Podcast Episodes

Species in Focus: Northern Yellow Warbler

The Northern Yellow Warbler is a bright and cheerful sounding songbird found during the breeding season all across North America.

Males of the species are yellow with some red flecks along their ches…

Published on 5 hours ago

Songbirding Halloween Special

Tonight, we take a walk after dark through a swamp full of katydids, crickets, grasshoppers, and maybe an owl...

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Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Species in Focus: Sedge Wren

The Sedge Wren is a small, russet coloured energetic songbird found breeding in fields and shallow marshes in many parts of inland North America.

Their song consists of several dry-sounding chirps fo…

Published on 1 month ago

Species In Focus: Marsh Wren

The Marsh Wren is a small, brownish, energetic songbird found in wetlands across a large swath of North America.

Their song is a mix of harsh trills, gurgles, and buzzes. And, like most wren species,…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Species in Focus: Orchard Oriole

In the upcoming special episodes I’m going to feature songbird species who fit three criteria: that I have plenty of recordings of them, that I have not significantly featured them before, and that t…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Allegheny Dusk, Part 2 (Swainson's Thush; season finale)

Season 6 Episode 47

We conclude with the finale hike of the season, listening to Swainson's Thrushes, and more.

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Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Allegheny Dusk, Part 1

Season 6 Episode 46

On the last hike of the season, we return to Deer Lick Run for an evening birding hike.

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Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Ghost Town of Owl's Nest (Chestnut-sided Warbler)

Season 6 Episode 45

Deep in Allegheny National Forest is the ghost town of Owl's Nest. While there were no owls to be found, there were a few songbirds to be heard, including a very cooperative Chestnut-sided Warbler.

C…

Published on 3 months ago

Birding the Forest Roads

Season 6 Episode 44

I've joined the Pennsylvania Bird Atlas, which gives me a good reason to just explore some of the forest access roads to collect more observations. Since the roads are so quiet and without traffic, t…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Logan Falls Trail, Part 2

Season 6 Episode 43

As we return to the access road, a family of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers is encountered, and some Black-throated Green Warblers and Ovenbirds are heard.

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Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago