Birding By Ear

Dec 11 2024 31 ep. 18 mins 15
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Learning to Bird by Ear. Come with me as I learn to bird by ear. I created this podcast to help me learn how to identify birds by the sounds they make. So if you want to learn how to bird by ear too come along and lets learn some bird sounds together. I will focus specifically on birds that live commonly in my area, which is northern Utah.

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CBC Special Part One

Dec 11 2024 15 mins  
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

Christmas Bird Count Special Part 2

Dec 04 2024 19 mins  
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

Total Towhee Tour

May 06 2024 24 mins  
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. You can let me know what you think by leaving a review or sending me an email to b

Northern Great Plains

Apr 22 2024 24 mins  
A very special episode dedicated to a future birding trip to the Norhtern Great Plains of the United States

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

Apr 08 2024 23 mins  
Birds in the Thrush family have some of the most beautiful and celebrated bird songs in North America.

Little Birds Big Voices: Nuthatches, Kinglets and Brown Creeper

Mar 25 2024 21 mins  
I have always been fascinated at how some of our smallest birds seem to make such big sounds.

Birds Are Coming Back and So Am I

Mar 18 2024 4 mins  
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.

Spooky Month Special: Owls

Oct 13 2023 19 mins  
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/ Facebook Page: https://www

Mountains Vs. Valleys

May 24 2023 22 mins  
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 (16:4

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

May 10 2023 17 mins  
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/