The Quest for Common Pochard
03/01/24 • 54 min
In this, the seventh episode of Wild Bird Acoustics, we follow my quest to record an elusive duck species, Common Pochard. My eventual aim was to field record the species remarkable courtship display, you can follow that journey in the first section of this podcast. Apart from discussing the challenges of locating and recording this elusive species, I share several other bird recordings captured during these outings, such as the amazing calls of Northern Goshawk, a displaying Little Grebe, singing Goldcrest, and Eurasian Jay mimicking other species' calls.
Following this initial section, I will take you to the Stockholm Archipelago in late autumn, on a rather special day in November, when all the stars aligned and I managed some wonderful audio of some rather special Swedish bird species....
00:20 Introduction to Wild Bird Acoustics
00:35 The Quest for Common Pochard
01:22 The Challenges of locating breeding Common Pochard
03:40 The final piece of the Jigsaw; Common Pochard's Courtship Display
04:55 Another Journey to Norra Djurgarden
05:06 The Encounter with Common Pochard
06:40 Other Encounters: Coot and Little Grebe
08:43 The Successful Recording of Common Pochard
23:04 A Surprise Encounter with Northern Goshawk
31:16 The Final Recordings and Reflections
32:20 Preview of the Next Episode: Autumn in Landsort
33:20 The Field Magazine: A Day in Landsort
33:40 The Search for Spotted Nutcracker
34:24 Encounters with Bohemian Waxwing and Northern Bullfinch
47:26 Success! An audio recording of Spotted Nutcracker...
53:08 Conclusion and Call to Action
In this, the seventh episode of Wild Bird Acoustics, we follow my quest to record an elusive duck species, Common Pochard. My eventual aim was to field record the species remarkable courtship display, you can follow that journey in the first section of this podcast. Apart from discussing the challenges of locating and recording this elusive species, I share several other bird recordings captured during these outings, such as the amazing calls of Northern Goshawk, a displaying Little Grebe, singing Goldcrest, and Eurasian Jay mimicking other species' calls.
Following this initial section, I will take you to the Stockholm Archipelago in late autumn, on a rather special day in November, when all the stars aligned and I managed some wonderful audio of some rather special Swedish bird species....
00:20 Introduction to Wild Bird Acoustics
00:35 The Quest for Common Pochard
01:22 The Challenges of locating breeding Common Pochard
03:40 The final piece of the Jigsaw; Common Pochard's Courtship Display
04:55 Another Journey to Norra Djurgarden
05:06 The Encounter with Common Pochard
06:40 Other Encounters: Coot and Little Grebe
08:43 The Successful Recording of Common Pochard
23:04 A Surprise Encounter with Northern Goshawk
31:16 The Final Recordings and Reflections
32:20 Preview of the Next Episode: Autumn in Landsort
33:20 The Field Magazine: A Day in Landsort
33:40 The Search for Spotted Nutcracker
34:24 Encounters with Bohemian Waxwing and Northern Bullfinch
47:26 Success! An audio recording of Spotted Nutcracker...
53:08 Conclusion and Call to Action
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An Interview with Terry Townshend
http://blogbirder.blogspot.com/2024/02/an-interview-with-terry-townshend-wild.html?m=1
In this podcast episode, I talk with Beijing-based birder, Terry Townsend. We discuss an incredible nocturnal migration project that Terry has been heavily involved in, which has shed light on Asian bird migration over on of the most populous cities in the world. We also delve into Terry's experiences, birdwatching and recording in various locations such as Beijing, Inner Mongolia, and the Tibetan Plateau. The episode also includes playback of various of various field recordings made by Terry at these remarkable locations. We talk about Snow Leopards on the Tibetan Plateau, the rising interest in birding in China among the people who live there and so much more...
00:00 Introduction to Wild Bird Acoustics
00:37 Special Guest Introduction: Terry Townsend
01:57 Interview Begins: Terry's Background and Birding Journey
04:00 Birding in China: A Growing Interest
05:13 Terry's Conservation Efforts in China
07:10 The Valley of the Cats Project: A Sustainable Eco Initiative
15:02 The Impact of the Valley of the Cats Project on Local Communities
20:47 The Nocturnal Migration Project in Beijing
32:05 The Future of Bird Conservation in China
36:42 Bird species recorded in the Nocturnal Migration Project
38:23 Discussion on Bird Calls and Frequencies
39:06 Discussing recorded audio over Beijing
40:34 Some insights into Asian nocturnal flight calls
41:04 Nocturnal Bird Migration over Beijing
41:41 Random Asian Bird Species by Sound
53:49 Diurnal Recordings from China/Mongolia and discussion
01:12:22 The Beauty of Bird Sounds in undisturbed habitat
01:14:04 Conclusion: Thoughts on the future of Bird Sound Recording
Next Episode
An Interview with Dean McDonnell
A Wild Bird Acoustics interview with Dean Mc Donnell, an Irish birder and field recorder based in Co. Louth, Ireland. During the course of the interview, we discuss birding in the areas Dean has been recording at and he shares some wonderful audio of a wide range of species from the past few years...
00:00 Introduction to Wild Bird Acoustics
00:50 Interview with Special Guest: Dean McDonnell
01:29 Dean's Journey into Birding
02:29 Exploring Birding Habits and Techniques
08:29 The challenges of Sound Recording in Louth
09:53 The Fascination of Field Recording
11:04 Dean's Recording Equipment
12:45 Birding Locations and Habitats
39:19 Discussing the Sounds of Spring and Summer
41:04 The Intricacies of Birdsong
41:30 The song of Common Cuckoo's
42:59 Alarming birds and Sparrowhawk
45:14 The Sounds of the flood meadow and Eurasian Teal
54:24 The Unique sound of Hoverfly's!
01:12:02 The Song of the Skylark
01:18:20 Echolocation of the Soprano Pipistrelle
01:22:42 The Melody of the Song Thrush
Wild Bird Acoustics - The Quest for Common Pochard
Transcript
Now you're all very welcome once again to Wild Bird Acoustics. I'm your host, Alan Dalton, and I'll be taking you on a journey into sound.
Now you're very welcome to the next episode. I think this is episode seven of Wild Bird Acoustics I have a nice show for you today. And the first thing I'm going to do is play a sound magazine for you and this sound magazine is a little bit different to some of the ones I put out before as it's all about my quest for a certain species and that species w
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