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"Yank-yank-yank!" That means your birdfeeder is empty in nuthatch! In this episode Will introduces you to the nutty brains of two very familiar sights in the United States - the red-breasted nuthatch and the white-breasted nuthatch! These common birdfeeder birds are known for their acrobatic movements and penchant for hanging upside down. Tune in for some amazing facts about the lives of nuthatches, and tips for identifying them in your backyard!Also explored is the curious history of bird feeding. Where did the modern birdfeeder design come from? Who was the first bird feeder? All of these questions and more will be answered. Do you have a birdfeeder? If so, you'll get some fun tips for attracting nuthatches to your feeder!Be sure to check out the Will's Birdbrain Instagram account for complementary episode photos and videos, plus many other awesome bird photos/stories!--> Will's Birdbrain Instagram Page Youtube Will's Birdbrain Shop
A tiny episode of just over 2 mins with a garden nuthatch who sang a few words to me :) - I write automatically as she chatters... So resonant and the perfect messge x................................‘Sliding scale musical joy is here every dayand I run, creep, sleek up and down itas you do. Si Si Siiiiii! Smooth…and bubbling merry under, my call. This heart glows radiant soft, timeless – beneath my orange-pink underfeathers andyou have my blue-grey artist back,a colour-wheel, complementary creeperplus tree – perfect! Though I disappear into deeper woods, it's true,I return when you do, with clear focus, black stripe precision sharpdirect through the eyeand point to our purpose, our poise,our protection. Swift, sure and true – I am an inner fire of blessing.Si Si Si!As are you.'Thank you, Nuthatch x & thank you for listening........................................** - please see the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as so happy to find out about this! Any contributions towards coffees, poetry books and bird seed :)... (& of course the podcast/audio recording/editing costs!) gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - Garden Nuthatch - superquick ink sketchPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the Show.
Woodpeckers are our most familiar bird carpenters, but other birds also chip out nests in trees and wood structures. Nuthatches — like this Red-breasted Nuthatch — are exceptional wood carvers, with their chisel-like bills. Chickadees will peck into less dense wood, carrying out wood chips by the beak full! Listen for bird carpenters this spring — and watch for wood chips.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
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
Along the trail to Hector Falls I left a recorder for about half a hour. Red-eyed vireos dominate, with the occasional Black-throated Green Warbler, White-breasted Nuthatch, and a number of other songbird species. Recorded on July 15, 2022 with a Zoom F1 recorder at Hector Falls Trail in Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania, USA. You can listen to more from this location during the first few episodes of the Songbirding podcast season 5. This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-da20d0 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Songscapes.
The nuthatch's beak is all business. Long, slender, sharp: it can pluck a tiny spider from a crevice in the bark or carve a nest hole right through the outer hide of a tree. And the Brown-headed Nuthatch is even known to use tools! Picking up a flake of pine bark in its beak, the bird uses it as a lever to pry up the bark scales on a tree and get to the insects below. A resourceful bird, the nuthatch.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
Nuthatches rank high on the list of favorite backyard birds. Compact and stub-tailed, they climb down tree trunks and along the underside of branches with comical ease. One at a time, they flit in for suet and sunflower seeds. But out in the woods, where they spend most of their time, nuthatches are hard to spot. Fortunately, they give themselves away with their voices. Compare the calls of Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, then head to the woods.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
No bird is better adapted for climbing up a tree trunk than a woodpecker. The foot of this Pileated Woodpecker is ideal for clinging, and its relatively short legs allow it to anchor itself securely. When traveling upward, the woodpecker's a master. But hitching down? Not so much — usually they will fly. Nuthatches, however, can easily go up and down. This White-breasted Nuthatch walks over the bark of trees by grasping with one leg while using the other for a prop. It also has a rear-facing toe equipped with a long, sharp claw that's ideal for hanging on while heading downward.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
Many Brown-headed Nuthatches make their home in the tall longleaf pines of the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida. Twittering constantly, the birds probe for tiny insects or extract seeds from cones in the trees' upper branches. Forests of longleaf pine once dominated the sandy coastal plain from Virginia to Texas, but the tall, straight pines proved irresistible for their lumber. Now, much of the forest is gone, replaced by dense planted stands of quicker-growing slash pines.As our population grows, and more and more land is devoted to human uses, our national forests become increasingly important for birds, both rare and common.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
To distinguish one bird from a similar one, watch how the bird moves. Does it flick its wings? Bob up and down? Flip its tail? The White-breasted Nuthatch (right) works its way down the trunk of a tree, while the Brown Creeper works its way up. A field guide usually mentions these behaviors, and watching for them can help you determine which bird is which. It's like detective work: gather enough clues, and you'll solve the mystery!More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
Once spanning nearly 6 million acres in Missouri's Ozarks, the shortleaf pine and oak woodland ecosystem has dwindled to 100,000 acres today. Along with the loss of this habitat, a bird—the brown-headed nuthatch—disappeared as well. However, after decades of woodland restoration, the brown-headed nuthatch has returned to Missouri—by plane. Over two summers in 2020 and 2021, a team of scientists successfully captured and flew 102 birds from Arkansas to Missouri, marking the bird's return to the state after being locally extinct since 1907. Weighing in at a mere one-third of an ounce, approximately the combined weight of a nickel and a quarter, the return of the brown-headed nuthatch is nevertheless a weighty event. Related Research: Effects of Pine-oak Woodland Restoration on Breeding Bird Densities in the Ozark-Ouachita Interior Highlands (2019) Site Occupancy of Brown-headed Nuthatches Varies with Habitat Restoration and Range-limit Context (2015) Resource Configuration and Abundance Affect Space use of a Cooperatively Breeding Resident Bird (2014) Scientists: Frank Thompson, Research Wildlife Biologist, Northern Research Station, Columbia, Missouri Jody Eberly, Wildlife Biologist/Fire Mgmt. Officer (Retired), Mark Twain National Forest, Rolla, Missouri Angelina Trombley, Wildlife Biologist, Mark Twain National Forest, Doniphan, Missouri We used the following recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: ML180391131 (Milton Hobbs, Georgia, USA), ML225986 (Bob McGuire, Florida, USA) & ML unknown (Andrew Spencer, Florida, USA) Produced by the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. Want more information? Visit us at www.fs.usda.gov/research/nrs/products/multimedia/podcasts Any questions? Connect with us on Twitter!
This was recorded early on a clear spring morning in the forest near White Deer Lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The recording starts about an hour before sunrise as the birds were just beginning to sing, and the frogs were winding down their nighttime chorus. You'll hear many different birds on this recording including Great Horned Owl, American Robin, Hammond's Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Mountain Chickadee, Cassin's Vireo, Western Tanager, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Hermit Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch and more. One sound I was particularly happy to capture is the booming wing sound of the Common Nighthawk, which is made by males as they dive at females during courtship. Help this podcast get made by making a donation, becoming a Patreon supporter, or becoming a monthly supporter through Spotify Podcasting. You can do so by visiting the following links- https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast You can become a monthly supporter at Spotify Podcasting by clicking the link at the end of this podcast description. Thank you to my current and past monthly supporters, those of you that have made one-time donations, and my three supporters on Patreon. Every bit of your contributions go directly to the production of this podcast. I truly appreciate your help! You can see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, by visiting the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions or comments? Send me a message on Facebook or Instagram, or email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I really hope you enjoy this recording. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support
Of the four nuthatch species living in the United States, the most common are the Red-breasted Nuthatch, seen left here, and the White-breasted Nuthatch, on the right. The nuthatch's insistent call matches its aggressiveness. As it works its way down a tree trunk, the nuthatch can spot-and eat-all the tasty morsels missed by the rest of the birds working their way up the tree.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
Summary: Did you know that birds use tools? They do! Join Cheryl and Kiersten as they discuss all the ways bird use tools. For our hearing impaired listeners, a transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean. Show Notes: https://pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/ https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/science/various-ways-that-birds-around-the-world-use-tools/ “Bait-fishing by Birds: A Fascinating Example of Tool Use” by William E. Davis and Julie Zickefoose - https://sora.unm.edu/ https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Tool_Using.html “Tool Use in Birds: An Overview of Reported Cases, Ontogeny, and Underlying Cognitive Abilities” Thesis by Yvonne Christina Roelofs, University of Groningen Background bird song: Naturescapes Backyard Birds www.naturescapes.com Our email address, please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions: thefeathereddesert@gmail.com Transcript Host Voice: Welcome to The Feathered Desert a podcast all about desert bird feeding in the Southwest region of the United States. (Various bird calls play) Tool Use in Birds Kiersten: Welcome to the Feathered Desert this episode will open your mind to the amazing abilities of birds. Cheryl and I are going to talk about tool use in birds! As humans one of the abilities that we thought separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom was our use of tools, but as researchers continue to study the natural world, we have discovered that we are not the only ones capable of using tools. To research this controversial topic, scientists first started off with an accepted definition of true tool use. The definition states that true tool use is “the exertion of control over a freely manipulable external object (the tool) with the goal of (1) altering the physical properties of another object, substance, surface, or medium (the target) via a dynamic mechanical interaction, or (2) mediating the flow of information between the tool user and the environment or other organisms in the environment.” Cheryl: We're going to start this conversation off with baiting. Baiting is the deliberate use of an item to lure prey to a predator, like when humans go fishing. We use a lure to attract fish to our hook and catch them. This is a pretty advanced form of fore-thought that many scientists didn't think birds were capable of performing, but we have two examples of baiting in birds. The first example is herons using various items to attract fish to their fishing spot. The Striated heron uses bits of bread, insects, twigs, or other vegetation to lure fish close to the branches that hang over the water that they use as hunting spots. Green herons have been seen using bread crumbs to lure fish close enough to easily catch them and chasing away coots that tried to eat their bread lure indicating the heron's understanding that the bread was helping lure fish. Use of luring has also been reported In the Great Egret, Black-crowned Night-heron, Great Blue Heron, Black Kite, Sun Bittern, and the Pied Kingfisher. Another bird that is one of our favorite Valley birds is also on our tool use list. The Burrowing Owl will line the entrance of its burrow with dung to attract one of its favorite insects to eat, the Dung Beetle. Scientists did a few experiments and discovered that owls using the dung as a lure ate 10 times more dung beetles as owls not using the lure. It's cheaper than using UberEats! Kiersten: Anting is another example of true tool use but it involves other live animals such as insects. Anting is when a bird rubs an ant, caterpillar, centipede, snail, or other insect all over its body. It happens most often in passerines, aka songbirds, but no one really knows why they do it. One guess is that they use the chemicals in the insect as bug repellent. Another guess is that it could be a way to prepare the insect before eating, since most often the bird eats the insect after the rubbing activity. Cheryl: Egyptian vultures love to eat ostrich eggs, but the shell is so thick they cannot crack it open with their own beaks. So, they fly up to 50 yards away to find the perfect rock to help them crack open the ostrich egg. When they find just the right rock, they hold it in their beak, stand next to the egg, and throw the stone at the egg. They only hit the target 40-60% of the time but they persist until they crack it open. The perfect rock is often an egg-shaped rock and this leads scientists to hypothesis that this behavior evolved from a time when the vultures threw eggs to crack them open instead of the other way around. Kiersten: An example closer to home is the Brown-headed Nuthatch. And this is a regional example of tool use. The Brown-headed nuthatches from a specific longleaf pine forest of Louisiana use bits of bark to pry off other pieces of bark in search of hidden treasures. They are looking for insects and cached pine nuts. They do this most often when the hunger quotient is high and resources are low. Cheryl: Our next example for true tool use is drumming. Palm cockatoo males will remove twigs from trees to drum on tree trunks. They chose specific twigs that must be between 10-12 cm and they will remove any leaves or offshoots on those twigs until it's just the way they want it. Then they will beat it against the tree truck and each male has a different rhythm. We're not one hundred percent sure why they do it but it seems likely that they do it to advertise their territory and to attract a mate. The twig is often added to the nest after a successful pairing. I guess it really is true that the drummer always gets the girl! Kiersten: Drumming actually takes us up a notch to creating tools out of available items. This is one of the most remarkable behaviors we've discovered in the bird world. The Woodpecker finch of the Galapagos Islands is an insect eating bird that loves to eat grubs. These grubs burrow into the bark of trees to protect themselves from predators, but the woodpecker finch has designed a way to outsmart them. They use a cactus spine to dig the grubs out of their hiding space and they are particular about which spine they use. They will look for just the right spine or twig and if that fails, they will snap one down to the right size. Once they have fashioned the perfect tool they will keep it with them, flying from place to place holding it in their beak. Cheryl: One of the most amazing examples of tool making is the New Caledonia crow. This crow can make a tool out of almost anything! They break down twigs to the right size and even fashion wire into the perfect tool by bending the ends into the perfect curve. The leaf tools they develop have diversified over time on the island of New Caledonia, which is an unexpected accomplishment. A quote from Ornithology by Frank B. Gill states “The crow has developed the cultural capacity to evolve its tools in ways that resemble the feats of the early ancestors of modern humans.” These birds are also sequential tool users which means they use multiple tools in a row to reach their objective. This is seen in captive experiments where the crow is presented with a puzzle with the reward being food. To solve the puzzle the birds must use different tools to solve each step to finally open the portion with the food. It's a behavior rarely seen in animals outside of primates. Kiersten: I saved my favorite for last. It's not as complicated at the New Caledonia crow but it is pretty mind-blowing. The Black Kite of Australia, a type of raptor, has been seen by Aborigines for generations picking up burning sticks on the edges of wild fires and then dropping them further afield to make small prey items, such a mice, run in the direction they want them to go to catch them. This is an amazing example of tool use, but even more incredible it's the only other example of an animal using fire besides humans! We both hope that this episode of the Feathered Desert stays with you and next time you are watching your favorite birds at your feeder you remember these examples of bird intelligence and how similar birds really are to us.
A recording made next to the River Stour at Foxearth Meadows, Essex, on 30th April 2022 in the late afternoon. Competing with the rush hour traffic are the following birds, of which there are many during peak springtime activity. Chiffchaff, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Long-Tailed Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Oystercatcher (this far inland!), Bullfunch, Moorhen, Sparrow, Blue Tit, Mallard, Green Woodpecker and Blackcap...as identified by the Cornell Lab Merlin App...which is fantastic!
Mike and Dusty hike the boardwalks and the Island Loop Trail in the Sandstone Falls Area of New River Gorge National Park.Birds featured in trail recordings: Carolina Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Common Grackle.Website: GazeAtTheNationalParks.comInstagram: @GazeAtTheNationalParksFacebook: Gaze at the National ParksOur listeners can enjoy 20% their copy of Moon USA National Parks from MOON Travel Guides by clicking HERE and using offer code GAZE at checkout! Expires December 31, 2023, offer only available with Hachette Books, not valid with any other retailers. To see additional National Parks Guides published by Moon, visit Moon.com. #gazeatthenationalparks#hikeearlyhikeoften#adventureisoutthereHosted by Dustin Ballard and Michael RyanEpisode Editing by Dustin BallardOriginal Artwork by Michael RyanOriginal Music by Dave SeamonMusic Producer: Skyler FortgangSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gaze-at-the-national-parks/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Meg Yurkiw from Made by Meg Design and Heather Desormeaux from Nuthatch Artistry are two military spouses who are both strongly tied to their military community and had a strong desire to give back in a meaningful way that would truly make an impact. Meg stumbled across Heather's beautiful watercolour art prints on social media, and came up with a 'brilliant beyond brilliant idea' to collaborate, having Heather design poppy prints and have them printed on Meg's scrunchies, with 50% of portions going towards supporting Canadian Veteran's and their mental health. These gorgeous scrunches go on sale on Friday, September 16 (which also happens to be Military Family Appreciation Day), so be sure to snag yours while they last!
White-breasted Nuthatches aren't the toughest birds on the block — but when it comes to their nests, they know how to put up defenses. Squirrels could easily duck inside a nest cavity and gobble up the eggs. That's why you might see nuthatches sweeping around their nest hole with a beetle or other insect. It's thought that chemical compounds from the insect smell bad to squirrels, driving them away. And if that doesn't work, nuthatches try to make themselves look as big as possible.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
The Lexman Artificial Podcast is back with a review of the latest nuthatch sightings in the region. Ariel Ekblaw, a wildlife biologist and professor at Appalachian State University, joins the artificial intelligence Lexman to discuss the adaptations of this bird species in response to changing landscapes.
Matthew Wimberley grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He's the author of Daniel Boone's Window and All the Great Territories. Wimberley has won the Crab Orchard Poetry Series First Book Award, the Weatherford Award, the William Matthews Prize, and his work was chosen for the 2016 Best New Poets Anthology. He's an Assistant Professor of English at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Herman Melville (1819-1891) was born in New York City. He's best known as the author of novels like Moby Dick and White-Jacket, along with short fiction including “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and “Benito Cereno.” However, Melville spent decades writing poetry exclusively, and critics have ranked him, alongside Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, as one of the best poets of the 19th century. Links: Read https://files.captivate.fm/library/d09902b9-0397-4733-a1a9-c9bc3c5ae81c/and-20so-20it-20ends-20with-20the-20cry-20of-20a-20nuthatch-20m.pdf ("And So It Ends with the Cry of a Nuthatch on the First Day of Spring") Read https://poets.org/poem/shiloh-requiem ("Shiloh: A Requiem") Matthew Wimberley "https://poets.org/poem/celebrated-colors-local-sunsets (The Celebrated Colors of the Local Sunsets" at Poets.org) https://www.rattle.com/tabula-rasa-by-matthew-wimberley/ (“Tabula Rasa” in Rattle) https://www.theparisamerican.com/matthew-wimberley-poetry.html (“Elegy at Night” in The Paris-American) https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v19n1/poetry/wimberley-m/index.shtml (Three poems in Blackbird) https://www.narrativemagazine.com/authors/matthew-wimberley (Four poems in Narrative) http://dzancbooks.squarespace.com/collagist-blog/2016/3/14/if-there-is-anything-to-show-you-an-interview-with-matthew-w.html (“'If There Is Anything to Show You:' An Interview with Matthew Wimberley”) Herman Melville https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/herman-melville (Bio and poems at Poetryfoundation.org) https://poets.org/poet/herman-melville (Bio and poems at Poets.org) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herman-Melville (“Herman Melville: American Author" at Britannica.com”) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/herman-melville-at-home ("Herman Melville at Home" in The New Yorker) Music is by https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/ (Chad Crouch) Mentioned in this episode: KnoxCountyLibrary.org Thank you for listening and sharing this podcast. Explore life-changing resources and events, sign up for newsletters, follow us on social media, and more through our website, www.knoxcountylibrary.org. https://the-beat.captivate.fm/rate (Rate & review on Podchaser)
Matthew Wimberley grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He's the author of Daniel Boone's Window and All the Great Territories. Wimberley has won the Crab Orchard Poetry Series First Book Award, the Weatherford Award, the William Matthews Prize, and his work was chosen for the 2016 Best New Poets Anthology. He's an Assistant Professor of English at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Herman Melville (1819-1891) was born in New York City. He's best known as the author of novels like Moby Dick and White-Jacket, along with short fiction including “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and “Benito Cereno.” However, Melville spent decades writing poetry exclusively, and critics have ranked him, alongside Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, as one of the best poets of the 19th century. Links: Read https://files.captivate.fm/library/d09902b9-0397-4733-a1a9-c9bc3c5ae81c/and-20so-20it-20ends-20with-20the-20cry-20of-20a-20nuthatch-20m.pdf ("And So It Ends with the Cry of a Nuthatch on the First Day of Spring") Read https://poets.org/poem/shiloh-requiem ("Shiloh: A Requiem") Matthew Wimberley "https://poets.org/poem/celebrated-colors-local-sunsets (The Celebrated Colors of the Local Sunsets" at Poets.org) https://www.rattle.com/tabula-rasa-by-matthew-wimberley/ (“Tabula Rasa” in Rattle) https://www.theparisamerican.com/matthew-wimberley-poetry.html (“Elegy at Night” in The Paris-American) https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v19n1/poetry/wimberley-m/index.shtml (Three poems in Blackbird) https://www.narrativemagazine.com/authors/matthew-wimberley (Four poems in Narrative) http://dzancbooks.squarespace.com/collagist-blog/2016/3/14/if-there-is-anything-to-show-you-an-interview-with-matthew-w.html (“'If There Is Anything to Show You:' An Interview with Matthew Wimberley”) Herman Melville https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/herman-melville (Bio and poems at Poetryfoundation.org) https://poets.org/poet/herman-melville (Bio and poems at Poets.org) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herman-Melville (“Herman Melville: American Author" at Britannica.com”) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/herman-melville-at-home ("Herman Melville at Home" in The New Yorker) Music is by https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/ (Chad Crouch) Mentioned in this episode: KnoxCountyLibrary.org Thank you for listening and sharing this podcast. Explore life-changing resources and events, sign up for newsletters, follow us on social media, and more through our website, www.knoxcountylibrary.org. https://pods.knoxlib.org/rate (Rate & review on Podchaser)
I woke up this morning to a thrush's liquid song cascading from the top of an oak tree about 100m away. Phrase after phrase, loud and clear. Not the repetitive song of a Song Thrush, nor the more mellow conversation of a Blackbird, but the melodious outpouring of a Mistle Thrush. Perched, typically, in the open, bold as brass, daring the local Sparrowhawk to interrupt, swept up in the power of his own remarkable voice as it bounced around off the stone walls of our home.During lockdown I bought a parabolic reflector for moments just like this, and over the last few weeks I've been wandering around recording bird songs and layering them together. Common species (at least around here), including Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Great and Blue Tits, Nuthatch, and Wren. I've caught snippets of the drumming of a Great Spotted Woodpecker, the first Chiffchaff of the spring, a pair of Wood Pigeons sitting in the sun, our local Rooks flying overhead. I even went out on a frosty morning and caught a barking Roe Deer echoing through a piece of woodland I can see from my window. And now was a perfect time to record that beautiful Mistle Thrush.The result is only short (less than six minutes) and to be honest no one morning sounds exactly like this, but forgive me for any ‘audio licence' because I hope - as it does for me - this brief dawn chorus transports you to somewhere soothing, a place of abundance, and far, far from the headlines.
Euan, The Edinburgh Birdwatcher, is celebrating 20 years of birding. He tells Suzy about his birding style and what birdwatching means to him. Also, there's big news from the Blue Tits that Suzy is watching via remote camera and, in Last Call, listen to a glorious, uninterrupted 5 minutes of dawn chorus birdsong from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. Timestamps & Links 00:00:00 Pre-roll and intro music 00:00:56 Opening & Announcements Last Episode - Springtime Birding Last episode Global Big Day On 14th May The Casual Birder Podcast Team will be taking part in the Global Big Day on 14th May 2022 . I would love you to join us! We will all be birding in our own locations, and sharing our checklists to the team account giving us a combined total of species for the team. You do not have to be an expert to take part, and you can bird from your back garden if you wish. There will be exclusive team events in the run-up to the Big Day so sign up now! Join the team for the Global Big Day Podchaser's #Reviews4Good During April, Podchaser runs #Reviews4Good - donating 25 cents for every podcast review, and doubling it when the podcaster posts a reply. This year's charity is World Central Kitchen, which provides meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. Leave a review for The Casual Birder Podcast here: 00:02:58 Euan, The Edinburgh Birdwatcher, Part 1 The Edinburgh Birdwatcher website 00:14:15 Podcast Promo - The Wild Podcast The Wild Podcast 00:15:12 Euan, The Edinburgh Birdwatcher, Part 2 00:23:28 Support the Show Buy me a virtual coffee on Ko-Fi.com 00:24:22 Euan, The Edinburgh Birdwatcher, Part 3 Euan's past appearances Episode 48 Euan's past appearances Episode 74 00:37:08 Suzy's birding notes Suzy has been visiting the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire and spent a lovely day birding with listener Anneke. 00:41:12 Nestbox News The Blue Tits have been busy: 11 eggs being incubated in one box, and a nest finally being built in the other 00:44:28 What have you seen? Tell me about your bird sightings 00:46:06 Wrap and Close 00:46:50 Last Call Last Call is an uninterrupted recording of bird song and sounds from a specific location, that gives you a flavour of what it was like to be there. This episode, Last Call is provided by John Buttress, recorded in the Forest of Dean on 16th April 2022 at 6:00am In the layers of sound you can hear: Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, the high-pitched call of a Goldcrest, Wren, Blackcap, Stock Dove, a Pheasant calling and flapping its wings in display and a great Spotted Woodpecker drumming Don't miss an episode - follow the show! Thanks to Randy Braun for designing the artwork for the show. The theme music is Short Sleeved Shirt by The Drones. Thanks to them for letting me use it. Check out their website at www.dronesmusic.net
The 509th of a series of weekly radio programmes created by :zoviet*france: First broadcast 9 April 2022 by Resonance 104.4 FM, and CJMP 90.1 FM Thanks to the artists included here for their fine work. track list 00 [anonymous] - Intro 01 Magda Mayas, Tina Douglas - Point 2 02 John F. Burton and David J. Tombs - Woodland Atmosphere (Including Wood Warbler, Nuthatch, Wren and Redpoll) Exmoor, Somerset, 16 May 1974 03 Heinali - Millefleur 04 Stéphane Marin - Tres fronteras [extract] 05 Synflict - Studio Milano 4 06 Jez Riley French - 16mm Film # 3 – Interlude 07 John Kannenberg - Turning the Pages of the "Description de l'Égypte" 08 TenHornedBeast - This Is the First Death 09 Biosphere - Superfluid 10 Timothy Fairless - Shelter in Noise [extract] 11 Rabbitsquirrel - The Obedience of Charcoal Sands 12 August Stars - In the Hour Before Dawn ++ [anonymous] - Outro
Fresh-fallen snow is beautiful, but it poses a challenge to birds. The ground where they found food is now covered by several inches of snow. Birds such as juncos and other sparrows flit under bushes where snow doesn't cover the ground. Finches and chickadees pick at the seed heads of plants sticking out above the snow, while robins (like this American Robin) seek out dried fruits. Nuthatches and woodpeckers cling to trees as they search for insects within the bark. Learn more at BirdNote.org.
A very active dawn chorus from the side of a lake at Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center in southern Illinois. Recorded using a Sound Devices MixPre6 digital audio recorder and two Sennheiser MKH20 omnidirectional microphones places in a homemade binaural housing. Species you might be able to hear include: Tree Swallow, Whip-poor-will, Scarlet Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Wood Thrush, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Summer Tanager, Canada Goose, Acadian Flycatcher, Louisiana Waterthrush, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Barred Owl, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Crow, Kentucky Warbler, Carolina Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Great-crested Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Cooper's Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, Black-and-white Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Hooded Merganser, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Indigo Bunting, Green Frog, and Beaver. Wear headphones for the best listening experience. Enjoy! This recording was made while working on the 'Voices of a Flyway' project. Recordings were made under permits issued by the park and for the purpose of science and education.
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Ken chats with good friend of the podcast Julian Hough, about birding culture. This week, Julian tells about the British "twitching" (rare bird chasing) scene when he was a young man. Need to see a bird that's 100s of miles away, but you have no car, no money, and you're on crutches? No problem! If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Siberian Thrush recording courtesy of Marta Celej, XC666367. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/666367 License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature Adventure Birding --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ken-behrens/message
No bird is better adapted for climbing up a tree trunk than a woodpecker. The foot of this Pileated Woodpecker is ideal for clinging, and its relatively short legs allow it to anchor itself securely. When traveling upward, the woodpecker's a master. But hitching down? Not so much — usually they will fly. Nuthatches, however, can easily go up and down. This White-breasted Nuthatch walks over the bark of trees by grasping with one leg while using the other for a prop. It also has a rear-facing toe equipped with a long, sharp claw that's ideal for hanging on while heading downward. Learn more at BirdNote.org.
If there's one thing we can thank the pandemic for, it's our deeper connection to nature. Join Jody Allair from Birds Canada as he teaches us about common cottage birds and how to identify them by their sound. Then we'll listen to an essay about everyone's favourite cottage pastime: the puzzle. Plus, have you ever been kept awake by a leaky tap at the cottage? Don't lose sleep—do this instead. Special thanks to:Jody Allair, director, citizen science & community engagement @BirdsCanadaBirds referenced:Black-capped ChickadeeBlue Jay by FotoRequest/ShutterstockRed-breasted Nuthatch by FotoRequest/ShutterstockAmerican Goldfinch by Brian Lasenby/ShutterstockYellow-bellied SapsuckerArticles referenced:“Piece Keeping” by Moira Farr (Cottage Life magazine, November/December 2000)Connect with Cottage Life:cottagelife.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/cottagelife/Twitter: @cottagelifeInstagram: @cottagelifePinterest: www.pinterest.ca/cottagelife/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CottagelifeMagazine/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Jumping off, Alvaro & George get Life List going by sharing their birding origins and dipping lightly into the vagaries of gulls and gull people, as well as why birding itself is such a great pastime. Alvaro recalls meeting Batman, his days (or daze?) in “peanut butter & jelly production” and how he used to think golf was weird, while George reveals his plans to announce a new “anti- sesquipedalian society.”Topics covered include: The Pribilof Islands, Kim K & Kanye's separation, Philly pride, backyard birds, how birding is rewarding, views on subspecies, and birding's burgeoning popularity.Highlight bird species: “Vega” Gull, redpolls, Whooping Crane, Pacific Loon, Smith's Longspur, Northern Fulmar, Brown-headed Nuthatch, and othersLocations mentioned: Alaska, Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, Philadelphia, and the Bay AreaLinks:Alvaro's AdventuresRockjumper Worldwide Birding AdventuresSend your topic ideas to lifelistpodcast@gmail.com
Woodpeckers are our most familiar bird carpenters, but other birds also chip out nests in trees and wood structures. Nuthatches — like this Red-breasted Nuthatch — are exceptional wood carvers, with their chisel-like bills. Chickadees will peck into less dense wood, carrying out wood chips by the
The nuthatch’s beak is all business. Long, slender, sharp: it can pluck a tiny spider from a crevice in the bark or carve a nest hole right through the outer hide of a tree. And the Brown-headed Nuthatch is even known to use tools! Picking up a flake of pine bark in its beak, the bird uses it as a
To distinguish one bird from a similar one, watch how the bird moves. Does it flick its wings? Bob up and down? Flip its tail? The White-breasted Nuthatch (right) works its way down the trunk of a tree, while the Brown Creeper works its way up. A field guide usually mentions these behaviors, and
Today we celebrate a young botanist that wrote the first flora of Ireland at the age of 22. We'll also learn about the Father of Serbian botany. We hear words about the birds of winter - creatures that entertain us at our bird feeders and fly freely over our winter gardens. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that has a charming title and it's all about something called Everlastings - or dried flowers. And then we’ll wrap things up with a play about Australia’s top gardener, and it’s called Edna for the Garden. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy. The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf. Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org Curated News Our Garden Editor Clare Foster On The Big Gardening Trends For 2021 | House & Garden | Clare Foster Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Important Events February 25, 1856 Today is the anniversary of the Irish botanist and horticulturist Katherine Sophia Kane. Orphaned as a little girl, Katherine was taken in by her father’s older brother - her uncle - Matthias O'Kelly, and she grew up alongside her cousins. A naturalist, Uncle Matthias fostered Kate’s love for the outdoors and, ultimately, her focus on botany. When Kate was 22 years old, she anonymously published a book that became the first national flora of Ireland, and it was called The Irish Flora Comprising the Phaenogamous Plants and Ferns. With the help of the National Botanic Garden’s John White, Kate’s little book was released in 1833, and it described not only all the Irish flowering plants but also ferns and other cryptograms. Accurate and informative, Kate’s book became a textbook for botany students at Trinity College in Dublin. Three years later, in recognition of her work, Kate became the first woman to be elected to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. The story of how Kate met her husband Robert is similar to how John Claudius Loudon met his wife, Jane Webb: through her book. In Kate’s case, proofs of The Irish Flora had mistakenly made their way to Robert’s desk. Curious about the work, Robert tracked down Kate’s address and personally returned the proofs to her. The two were married in 1838, and they went on to have ten children. In 1846, Robert was knighted, and Kate became known as Lady Kane. An economist, a chemist, and a scientist, Robert was hired to serve as the President of Queens College. And although Kate was happy for her husband, she put her foot down and refused to move to Cork. Apparently, Kate had designed a magnificent garden with many exotics planted all around their home in Dublin, and she was loath to leave it. And so, much to the school’s dismay, Robert commuted to work until the College insisted he live in Cork during the schoolyear in 1858. And here’s a fun little story about Kate and Robert: as they were both scientists, Kate and Robert would send notes to each other in Greek. February 25, 1888 Today is the anniversary of the death of the famous Serbian botanist, Josif Pančić (“pahn-Cheetz”) In 1874, Josif discovered the Ramonda serbica, commonly known as the Serbian phoenix flower. Like the peace lily, this flower is an excellent indicator plant and flops quite severely when dehydrated. At the same time, it has incredible abilities to revive itself with watering. In Serbia, the flower of the Ramonda serbica is associated with peace after it became a symbol of Armistice Day, which marked the end of WWI. As for Josif, he became known as the father of Serbian botany. Late in his career, Josif came up with the idea for a botanical garden in Belgrade. Built in 1874, the garden proved to be a bit of a disappointment. In no time, it was apparent that the location was poorly sited because it flooded very quickly and damaged most of the various botanical specimens. Sadly Josif never saw the new, lovelier location for the garden. Perfectly situated in the heart of Belgrade, the land was donated by the Serbian King Milan I. Unearthed Words Our feeders are only fifteen feet from the window, and binoculars bring the birds practically into my lap. The perky little Sparrow with the black dot on his fluffy breast is a Tree Sparrow, and the one with no dot is a Field Sparrow. I often mix these up. The lady Junko has touches of brown. The male is charming with his slate gray head and back and creamy undersides. The Nuthatch is another winner. He creeps cheerfully down the maple trunk headfirst. Sometimes his world is upside down, sometimes right side up. He views it with equanimity either way. With a long bill, he reaches out, quickly snatches a seed, and flies off. The markings of the Nuthatch are the essence of winter. His blues and greys are the mist that drift over the meadow and brush against Pop’s Mountain at dusk. The golden tans on his underside are wisps of dried grass in the meadow, Beech leaves in the woods with sun shining on them, or last year's Oak leaves that still cling. — Jean Hersey, American writer and authors, The Shape of a Year, February Grow That Garden Library Everlastings by Bex Partridge This book came out in 2020, and the subtitle is How to Grow, Harvest, and Create with Dried Flowers. In this book, we learn so much about dried flowers from the floral artist Bex Partridge - the owner of Botanical Tales. A specialist in working with dried flowers - known as everlasting flowers - Bex inspires us to grow, harvest, and create with dried flowers. Sharing her own wisdom from working with everlastings, Bex shares her tips for incorporating dried flowers into your garden planning and home decor. Bex loves dried flowers, and she fervently believes that something magical happens to flowers when they're dried. Although their vibrancy may be slightly dulled by drying, Bex feels that ultimately drying magnifies the bloom’s beauty. One tip that I learned from Bex is to target plants with woody stems because those plants tend to dry beautifully. This book is 160 pages of Everlastings - preserved flowers, preserved memories, and magnified ethereal beauty that is everlasting. You can get a copy of Everlastings by Bex Partridge and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $13 Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart February 25, 1989 It was on this day that a newspaper out of Melbourne, Australia called The Age ran a story written by Anna Murdoch about a brand new play called “Edna for the Garden,” and it was all about the charismatic Australian gardener, designer, and writer Edna Walling. Here’s an excerpt: “The women who created The Home Cooking Theatre Company in Melbourne [the writer, Suzanne Spunner, and director Meredith Rogers] have a [new] production, called 'Edna for the Garden,’ the story of Edna Walling, one of Australia's great artists of gardening. Edna Walling, who wrote an enormous amount about her philosophy of gardening and the environment, died in 1973 in her late 70s. [Edna] devoted her passionate life to creating extraordinary gardens, mainly in Victoria, some of which are still beautifully maintained. She spent her childhood in Bickleigh, an old village in Devon, England, and came to Melbourne, aged 18, infused with the intense romanticism of the English countryside where she had watched such subtle beauties as “Wind in the Willows.” [Edna’s] own photographs were almost always of pathways... “She liked the idea of different areas in a garden so that you couldn't take it all in in one view." One of Edna Walling's precepts was to "always sweep up to a house in a curve, never in a straight line.” People would say: 'You must have Edna for the garden.' [and that saying inspired the name for the play!] "It's only at the end of her life that you sense disappointment as she saw the sprawls of Melbourne and what was happening with conservation. Edna Walling built her own house at Mooroolbark near Croydon and then bought seven adjoining hectares and created a rural community called Bickleigh Vale, where she designed very English-looking cottages that bore no relationship to the Australian climate and environment. "The people who live there have now formed 'the Friends of Edna Walling' to protect it," Ms. Spunner says. "Some of them knew her. They talk almost as if she is still there, a kind of spirit of the garden." Finally, there was one little story that I discovered about Edna a while ago, and that was her potato-throwing technique. Edna would throw potatoes on the ground, and where they landed would dictate where the significant trees would be planted in her garden designs. Basically, this technique helped ensure a more naturalistic style as Edna was laying out gardens. And even if the potatoes would land almost on top of each other, Edna let the chips - or should I say potato chips - fall where they may. In any case, this is how Edna’s gardens end up without a contrived or overly planned feeling; there’s a beautiful sense of randomness to Edna’s work. And it was Edna Walling who said, “There are many possible approaches to Australian garden design, and they all reflect the designer’s individual response to gardens. For my part, I love all the things most gardeners abhor - like moss in lawns, lichen on trees, more greenery than color - as if green isn’t a color - bare branches in winter, and root-ridden ground wherein one never attempts to dig, with a natural covering of leaves of grass or of some amenable low-growing plant. I like the whole thing to be as wild as possible so that you have to fight your way through in places.” Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
“Being outside is really important for our mental and physical health. Birding is a great way to get out and see something new. I really love getting into the stories of how I find some of these crazy rare birds or unusual birds because it's really about the adventure. And because birds fly, you never know what you're going to get.” – Matt Felperin Today’s episode comes with a warning - you may get hooked. Birding has recently surged in popularity as people crave safe engagement with nature. Matt Felperin, Nova Park’s Roving Naturalist, describes the adventure in birding, including exploring habitats, discovering new species, chasing rarities and simply finding joy and respite in birds. Matt also discusses an increasing diversity in the hobby, conservation, community science, and how to get started identifying the birds in your backyard. And yes, we also talk about Virginia’s very rare (and super adorable) avian celebrity from Greenland that has everyone in a frenzy. Links Mentioned: NOVA Parks Roving Naturalist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAParksNaturalist Roving Naturalist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.roving.naturalist/ Matt Felperin Photography Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Matt_felperin_photography Matt Felperin Photography: https://mfelperinphoto.wixsite.com/home Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NOVA Parks): https://www.novaparks.com/ Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntley-meadows Friends of Huntley Meadows Park: http://friendsofhuntleymeadows.org/ eBird: https://ebird.org/home American Birding Association: https://www.aba.org/ Woodcock adult and chicks walking: https://shorturl.at/H3789 Christmas Bird Count: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count Gravely Point Park: https://www.nps.gov/places/000/gravelly-point.htm George Washington National Forest: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/gwj Monongahela National Forest: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/mnf/home Reddish Knob: https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/reddish-knob Audubon Bird Guide App: https://www.audubon.org/app Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home Merlin Bird App: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ Nikon Pro Staff 3 Binoculars: https://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/binoculars/index.page Plant Nova Natives: https://www.plantnovanatives.org/ Audubon At Home: https://www.audubonva.org/audubon-at-home Audubon Chapters in Virginia: https://www.audubon.org/about/audubon-near-you Northern Virginia Bird Club: http://nvabc.org Virginia Society of Ornithology: https://www.virginiabirds.org IDEA Birders of MD and DC: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IDEABirdersMDDC Upton Hill Regional Park: https://www.novaparks.com/parks/upton-hill-regional-park Lets Go Birding Together (LGBT): https://www.audubon.org/news/lets-go-birding-together Black Birders Week: https://www.audubon.org/news/black-birders-week-promotes-diversity-and-takes-racism-outdoors Black and Latinx Birders Scholarship Fund: www.marylandbirds.org Potomac Overlook Regional Park: https://www.novaparks.com/parks/potomac-overlook-regional-park Algonkian Regional Park: https://www.novaparks.com/parks/algonkian-regional-park Bull Run Regional Park: https://www.novaparks.com/parks/bull-run-regional-park Pohick Bay Regional Park: https://www.novaparks.com/parks/pohick-bay-regional-park Bird Species Mentioned: Osprey, Prothonotary Warbler, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Sora, Clapper Rail, Wilson’s Snipe, American Woodcock, Barnacle Goose, Canada Goose, Snowy Owl, Pine Siskin, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Red Crossbill, House Finch, Blackburnian Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Golden Eagle, White-throated Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Hairy Woodpecker, Golden-winged Warbler, Cerulean Warbler Northern Bobwhite, Red-headed Woodpecker, Bald Eagle, Great Blue Heron, American Coot All About Birds: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/
Join us as we attempt to pander to completely foreign cultures and expertly emulate their language! Sitta whiteheadi is the very frenchily-named, very mainland-France-inhabiting tiny dinosaur who's hobbies include getting laid…and getting VERY ILLEGALLY shot (a.k.a. formally, scientifically discovered) by those pesky Englishmen >:( Prepare to be offended in the name of another appropriated culture, as we doubt the French and Corsican listeners will last ‘till the intro music :) P.S. I love my French audience and please stay around….I don't have any other fans :'( ====================== Send us suggestions and comments to darwinsdeviations@gmail.com Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Image Credit Àlex Milian, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Episode image is heavily edited, the image owner reserves all rights to their image, and is not affiliated with our podcast) SOURCES: French Wikipedia: Sitelle Corse Wikipedia: Nuthatch Wikipedia: Corsica Wikipedia: List of birds of Corsica Fat Birder - Birding Corsica WWF - Mediterranean Sea: Corsica Island Brichetti, P. and Carlo Di Capi. “Conservation of the corsican nuthatch sitta whiteheadi sharpe, and proposals for habitat management.” Biological Conservation 39 (1987): 13-21. THIBAULT, JEAN-CLAUDE & Jenouvrier, Stéphanie. (2006). Annual survival rates of adult male Corsican Nuthatches Sitta whiteheadi. Ringing and Migration. 23. 10.1080/03078698.2006.9674349. Thibault, J.-C & Villard, P.. (2005). Reproductive ecology of the Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi. Bird Study. 52. 282-288. Thibault, Jean‐Claude & Prodon, Roger & Villard, Pascal & Seguin, Jean-François. (2006). Habitat requirements and foraging behaviour of the Corsican Nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi). Journal of Avian Biology. 37. 477 - 486. 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03645.x. THIBAULT, JEAN-CLAUDE & HACQUEMAND, DIDIER & MONEGLIA, PASQUALE & PELLEGRINI, HERVÉ & Prodon, Roger & RECORBET, BERNARD & Seguin, Jean-François & VILLARD, PASCAL. (2011). Distribution and population size of the Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi. Bird Conservation International. 21. 10.1017/S0959270910000468.
In a very squeaky episode of Dirty Bird Podcast, Punchy Joe and I talk about the Brown-Headed Nuthatch! Learn all about this small but surprising bird and its tool use, alternative breeding style, and evolutionary history. This is a compact episode for a compact bird- a great first time Dirty Birder listen, check it out or pass on to the nature lover in your life! . . . Photo by the talented Jessica . . . Bird sounds from Xeno-Canto.org, recordists listed as follows Opening Sound Russ Wigh Squeaker Call Paul Marvin Alarm Call Bruce Lagerquist . . . Intro song by Ricky Pistone, aka Dick Pistone, Outro music by The Sidewalk Slammers
Nate and Evan head over to Decatur, Illinois to sit down and speak with Dr. Travis Wilcoxen from Millikin University. Travis discusses the bird feeder research he has been involved in over the years. This research includes some of the positives and negatives of using bird feeders. Travis also discusses some of current Nuthatch research that is being conducted.During the episode they also discuss ID tips for the Black & White and Tennessee warbler and the redstart. While birding this week Evan had ID difficulties with a Swainson's Thrush versus a Grey-Cheek thrush so ID tip for those species were identified as well. As the fall migration begins, this is an excellent time to get out and go birding. Happy listening and happy birding.
This dawn chorus was recorded at Agnes Lake on June 1, 2019 at Agnes Lake in Voyageurs National Park, MN using a Sound Devices MixPre6 digital audio recorder and two Sennheiser MKH20 omnidirectional microphones placed in a homemade binaural housing. Species you might be able to hear include: White-throated Sparrow, American Bittern, Common Yellowthroat, Swamp Sparrow, Veery, Ruffed Grouse, Spring peeper, American toad, American Robin, Common Loon, North American beaver, Song Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Canada Goose, Mallard, Hermit Thrush, Gray tree frog, Nashville Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Wear headphones for the best listening experience. Enjoy! This recording was made while working on the 'Voices of a Flyway' project. Recordings were made under permits issued by the park and for the purpose of science and education.
This dawn chorus was recorded during the early morning of April 22, 2019 is an isolated section of Kisatchie National Forest, LA using a Sound Devices MixPre6 digital audio recorder and two Sennheiser MKH20 omnidirectional microphones places in a homemade binaural housing. Bird species heard include (in rough order of appearance): Northern Cardinal, Bachman's Sparrow, Pine Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren, American Crow, Barred Owl, Mourning Dove, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Eastern Turkey, Eastern Screech Owl, and Brown-headed Nuthatch. The most common species heard are Bachman's Sparrow and Pine Warbler. The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is a federally endangered species. Wear headphones for the best listening experience. Enjoy! This recording was made while working on the 'Voices of a Flyway' project. Recordings were made under permits issued by the park and for the purpose of science and education.
What do birds like eating and what decisions do they have to make when visiting a bird feeder? Not quite tuppence a bag - Brits spent around 200 million pounds a year on bird food. But what do birds like eating and what decisions do they have to make when visiting a feeder? Lindsay visits her mum's garden to get some close-up shots, Friederike Hillemann tells us about her research in Wytham Woods and Annette Fayet explains how puffins face similar problems.
This dawn chorus was recorded during the early morning of May 11, 2019 in seldom visited Ripple Hollow within the Shawnee National Forest of Illinois using a Sound Devices MixPre6 digital audio recorder and two Sennheiser MKH20 omnidirectional microphones placed in a homemade binaural housing. Bird species heard include (in rough order of appearance): Scarlet Tanager, Wood Thrush, Acadian Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, Northern Cardinal, Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Wild Turkey, White-eyed Vireo, Ovenbird, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Carolina Wren, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, Kentucky Warbler, Carolina Chickadee, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tennessee Warbler, American Crow, Baltimore Oriole, Swainson's Thrush, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, White-breasted Nuthatch, and Pileated Woodpecker. Wear headphones for the best listening experience. Enjoy! This recording was made while working on the 'Voices of a Flyway' project. Recordings were made under permits issued by the park and for the purpose of science and education.
Discover a little more about the lovely nuthatch. Including why it might be called the upside down bird or the mud dabble. Image copywright Neil Aldridge/Wildlife Trusts - please support the Wildlife Trust near where you live.
This episode of Wild About Utah originally aired in March 2019. Inverted woodpecker, a phrase I use to describe the feeding habits of the amazing nut hatch family. I first became aware of this lovely little songbird growing up in Michigan, where the white-breasted nut hatch was common fare in the north woods. Their little laughing notes were most welcome as I sat on my deer stand where I would watch them search bark crevices for yummy morsels of grubs, insect eggs or seeds they had wedged in for tomorrow's snack.
Hello there, my name is Danny Yeoman, wild bird expert for Pets Corner and developer of Peter & Paul bird foods. Welcome to the next of a number of podcasts detailing some of the amazing birds that we see and feed in our gardens. Every couple of weeks we’ll be looking at a different bird and this week we’ll looking at the FANTASTIC Nuthatch. For more information regarding Peter & Paul Wild Bird Foods, please check out the Peter & Paul website at: www.peter-and-paul.com or pop into one of our wonderful Pets Corner stores and the nearest store to you can be found at the Pets Corner website at: www.petscorner.co.uk
Joy to Your World – the Monday Mindset Podcast for Moodscope Joy is your strength. Joy is your birthright. Joy is your normal state of being - naturally. So, what's all this darkness then? It's an invasion, and we need to repel it. With three sons and now five grandchildren, I have a lot of opportunity to watch ‘natural' states in the wild! There are many: Anger Surprise Sadness Wonder Excitement Confidence Curiosity Disgust Peace Fear Love Joy I'm sure you can guess which of these lead towards freedom and which steal our liberty, which bring us pleasure, and which cause us pain Today it is the turn of Joy to be in the spotlight. Joy has a cousin called happiness – but happiness is from out-of-town. She comes from outside. Joy is part of the inner circle of the tribe. Or, to speak plainly, happiness (in my narrow definition) is a state that is dependent on what happens to us [extrinsic], and joy is an inside job [intrinsic]. Therein lies much hope for those of us facing dark days. Honestly? I'm dancing with linguistics here – since Joy can ‘come' from outside. For example, good news can bring us joy. A desire fulfilled can bring joy… but for the limited purpose of this blog, let's focus on the aspect of joy that is an inner force that can light our way through darkness. If we were talking Star Wars, Joy is an aspect of the Light Side of the Force! My own spiritual tradition believes that ‘Joy' is a spiritual force for change – an aspect of the fruit of the spirit. It is said to be ‘full' when in God's presence. Knowing that this blog must resonate with all belief-systems, let's consider where and when and with whom you feel most in touch with the ‘divine' – or something ‘bigger'. If I share first that is only because I am writing this – I am far more interested in what your fuel-for-joy is – your recipe for Joy Juice! Nature is the BIG ingredient for me. The joy I feel in seeing a flock of Long-Tailed Tits or a Nuthatch or Treecreeper! Laughter – especially of children is another huge component of Lex's Joy Juice! And Music… so much power stored in associations with various compositions. These are my celery, carrot, and onion for the best Stock! I hope you'll share your ingredients for Joy Juice. However, there is a much deeper purpose to my focus upon joy today. Those who follow in my tradition also believe that joy is strength. When we go through the valleys of darkness, we need strength to continue. I want you to be stronger as a result of reading this today. How? By making up a batch and then taking a good dose of your own recipe for Joy Juice. What's it going to take for you to feel injoyment today? Photo by Fuu J on Unsplash btw the 'tone' used at the beginning and ending of this Podcast is 528 Hz - "The Love Frequency" associated with healing.
From reflection inspired by Nuthatch in Maia Toll’s The Illustrated Bestiary, this episode touches on our reactions to Greta Thunberg’s activism and our own desire (or aversion) to joining the front line of direct action. The gentle yoga practice gets your legs up the wall to restore your energy and invites you to look at challenges from another direction, like a nuthatch. You’ll find the Earth-based Spirituality Action Team of the Citizens Climate Lobby at http://tiny.cc/ebsat If you would like to chat about this episode or learn more about yoga, Shamanic Reiki, wildlife conservation, or other ways we can bring healing to all of the beings on our beautiful planet Earth, join us in the Shamanic Flow Circle group on Facebook or visit www.myshamaniclife.com and sign up for the newsletter. Please consider becoming a Patreon sponsor and help me purchase needed equipment and supplies for my wild turtle rehabilitation clinic. Much gratitude to Blair Sutherland (www.blairsutherland.com) for the beautiful intro and background music. While the yoga and other practices presented are intended to be accessible to most, please be open to practicing in an appropriate and safe way for you. It is recommended that you consult your physician before beginning any new exercise program and that at any time during a practice you feel nausea, dizziness, or pain you stop and seek medical advice. I accept no liability whatsoever for any damages arising from the use of my podcasts and, while I make all reasonable efforts to share accurate instruction, the podcast may contain unintended errors. Before all else, listen to your body and trust your inner knowing.
On Friday, 20 September, a powerful icebreaker called The Polarstern will set sail from Tromsø, Norway, with the aim of getting stuck into the polar ice. The plan is for the ship to spend the next year drifting past the North Pole, and this should enable scientists to collect unprecedented data on the Arctic. The Polarstern is the ‘mothership’ of a substantial international collaboration called the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (or project MOSAiC). Scientists from over seventy research institutions across 19 different countries are involved, and a total of six hundred experts will be aboard throughout the expedition. They plan to construct a ‘research city’ around the vessel with different neighbourhoods, each focused on a particular scientific area including: ecosystem, bio-geo-chemistry, ocean, atmosphere and sea ice. Adam spoke to UCL’s Professor Julienne Stroeve, who will be aboard The Polarstern for two months during the Arctic winter, looking at the depth and density of snow in order to improve our understanding of the Arctic, and enhance our ability to predict effects of global climate change. The residents of the Bahamas are still struggling to come to terms with the devastation of Hurricane Dorian (which hit 2 weeks ago) and also with the additional impact of Tropical Storm Humberto which reached the islands on Friday night, bringing more heavy rain and more strong winds. But the human population is resilient and they will eventually rebuild and resume their lives on the Caribbean islands. But for the Bahama nuthatch, it’s thought that Dorian was the final straw. The endemic bird, is (or was) one of the rarest birds in the western hemisphere, in fact it was already thought extinct (after the damage wrought by Hurricane Mathew in June 2016) until last year when Professor Diana Bell and her team of conservationists from the University of East Anglia rediscovered it. But now, after the hurricane it is feared lost forever, and it may not be the only irreversible ecological loss for the Bahamas. Tim Smedley's book 'Cleaning the Air: The Beginning and End of Air Pollution' is shortlisted for the Royal Society's science book prize. Tim tells the full story of air pollution: what it is, which pollutants are harmful, and where they come from. It's scary stuff, but there is good news that air pollution can be avoided and drastically reduced with sensible measures. Producer - Fiona Roberts
If you see a bird on a tree with its head toward the ground chances are good you are looking at a nuthatch. Our sources for this episode include: White-breasted Nuthatch (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology) https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-breasted_Nuthatch/overview What is a Nuthatch? http://www.10000birds.com/nuthatches?doing_wp_cron=1550344848.9804060459136962890625 9 fun facts about nuthatches https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/sports/outdoors/2016/04/27/9-funfacts-nuthatches/83551868/ How to Attract Nuthatches https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-attract-nuthatches-386249
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 offspring hybrids that themselves can produce further offspring, leading to all kinds of variations in plumage. This unfortunately has lead to a competition that the Blue-winged Warbler is winning: it is "breeding out" the Golden-winged Warbler throughout much of its traditional range.In this part we hear the Golden-winged Warbler's "Bee-buzz-buzz-(buzz)" song, which sounds more like buzzing than warbling.This soundscape was recorded at MacGregor Point Provincial Park on May 19, 2019 using an iPhone with an Edutige EIM-001 omnidirectional microphone.Heard in this recording are: Golden-winged Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Least Flycatcher, Song Sparrow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Crow, American Robin, and more.Audio editing & recording: Rob PorterFor more information, see http://hamiltonnature.org/songscapes
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 soundscape was recorded at Petrel Point Nature Preserve in Red Bay, Ontario in July of 2018.Heard in this recording: Winter Wren, Great-crested Flycatcher, Black-throated Green Warbler, American Redstart, Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Common Grackle, Brown Creeper, Yellow Warbler, and more.Audio editing & recording: Rob PorterAudio sourced from the Hamilton Bioacoustics Research Project of the Hamilton Naturalists' Club.For more information, see http://hamiltonnature.org/songscapes
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 into a jumble of quick notes. For the trained ear, it is similar to the related Yellow Warbler.This soundscape is derived from recordings made in the morning of April 25, 2019 at Hayesland Swamp Nature Sanctuary, Flamborough, Ontario.You will hear: American Robin, Northern Waterthrush, Wild Turkey, Song Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, American Crow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Rusty Blackbird (very briefly), Northern Flicker, Canada Goose.Audio editing: Rob PorterAudio sourced from the Hamilton Bioacoustics Research Project of the Hamilton Naturalists' Club.For more information, see http://hamiltonnature.org/songscapes
Guests Ryan Darcey & Aaron Whiting, production scheduling, Resident Evil 2 Remake, FROM Software's Shadow Tower
This week, I speak with Mort Putnam about the birds we saw on a walk I led at Lake Arrowhead in California back in June, and I share some of the bird songs and calls I recorded there. Birds seen: Nuttall’s Woodpecker Acorn Woodpecker American Robin Steller’s Jay Spotted Towhee Red breasted Nuthatch Brewer’s Blackbird Blackheaded Grosbeak Birds heard: Scrub Jay Cooper’s Hawk This week’s guest: Follow Mort on Instagram or Twitter @necromorter The Casual Birder Podcast Don't miss an episode - subscribe to the show (Subscribing is free) Follow me on - Twitter: @CasualBirderPod Instagram: @CasualBirderPodcast or join the Facebook group at bit.ly/CasualBirderFB
In another of his TWEETS about the birds which are encouraged by his 'wildlife-friendly' garden in inner-city Wolverhampton, naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines describes the regular visits of the stunning-looking Nuthatches which visit his pond for mud to line their nests and his feeders for food. Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world. Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Alan Brewster.
Nuthatch vs. Squirrel; a reclusive rail; and decoding the sounds of Mourning Doves.
Mya Rose Craig recalls for Tweet of the Day her first really striking encounter with a bird, the nuthatch, not long after she began at primary school in Bristol. Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.
Rick Jones describes the White-breasted nuthatch, explains how it got its name and how it shares its preferred hunting area with another bird, the brown creeper.
Episode notes:At one point we wonder if a bird we see is a grebe. We know that there aren't any grebes that have winter ranges in Western New York, but this has been a strange winter and less likely things have happened.Questions that came up during the episode:Although it was cut during editing, Bill and Steve wondered during recording, “Why do flamingos stand on one leg?” Bill thought he had come across the answer in the past, but had forgotten it. Steve just plain didn’t know. The answer? No one knows! While many theories are out there, no one has found a definitive answer (yet). The folks at How Stuff Works have done their usual great job of collecting solid information, and they present the reigning theories here: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/flamingos-stand-on-one-leg.htmAnd for a relatively recent study on one researcher’s efforts to get to the bottom of the flamingo-on-one-leg mystery, check out this article: http://www.livescience.com/5732-flamingos-stand-leg.htmlMistakes:While Steve was correct about the Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), American Robin (Turdus migratorius), and House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), he was incorrect about the scientific name for the White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) which he thought was Sitta canadensis (Red-breasted Nuthatch); idiot!Additionally, Steve said "hyperthermia" instead of "hypothermia" when talking about swimming in winter; double idiot!Surprise surprise, Steve also explained phenotypes and genotypes rather poorly. In his excitement, he described both in terms of "changes in" observable characteristics and genes, respectively. What he should have said was that a genotype is an individual's gene for a trait, and that a phenotype is the observable expression of a gene; triple idiot!But the quadruple idiot award for this episode goes to Bill, who insisted emphatically that House Sparrows were not Sparrows at all, but Weaver Finches. This is incorrect. Following the release of this episode, Steve researched Bill's claim, and being a great guy, he didn't call Bill a moron, but sent him a few Wikipedia links with the kind message, "I think you might be wrong about House Sparrows..." After just a few minutes of internet searching, Bill found out why he thought what he did. Old editions of the Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds places House Sparrows in the Weaver Finch family, but all recent references (within the past 30 years) Bill could find to their taxonomy refer to them as "Old World Sparrows," the family Passeridae. National Geographic Complete Birds of North America states, "Old World Sparrows are not closley related to New World sparrows in the family Emberizidae. Instead their closest alliance is with the family Ploceidae, in which they were formerly placed." Ploceidae is the Weaver Finch family. So, basically, House Sparrows used to be considered Weaver Finches but research has revealed that they are only closely related to them.Work Cited:Björklund, Mats, et al. "Increase in body size is correlated to warmer winters in a passerine bird as inferred from time series data." Ecology and evolution 5.1 (2015): 59-72.Brittingham, Margaret C., and Stanley A. Temple. "Use of winter bird feeders by black-capped chickadees." 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Which bird's call sounds like a bored football fan chanting United, United, United - and is one of the newest arrivals in the UK to feature in the Big Garden Birdwatch top ten? This edition of Nature's Voice will have the answer to that. Plus Jane Markham talks to RSPB staff in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales on the look out for regional variations and interests when it comes to this year's count. These range from the flashy goldfinch to the chubby nuthatch.
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