Songscapes

S1E20 - Gunk, Gunk!

The Green Frog is a fairly common amphibian found in eastern North America in shallow, permanent water features. It's well known for its "gunk, gunk!" call. In this soun

S1E19 - The "Sore-throated" Vireo

The Yellow-throated Vireo shares much in common with it's red-eyed cousins. Their song is only different in its harsh intonation, making it sound like a "sore-throated" r

S1E18 - Creekside with the Eastern Wood-Pewee

Known for the distinctive "puh-wee" call, the Eastern Wood-Pewee is a very common breeding bird in forests throughout eastern North America. They are also very persisten

S1E17 - An Urban Meadowlark

The Eastern Meadowlark is typically found at agricultural sites throughout southern Ontario, but can sometimes be found at large open parkland in urban areas. In this so

S1E16 - Oh Sweet Cacophony!

The song of the White-throated Sparrow, known by the mnemonic "Oh Sweet Canada, Canada, Canada!", is considered to be one of the most musically pleasing songs... when the

S1E15 - Interview With the Catbird

At 5:13 a.m. on May 31 of this year, a male Gray Catbird perched right in front of our field recorder and gave us a nine-minute "interview". The very next morning at near

S1E14 - Redstarts of the Lake Huron Fringe

The American Redstart is an abundant and friendly warbler that can be found in deciduous forests and forest edges. It has a fairly simple and short warble, with a fairly

S1E13 - The "Variable" Warbler, Part 2: Golden-winged Warbler

Together the Blue-winged Warbler and Golden-winged Warbler form a species complex that isn't fully understood. Each species can breed with the other, and produce offsprin

S1E12 - The "Variable" Warbler, Part 1: Blue-winged Warbler

Together the Blue-winged Warbler and Golden-winged Warbler form a species complex that isn't fully understood. Each species can breed with the other, and produce offsprin

S1E11 - Winter Wren on a Summer Day

The Winter Wren can have one of the most lengthy continuous songs of all of Ontario's breeding birds, and is amongst one of the loudest in spite of its tiny size. This s

S1E10 - Arrival of the Northern Waterthrush

The Northern Waterthrush arrives late April in the Hamilton area, preferring swampy forested habitat. Its song is described as a loud and ringing warble, that accelerates

S1E9 - Songs of the Spring Floods

In 2019, the Hamilton Naturalists' Club acquired a new property in the Upper Hayesland Swamp, known now as the Hayesland Swamp Nature Sanctuary. It is a flooded forest in

S1E8 - Whip-poor-will

A short recording that includes the song of the Eastern Whip-poor-will. This species is now only heard and seen in the Hamilton area during migration, as the local breedi

S1E7 - Early Spring Dawnsong at McMaster Forest

This urban recording begins at dawn with the wind-down of the outlandish nocturnal mating calls ("peents") and display of the American Woodcock. Next comes the Song Sparr

S1E6 - Edge Habitat

Birds can be most abundant along "edge" habitats--between one discrete habitat and another. Here you will hear a mix of urban birds--Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Mourning

S1E5 - Many Questions

The Red-eyed Vireo is known for its repetitive song, which can sound like a loop of questions and answers. They sing throughout the summer in forests across Eastern North

S1E4 - The Song Dogs of Winter

Throughout the winter, we have recorded many Eastern Coyotes, also known as the "song dogs". This is a collection of coyote choruses in multiple locations near Hamilton,

S1E3 - A Dusk Duet of Great Horned Owls

A duet of Great Horned Owls in courtship. One continuous recording of a single interaction between a likely mated pair. Note that as it begins the second owl is quite far

S1E2 - April Morningsong

A continuous soundscape of morning field recordings from the Vinemount Meadows Nature Sanctuary in Vinemount, Ontario, Canada on April 7, 2019. Mildly edited to remove lo

S1E1 - The Chorus Frogs of Vinemount

A continuous soundscape of nocturnal field recordings from the Vinemount Meadows Nature Sanctuary in Vinemount, Ontario, Canada in the very early hours of April 7, 2019.