), Horned Larks (11:50) and Brewer's Sparrow (17:53). 
 
Podcast Website: https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-rz9mm-d12e7a
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BirdingByEarPodcast/ 
More Audio Sounds: https://www.audubon.org/
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Savannah_Sparrow/sounds
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brewers_Sparrow/sounds
 
 

Today we talk about three trillers: Chipping Sparrow (4min), Dark Eyed Junco (7:30), and Orange Crowned Warbler (12:03). 
 
Easter Trillers: https://www.sibleyguides.com/bird-info/the-basics-of-identifying-bird-sounds/trilled-songs-of-eastern-birds/
Intro Episode: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2899k-11c7c06
Podcast Website: https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-rz9mm-d12e7a
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BirdingByEarPodcast/ 
More Audio Sounds: https://www.audubon.org/

Today we talk about Sparrows that loosely sound like song sparrows. We start off with Song Sparrows (2m38s), then Fox Sparrow (7m), then White-crowned Sparrow (11m36s), I briefly mention White-throated Sparrow (14m51s), and finally Lincoln's Sparrow (16m30s). Calls begin at 18m26s. 
Other resources https://ebird.org/home https://www.audubon.org/ https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ 
You can find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BirdingByEarPodcast
Or at the podcast website: https://birdingbyearpodcast.podbean.com/
 
Happy Birding! 
 

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