Journal of a Songbirder

The gist of it is: if you're in an area with Great Horned Owls present, go out at dusk around this time of year and list for the screams/screeches of juvenile Great Horned Owls. They are very frequent with these calls until they are comfortable hunting on their own. Much, much more frequent than "hooting" adults. Here's a link to a clip from my livestream where we were listening to some: https://w...

Throughout my whole life, birding has always kind of just been there, in the background. I grew up on a farm in Bruce County, in rural mid-western Ontario, during the 1980s and 90s, and like many kids my age I was involved in Scouts, and that was the main source of my direct education about nature and the outdoors in general. More indirectly however, was the Golden Guide to the Birds of North Amer...

Well, as expected this week, AOS’ annual conference coincided with the release of the new supplement to the Check-List of North American birds. First off, the one thing I didn’t entirely expect: the Tufted Titmouse and Black-crested Titmouse remain as two species. For now. But, in a move that surprises no one, we now have two new species: the Western Warbling-Vireo and the Eastern Warbling-Vireo. ...

This year's NACC proposals include a case for splitting the Warbling Vireo into two. This can be read as an article at https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-warbling-may-136178818 Support Journal of a Songbirder by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/journal-of-a-songbirder This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you de...