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Songscapes

Songscapes

By Hamilton Naturalists' Club

Season 2: "A Day in Cootes Paradise" - a full mid-summer day of Songscapes, from dawn to dusk. Updating daily in November 2019. Soundscapes from nature sanctuaries and natural areas in southern Ontario, Canada. Includes birds, amphibians, insects, and more. Produced from field recordings of the Hamilton Bioacoustic Research Project & the Hamilton Naturalists' Club in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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2 p.m. Winds

SongscapesNov 15, 2019

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8 p.m. Evensong
Dec 07, 201901:00:00
7 p.m. Denouement
Dec 07, 201901:00:00
6 p.m. Undulations
Nov 19, 201901:00:00
5 p.m. Rainfall
Nov 18, 201901:00:00
4 p.m. Brooding
Nov 17, 201901:00:00
3 p.m. Distant Thunder
Nov 16, 201901:00:00
2 p.m. Winds
Nov 15, 201901:00:00
1 p.m. Horizon
Nov 14, 201901:00:00
12 p.m. Foreshadowing
Nov 12, 201901:00:00
11 a.m. Repose
Nov 11, 201901:00:00
10 a.m. Morning Calm
Nov 09, 201959:38
9 a.m. Wax and Wane
Nov 08, 201959:21
8 a.m. Songs Sustained
Nov 07, 201901:00:00
7 a.m. Territory
Nov 06, 201901:00:00
6 a.m. The Golden Hour
Nov 05, 201901:00:00
5 a.m. Morning Twilight
Nov 05, 201901:00:00
Who cooks for you?
Aug 06, 201907:22
The Hungry Hawk
Jul 17, 201921:12
Wood Thrush
Jul 07, 201915:04
Gunk, Gunk!
Jul 04, 201942:06
The "Sore-throated" Vireo
Jun 30, 201917:55
Creekside with the Eastern Wood-Pewee
Jun 25, 201901:18:09
An Urban Meadowlark
Jun 24, 201912:07
Oh Sweet Cacophony!
Jun 08, 201916:48
Interview With the Catbird
Jun 07, 201915:58
Redstarts of the Lake Huron Fringe
May 27, 201953:37
The "Variable" Warbler, Part 2: Golden-winged Warbler
May 20, 201908:14
The "Variable" Warbler, Part 1: Blue-winged Warbler
May 20, 201911:40
Winter Wren on a Summer Day
May 15, 201936:39
Arrival of the Northern Waterthrush
May 09, 201926:37
Songs of the Spring Floods

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 the spring, providing habitat to many wetland wildlife species.

This soundscape opens with harsh song of the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus), and as the morning progresses the soft and airy songs of the Winter Wren and Brown Creeper are heard. A lone Wood Duck makes a "splash" part way through.

You will hear: Wood frog, chorus frog (background), Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, Song Sparrow, Wood Duck.

Taken from recordings of the morning of April 9, 2019.

Audio editing: Rob Porter

Audio sourced from the Hamilton Bioacoustics Research Project of the Hamilton Naturalists' Club.

For more information, visit http://hamiltonnature.org/songscapes

May 02, 201918:18
Whip-poor-will

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 breeding populations have all collapsed. To hear one sing, you need to be up at night or at dawn during the brief migration window as they are a nocturnal bird.

This song was a pleasant surprise discovery in our recordings. This recording begins at 5:41 a.m., April 24, 2019 at McMaster Forest in Ancaster, Ontario.

Heard singing, calling, or both in this recording: Eastern Whip-poor-will, American Woodcock, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Field Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Black-capped Chickadee.

Editing by Doug Welch and Rob Porter.

Audio sourced from the Hamilton Bioacoustics Research Project of the Hamilton Naturalists' Club.

For more information, visit http://hamiltonnature.org/songscapes

Apr 28, 201906:42
Early Spring Dawnsong at McMaster Forest

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 Sparrow and Northern Cardinal as the light grows. Finally, the Field Sparrows and Eastern Towhee begin their songs. Of the songbirds of the Hamilton area, these represent a mix of early migrants and year-round resident species.

This soundscape was edited from recordings of the morning of April 10, 2019 at McMaster Forest in Ancaster, Ontario. This was the very first day the Eastern Towhee was heard singing at McMaster Forest on recording, which presumably means this species arrived overnight as a nocturnal migrant from more southern climes.

Note that this location is urban, located between the communities of Dundas, Ancaster, and West Hamilton. The most prominent anthropogenic background noise is the 403 Highway and nearby train line. This soundscape has been lightly edited to reduce this noise.

Heard singing, calling, or both in this episode: American Woodcock, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Field Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Carolina Wren, American Crow, Canada Goose, American Goldfinch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Common Grackle, Ring-billed Gull, Red-winged Blackbird.

Audio editing by Rob Porter

Audio sourced from the Hamilton Bioacoustics Research Project of the Hamilton Naturalists' Club. More specifically, this recording comes from one continuous recording started early March going through mid-May to capture the arrival dates of breeding songbirds.

For more information, visit http://hamiltonnature.org/songscapes

Apr 25, 201937:48
Edge Habitat
Apr 20, 201916:07
Many Questions
Apr 19, 201922:54
The Song Dogs of Winter
Apr 14, 201908:04
A Dusk Duet of Great Horned Owls
Apr 13, 201909:20
April Morningsong
Apr 13, 201926:14
The Chorus Frogs of Vinemount
Apr 12, 201940:39