The Quest for Black Gold
01/16/25 • 64 min
In this episode, in the first instance, I take a closer look at the vocalisation of two common migrant species here in Sweden over the Autumn period, Eurasian Siskin and Common Redpoll. Both these widespread European species are common migrants and an understanding of the calls given by both, whilst actively migrating, is fundamental to any birder with an interest in observing migrating passerines in the fall period.
Following this, the main sound magazine in this episode, concerns itself with one of the most iconic species of mature Swedish woodland. I have made extensive efforts to record Black Woodpecker over the years and this sound magazine documents my efforts to do so. Join me an a wonderful acoustic journey, through the sprawling woodlands of wild Sweden...
In this episode, in the first instance, I take a closer look at the vocalisation of two common migrant species here in Sweden over the Autumn period, Eurasian Siskin and Common Redpoll. Both these widespread European species are common migrants and an understanding of the calls given by both, whilst actively migrating, is fundamental to any birder with an interest in observing migrating passerines in the fall period.
Following this, the main sound magazine in this episode, concerns itself with one of the most iconic species of mature Swedish woodland. I have made extensive efforts to record Black Woodpecker over the years and this sound magazine documents my efforts to do so. Join me an a wonderful acoustic journey, through the sprawling woodlands of wild Sweden...
Previous Episode
The Identification of Autumn Pipits by Sound
In this episode, I run through a few random recording from various locations, made over the course of 2024, in order to warm the listeners up and ease them into the New Year with a relaxing sound magazine, full of ambient sound ans bird sound...
Following this gentle introduction, the main sound magazine is a more detailed treatment of one on my favourite groups of migrants here in Sweden. During the course of Autumn, various species of Pipit are a migratory staple here in Sweden. In this carefully put together sound magazine, I detail the migratory calls of several species of diurnally migrating Pipits and share a large amount of audio in the process. I hope this will be of interest to those listeners who enjoy the study of visible migration.
Next Episode
The Sultans of Spring
In this episode I recount what it is that draws me out into the field to sound record birds, how my interest in field recording initially formed and how it has developed, over the past several years.
The main feature, an extensive sound magazine then follows, with some high quality audio of a range of wonderful species from here in Sweden, all recorded over the Spring of 2024. At the time, I was travelling to various sites and making a special effort to secure some very high quality recordings at a number of very special venues. Many of these trips were made under the cover of darkness in order toavoid any noise pollution, a tactic which was generally highly successful and the result was some very special soundscapes indeed. Join me, in order to enjoy these stunning recordings, during a period when migrant species are returning to the landscape and fill the air with their wonderful song...
Wild Bird Acoustics - The Quest for Black Gold
Transcript
You're all very welcome to wild bird acoustics. I'm your host, Alan Dalton, and I'll be taking you on a journey into sound.
So here we 📍 are once again at Wild Bird Acoustics. It's the second episode of the second season and I'm very much looking forward to bringing this episode to you. We have some nice audio for you. We're going to start off with some vocalizations and visible migration and then later on I have a very special audio magazine for you concerning a very special species
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