Lauren Helton
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A May Morning Hike, Part 4
In this last part of my May Morning hike, we’ll encounter a variety of songs: Common Yellowthroats, Ovenbirds, Blue Jays and more. Credits Songbirding was recorded, en...
Overnight Arrivals
It’s early morning and I’m hiking along Scugog Lake near Johnston Harbour, looking for appropriate locations to leave bioacoustic recorders. Many warblers and other so...
A May Afternoon at Pine Tree Point North
While the afternoon isn’t usually the peak of songbird activity, if a morning is rainy, foggy or in other ways unpleasant, a clear and sunny afternoon can be quite son...
More Winds, More Warblers
It’s the last day for my short May excursion here, and it’s a windy day — not ideal for recording — but if one goes deep enough into the forest, the trees can keep the...
Season 5 Birdsong Soundscapes & Quiz #2
So far in this season of Songbirding, we’ve heard quite a few species, some of them many times. In this episode you’ll hear recordings of one or two songbird species, ...
A Quiet Evening With Birds
It’s mid-June of 2022, almost a year since I first started recording in this part of the Bruce Peninsula National Park. I’m back at the old hunt camp on a quiet evenin...
Overcast Morning, Part 1
It’s the next morning at the old hunt camp and I’m doing a short walk to see if I can find any new species this time around. It’s overcast, so the morning chorus is le...
Overcast Morning, Part 2
I’m concluding my morning hike, and continuing to listen for more vocalizing songbird species. The day may have started out quiet, but the vireos and various warblers ...
A June Afternoon at Pine Tree Point North, Part 1
On these hikes I’m always surprised when I come back to the same trail, and find different things. Today is no exception. For the next couple episodes I’ll be hiking t...
A June Afternoon at Pine Tree Point North, Part 2
In the second half of this hike I’ll be seeing how far I can get down this trail in the time I have alotted for myself. Partly so I can see some new things, and partly...
Dawn Choruses From Around the World
International Dawn Chorus Day is coming up on the May 7, 2023, and I thought I’d do a special episode for this. This time, rather than my own recordings, I’d like to s...
Road Allowance, Part 1
Today I’m trying a new trail - an unopened road allowance that follows the edge of the park property. It starts as a road but quickly gets much more narrow, with small...
Road Allowance, Part 2
We’re continuing along the road allowance that skirts the edge of the national park lands. Along the way we’ll hear some Black-and-white Warblers, Red-winged Blackbird...
Scouting Pine Tree Harbour, Part 1
Now that I know how to enter the south side of the Pine Tree Point Nature Reserve, I’m making my way north from the cottage community of Pine Tree Habour. It’s afterno...
Scouting Pine Tree Harbour, Part 2
During my time in Johnston Harbour and Pine Tree Point, I occaisionally will hear a kinglet sing. But so far I will either only hear the bird briefly, or at a distance...
Henhoeffer Park East, Part 1
I return to Henhoeffer Park, except this time taking the east trail, about 1km away from the previous recording location. Credits Songbirding was recorded, engineered,...
Henhoeffer Park East, Part 2
I’m continuing my hike through Henhoeffer Park’s East Trail, where a variety of eastern forest species such as Red-eyed Vireo, Ovenbird, and Pine Warbler have active t...
Pine Tree Harbour Morning
The first part of a morning hike into the southern half of Pine Tree Point Nature Preserve, opening with a songful White-throated Sparrow. Credits Songbirding was reco...
Kinglet Junction
I’m continuing my hike from Pine Tree Harbour towards the crossroads of trails I’m calling Kinglet Junction. A couple days ago I encountered both species of kinglet, a...
Exploring Pine Tree Point
I’m continuing to explore the trails that extend from the Kinglet Junction, to see what new habitats I might find. We’ll be hearing from American Redstarts, Nashville ...