Season 3
S3E1 - The Mockingbirds of Bayfront Park
(Premiere of Season 3: Spring of Solitude.) Spring is coming, and the Northern Mockingbirds of Bayfront Park in Hamilton, Ontario are getting ready. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E2 - Signs of Spring
Songs of the Red-winged Blackbird flocks is one of our local signs of spring. Along the Spencer Creek this species, Canada Goose, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow, and Carolina Wren are abundant and singing. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E3 - Lek-side with the American Woodcock
PEENT! The ridiculous territorial calls and displays of the American Woodcock are featured in this evening out in mid-March. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E4 - Eastern Meadowlark Melodies
The meadows are full of melodies -- the songs of the Eastern Meadowlark. At the Vinemount Meadows Nature Sanctuary this species, Common Raven, Song Sparrow, and Red-winged Blackbirds are featured. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E5 - Morning Meadow Songs
The meadows are again full of melodies -- this time a mix of Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Tree Swallow, Eastern Towhee, and more. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E6 - Evening Meadow Sounds
An evening walk through captures the sounds of nature winding down. Chorus Frogs, Eastern Meadowlark, American Robin, and flocks of Ring-billed Gulls are featured. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E7 - Backyard Birdsongs
The backyard in spring can be full of birdsong. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E8 - Rusty Blackbirds
Spring migration is the best time to see and listen to Rusty Blackbirds outside of their breeding range. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E9 - Sapsuckers & Chorus Frogs
In Hamilton, the best times to see an hear Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers is a brief window of time in both spring an autumn. Their spring visits also overlap with the emergence of chorus frogs... Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E10 - A Slyness of Fox Sparrows
The Fox Sparrow spends only a little while passing through the Great Lakes region during spring migration, so time is of the essence to record this whistling little bird's song. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E11 - Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglets are a tiny, fast bird that is often only captured as a blur on any given birder's camera. Here its song has been captured, while migrating through Burlington, Ontario along the shore of Hamilton Harbour. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.song...
S3E12 - First Warblers
It's the first of May, and the first warblers are beginning to pass through for spring migration. The early days of warbler migration are a good chance to do some easier birding-by-ear before the more overwhelming parts of warbler migration arrive... Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out...
S3E13 - Overnight Arrivals
In migration season, a park's bird population can change dramatically overnight. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E14 - Waterdown Wetlands
House Wren, Blue-grey Gnatcatchers, Pine Warblers, Northern Parula, Blue-headed Vireos and more have flooded into the Waterdown Wetlands in this first migration wave of May. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E15 - Songbirding in the Rain
A near two-week pause on seasonable weather has lead to a heavily backlogged spring migration. The first day of moderate temperatures brought with it rain, but also Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Veeries, and various warblers. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirdi...
S3E16 - Fallout
Due to some unusual weather events this year, there were a couple occasions for a "fallout" event locally at the Fifty Point Conservation Area. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E17 - Sundry Songs
Exploring the Fifty Point Conservation Area more thoroughly bring sundry songs of Baltimore Orioles, Blue-grey Gnatcatchers, Chipping Sparrows, and more. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E18 - Killdeer! Killdeer!
The Killdeer is one of the most vocal bird species in North America. It may not technically be a songbird, but it will not go anywhere unheard. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Support You can now support Songbirding at https://patreon.com/songbirding Find out more at http://5khz.songbir...
S3E19 - Cape May Warblers
The Cape May Warbler is a species those of us in southern Ontario get to hear singing once a year, during spring migration. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Support You can support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/songbirding Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E20 - Woodland Cemetery, Part 1
A morning of rich spring birdsong, this time at the Woodland Cemetery in Burlington, Ontario. Part 1 of 2. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Support You can support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/songbirding Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E21 - Woodland Cemetery, Part 2
A morning of rich spring birdsong, this time at the Woodland Cemetery in Burlington, Ontario. Part 2 of 2. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Support You can support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/songbirding Find out more at http://5khz.songbirding.com
S3E22 - Black-and-white Warblers
Huge swarms of insects might send some birders running away, but insects make great food for many warblers, like the Black-and-white Warbler. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Support You can support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/songbirding Find out more at http://5khz.songbir...
S3E23 - South Shore of Cootes Paradise
In between the cities of Hamilton and Burlington lies the urban nature sanctuary of Cootes Paradise, a haven for both breeding and migrating bird species. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Support You can support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/songbirding Find out more at http:/...
S3E24 - Tennessee Warblers
There's a short window of a couple weeks per year when one can hear the song of the Tennessee Warbler in Southern Ontario, and on this May morning at Fifty Point Conservation Area there were no shortage of these high-pitched songsters. Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Creative Commons music by Kai Engel - https://www.kai-engel.com/ Support You can suppo...
S3E25 - Long Point
There are a number of migration hotspots along the north shore of Lake Erie in Ontario. One of those is Long Point Provincial Park. In this unprecedented year, nearly all of these locations were closed for the vast majority of migration season. However, the provincial parks began to open just at the very end of migration, giving one last opportunity to observe hundreds to thousands of migrat...
