Songbirding

Guided audio hikes learning North American songbird species AI summary

Rob Porter Visit website › Science · EN · 270 episodes · latest 2026-11-09

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Immerse yourself in the elsewhere. Guided by award-winning naturalist and field recordist Rob Porter, the Songbirding podcast is an audio nature documentary that takes you on guided hikes while you learn the songs of dozens of North American songbird species. Entirely recorded in the field, and equally ideal for learning or relaxing to. You really won't hear any other podcast quite like this (and if you do, we'd really like to hear about it!). Songbirding has been four-time nominated as Best Science Podcast for the Canadian Podcast Awards. You can start with any episode in any season. Season 1: Bruce Peninsula, Ontario; 2-3: Southern Ontario; 4: Mid-western & Southern Ontario; 5: Johnston Harbour, Ontario; 6: Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania; 7: Kananaskis Country, Alberta. For those with high-frequency hearing loss, please search for "Songbirding Under 5kHz". Credits Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. Cover art by Lauren Helton - https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/ About the Host Rob is a software engineer and naturalist in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is the winner of the 2025 Betty Blashill Environmental Prize, and started the Songbirding podcast in 2019. He is also currently the Bird Studies Group Director of the Hamilton Naturalists' Club. Support Support the show at https://songbirding.com/support

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  1. 2026-11-09 · 20 min · Season 7, episode 34

    I’m half way down the main descent of the Fullerton Loop Trail.For this final stretch we’ll be listening to this Varied Thrush, as well as Pine Siskin, Tennessee Warblers, and more.CreditsSongbirding: Kananaskis Country…

  2. 2026-11-02 · 27 min · Season 7, episode 33

    The Western Warbling-Vireo is greyish olive bird that can be found in deciduous trees in woodlands and open areas in western Canada and the United States.Its name is quite descriptive of its song — a rapid and almost…

  3. 2026-10-23 · 23 min

    In the first half we explore insect songs & sounds in southern Ontario in mid-October, then to a group of Common Ravens in Alberta in June.CreditsThe Songbirding Halloween Special (2026) is a Songbirding Studios…

  4. 2026-10-12 · 27 min · Season 7, episode 32

    While hiking the Fullerton Loop Trail I found a very cooperative Townsend’s Solitaire, at about the halfway point of the hike. For this episode, we’re going to listen to this long-winged songster, as well as many other…

  5. 2026-09-28 · 26 min · Season 7, episode 31

    Continuing the ascent of the Fullerton Loop Trail, I’m about to encounter the songs of Red-breast Nuthatches, Western Warbling-Vireos, and Townsend’s Solitaires.CreditsSongbirding: Kananaskis Country is a Songbirding…

  6. 2026-09-21 · 30 min · Season 7, episode 30

    As I continue along the Fullerton Loop Trail, I’ll be encountering some Chipping Sparrows, Varied Thrush, Mountain Chickadees, and more.CreditsSongbirding: Kananaskis Country is a Songbirding Studios…

  7. 2026-09-14 · 30 min · Season 7, episode 29

    The Fullerton Loop Trail is a half-day hike that gives expansive views over the Elbow Valley in Kananaskis Country.During my trip in early June of 2025, it was full of birdsong, even though the climate felt like winter…

  8. 2026-09-09 · 25 min · Season 7, episode 28

    The Varied Thrush is a striking species to look at, and a haunting one to hear.The male’s mix of dark colours mixed with orange gradients make them look dressed for Halloween.Their song sounds something between a…

  9. 2026-08-31 · 24 min · Season 7, episode 27

    The Townsend’s Solitaire can be a very, very long winded bird. It may have the longest continuous song I’ve ever recorded.To me this bird has always looked like someone had taken a Northern Mockingbird and made it…

  10. 2026-08-24 · 29 min · Season 7, episode 26

    I’m at the top of Prairie View, a broad vista overlooking Barrier Lake. It’s been a long hike up and I’ll be headed back down soon, stopping wherever I hear birdsong.CreditsSongbirding: Kananaskis Country is a…

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10/2019 · over 7 years
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