Birding By Ear

This episode of shorebirds features two sets of look alike birds. First Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, and then Short and Long-Billed Dowitchers.    Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or through Facebook at BirdingByEarPodcast.  Other helpful links include: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/peterson-field-guide-to-bird-sounds/ https://xeno-ca...

This is a second episode in a series all about shorebirds. Today we talk about common shorebirds. First the Sandhill Crane, then American Avocet, then Black-Necked Stilts, the Spotted Sandpiper, and finally Solitary Sandpiper.    Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or through Facebook at BirdingByEarPodcast.  Other helpful links include: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ https...

This is the first in a series of episodes all about shorebirds. We start off easy with just three birds that say their own name. Today we talk about Killdeer, Willet, and Long-billed Curlew.    Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or through Facebook at BirdingByEarPodcast.  Other helpful links include: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/peterso...

I love hearing from you. Write me a review and I'll mail you a sticker with the logo for this podcast for free. You can reach me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or on facebook at birdingbyearpodcast.facebook.com Next week will be the first new episode of 2026 Music is Called Good Thoughts by Diana Taylor from https://taketones.com/track/good-thoughts

Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or through Facebook at BirdingByEarPodcast.  Other helpful links include: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/peterson-field-guide-to-bird-sounds/ https://xeno-canto.org/ Music is Called Good Thoughts by Diana Taylor from https://taketones.com/track/good-thoughts    

That's right today we are listening to the somewhat grating sounds of SeaGulls, aka Gulls. Most of my information came from these two blog posts:  https://earbirding.com/blog/archives/4538 https://earbirding.com/blog/archives/3994   We divide gulls into four groups, based on their long calls: High Yelpers represented by the Herring Gull (6:30), Low yelpers represented by California Gulls (7:45) Sl...

This is the most intimidating episode I’ve attempted to make to date. So please remember I’m not an expert birder i put these episodes together to help me learn  I which means I’m still learning. Today we are going to tackle one of the harder bird sound identification challenges there is. Today we’re talking about crossbills. White Winged Crossbill (5:35) Red Crossbills (8:28) Flight Calls startin...

This episode focuses on Mountain-ish, Finch-ish birds. We listen to Pine Siskin (00:48) Cassin's Finch (4:27) Evening Grosbeak (7:15) Pine Grosbeak (13:45), review (17:12).  Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or through Facebook at BirdingByEarPodcast.  Other helpful links include: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/peterson-field-guide-to-bir...

Last time we talked about crows, raven and magpies. This episode we talk about mountain corvids, well mountainish; including Pinyon Jay (0:47), Clarks Nutcracker (4:05), Canada Jay (6:20) and Steller's Jay (9:13) and we finish with a review of all the corvids so far at (11:30).  If you missed the episode mountains vs valleys you can check it out here https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cghrj-14182ec   F...

Crows caw and Ravens croak but what does that really mean? In this episode we discuss to two sepecies of raven including the Common Raven (1:33), and the Chihuahuan Raven (4:34), two species of crows including American Crow (7:08) and Fish Crow (8:46) and two species of magpies including Black Billed Magpie (10:36) and Yellow Billed Magpie (14:13).    Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@g...

Virginia's Warber: 1:15 Lucy's Warber: 4:09 Nashville Warbler: 6:50 Black-throated Gray Warbler: 10:00  Review: 13:00    Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or through Facebook at BirdingByEarPodcast.  Other helpful links include: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/peterson-field-guide-to-bird-sounds/ https://xeno-canto.org/ Music is Called Goo...

In this episode we finish up learning about the common wrens in the ABA area. Including Rock Wren (1:30), Bewick's Wren (4:17), Cactus Wren (8:30), Canyon Wren (10:34), Marsh Wren (14:12), Sedge Wren (16:33), and their calls (18:10).  Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or through Facebook at BirdingByEarPodcast.  Other helpful links include: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/...

Part one of two all about wrens. This episode focuses on Neighborhood wrens including: House Wren (1:05), Pacific Wren (4:45), Winter Wren (6:08), and Carolina Wren (8:35), Calls are at (11:08).  Feel free to email me at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com or through Facebook at BirdingByEarPodcast.  Other helpful links include: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/peter...

A quick preview for this years upcoming new episodes. 

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 check out https:...

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 Waxwing (6:39)....

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 birdingbyearpodca...

A very special episode dedicated to a future birding trip to the Norhtern Great Plains of the United States where my friends and I hope to find Baird's Sparrow (4:04) LeConte's Sparrow (5:36) Nelson's Sparrow (9:19) Henslow's Sparrow (11:05) Sprague's Pipit (12:41) and Yellow Rail (16:00). A review of call notes begins on (17:58).  Comments questions or suggestions can be emailed to birdingbyearpo...

Birds in the Thrush family have some of the most beautiful and celebrated bird songs in North America. Today we will listen to the Swainson's Thrush (2:33) Hermit Thrush (7:01) Varied Thrush (10:06) Townsend's Solitaire (11:35) and Mountain Bluebird (14:39). And I briefly mention Wood Thrush (20:45) Verry (21:22) and Grey-cheeked Thrush (22:00).  Comments questions or suggestions can be emailed to...

I have always been fascinated at how some of our smallest birds seem to make such big sounds. Today we learn and listen to Red-breasted Nuthatch (1:09) White-breasted Nuthatch (4:36) Pygymy Nuthatch (8:08) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (10:35) Golden-crowned Kinglet (13:50) and lastly Brown Creeper (17:06).  I would love to hear from you, send me an email at birdingbyearpodcast@gmail.com    

Just a little preview of what I'm calling season three! Spring is just around the corner and before we know it the birds will be back singing their hearts out. Now is a perfect time to refresh our memories on what our feathered friends sound like.  It's hard to believe this is my third year of making a podcast. I still learn something new every episode, both about how to make a podcast and how to...

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.facebook.com/B...

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 (16:47).  Thanks and...

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/3518 Article abo...

Its time to learn some more warbler sounds. Today I focus on Yellow-rumped Warbler (3:06), MacGillivray's Warbler (6:30), and Wilson's Warbler (9:45). Calls begin at (14:11).    Three Warbling Songsters https://birdingbyearpodcast.podbean.com/e/three-warbling-songsters/ Other resources: https://ebird.org/home https://www.allaboutbirds.org/   https://www.audubon.org/ Reach out to me: https://www.fa...