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Birdnote ®/Migration – Long, Short and In-Between

Migration; Long, Short , And In Between- As fall settles in many birds are heading south in search of warmer weather, some are long distance travelers, while others head for the hills.

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BirdNote ®: The Big Thicket

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BirdNote ® Night Voices

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BirdNote ®- Winter Birds Love Suet

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BirdNote ® Crested Auklet

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BirdNote ®: Douglas Squirrel

The Douglas Squirrel can sound like a bird when it’s warning away intruders in its territory.

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BirdNote®: Screech-Owl

The eerie cry of the screech-owl is a fitting sound for this spooky time of year. Our BirdNote® is written by Bob Sundstrom and narrated by Mary McCann.

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BirdNote: Pacific Wren

To human ears bird songs sound quick and repetitive but to another bird the same song might sound like an operatic aria.

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BirdNote® Gulls of Summer

Many gull species flock to the U.S. Pacific and Atlantic coasts in the summer.

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BirdNote® Swainson’s Thrush “Micro Napper”

When this nighttime traveller wants to take a break from migrating, it sleeps for moments at a time, with one eye closed and the other open to watch for predators.

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