Species in Contrast: Chipping Sparrow & Orange-crowned Warbler
A classic birding-by-ear problem is having two or more species in the same area that have similar songs.
The Chipping Sparrow and the Orange-crowned Warbler are two such species: two of many that are infamous for their cryptic trills.
First, the Chipping Sparrow has a straight trill with a consistent spacing between each “note”.
In contrast, this Orange-crowned Warbler’s trill slows down as it progresses, and is not very consistent in quality.
For this species in contrast episode I’ll be sharing my recordings of Orange-crowned Warbler & Chipping Sparrow from the Barrier Lake Forestry Trails, the Fullerton Trail, Prairie View, and the Sibbald Flats.
Credits
Songbirding: Kananaskis Country is a Songbirding Studios production.
Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.
The Songbirding cover art (Townsend's Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062
Creative Commons music is from Bluedot Sessions.
Creators and Guests
Host
Rob Porter
Rob is a software engineer and naturalist in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is the winner of the 2025 Betty Blashill Environmental Prize, and started the Songbirding podcast in 2019.
