Songbirding Season 6 Episodes Release on Tuesdays

Acoustic explorations of songbird habitat

Reviews

What Songbirding Listeners Say

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Songbirding

What a beautiful podcast. I love listening at the end of the day. The recordings are also great for identifying bird songs. Well done Rob Porter.

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Love this so much

Thank you for creating and sharing this podcast. I’ve been mostly homebound and unable to bird actively for a year, and your gentle approach to sharing knowledge about birdsong brings me so much joy.

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Quietly listening

I enjoy that our host doesn’t talk incessantly over the sounds of nature. Lovely wind down in the evening

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Can’t sleep without it

When stress hits in the middle of the night this is my go-to solution. Particularly season 3. What would I do without this?!

About the host & creator

Rob Porter

I’m a naturalist and software engineer in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For a decade I’ve been learning bird identification both by eye and ear, and occasionally leading small group birding outings with the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club.

In the last few years I’ve also been recording birdsong, starting with with my handheld setup (iPhone + mic) and with automated bioacoustic recording devices I’ve built or acquired, then followed by more professional equipment, such as the Zoom H6 and Zoom XYH-5.

In 2018 I set up the Hamilton Bioacoustics Research Project where we’ve recorded thousands of hours of soundscapes in natural spaces throughout our region. We’ve also devised various methods for volunteers to turn the recordings into observational data. This was as stepping stone towards the creation of Songbirding.