Songbirding Under 5kHz

Continuing through the Bruce Peninsula National Park in an old hunt camp section, many Black-and-white Warblers are encountered.

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It's mid-May and I've returned to Johnston Harbour, at the old hunting camp. For the next 4 episodes we'll be exploring this peaceful natural space, listening for warblers, thrushes, and many more so…

It's May of 2022 and I'm back in Johnston Harbour, but I’ve arrived a bit late to record birds during the day, making this the perfect opportunity to focus on recording birds of the night.

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It’s late August of 2021 and I’ve returned to Johnston Harbour to explore a bit more.

This time of year will be much quieter, as the birds are focused on moulting their feathers, and migrating south.

It’s the last evening before I head back home, and I won’t be back again until late August.

After this evening with the Brown Creepers, I’ll have another hike in the morning at a new location, as I’v…

It’s the last night before I leave, and I’m hiking along Scuggog Lake near Johnston Harbour to retrieve my bioacoustic recorders.

I’ve come across a flock of cackling Red-breasted Mergansers, but at …

I’ve reached about as far as I’d like to travel today at Pine Tree Point, so I’m stopping and listening to Swainson’s Thrushes, Myrtle Warblers, and other songs around me, before turning around and r…

I’m continuing my hike along the main trail in the north section of Pine Tree Point, and retrieving some of my bioacoustic equipment along the way.

The weather remains calm, warn and sunny, making it…

It’s a warm afternoon in early summer, and I’ve returned to the north end of the Pine Tree Point reserve.

My plan is to hike in as far as I feel comfortable with, to get to know what habitats can be …

In this season of Songbirding, we’ve heard a number of species, some multiple times.

Long ago I did some end-of-season birdsong identification quizzes, and I wanted to do that again, but in a smaller…

On the return hike, we encounter both Winter Wren and Nashville Warblers.

Youtube Video of the Nashville Warbler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIOct1CSwbk

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As we continue through the Jack Pine alvar, Swainson's Thrush present us with their spiralling, flute-like tones.

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The lands surrounding Johnson Harbour are primarily alvar: rocky ground, with very little soil. Many sections contain a lot of Jack Pine as well, making this a new habitat type to explore.

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Early morning in my campsite, I hit record as the birds wake (me) up.

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The Songbirding cover art (Blackburnian Warbler…

It’s one day later, and after a big wind storm in the morning, I’m out visiting a rarely visited nature sanctuary adjacent to the National Park. We’ll be listening to the Blackburnian Warbler, Magnol…

At the end of the day, we listen to the last songs of the summer solstice of 2021 in Johnston Harbour, Ontario.

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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 Ont…

For this episode we'll be testing out the Merlin app to see how it fares against birding by ear.

More about Merlin: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

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At sunset in some locations, an auditory compliment to the dawn chorus occurs.

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At sunrise in Cootes Paradise, the dawn chorus can overwhelm all the sounds of the city.

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