Most of the bird sounds you hear on BirdNote come from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab, a vast collection of over one million bird calls and songs curated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The library relies on both professional field recordists and dedicated volunteers to capture the sounds of birds all over the world. birdnote.org/listen/shows/ever-growing-library-bird-sounds Purple Finch © Rick Derevan | BirdNote
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Most of the bird sounds you hear on BirdNote come from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab, a vast collection of over one million bird calls and songs curated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The library relies on both professional field recordists and dedicated volunteers to capture the sounds of birds all over the world. birdnote.org/listen/shows/ever-growing-library-bird-sounds Purple Finch © Rick Derevan | BirdNote
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The Macaulay Library picks its favorite bird sounds for 2025. See who made the cut
The Macaulay Library picks its favorite bird sounds for 2025. See who made the cut
Feb 8, 2025
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Field Techniques for Making Great Recordings of Birds Sounds
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Field Techniques for Making Great Recordings of Birds Sounds
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Go Behind the Scenes at the Macaulay Library 🎙️ Stay to the end for a one-of-a-kind bird recording! Archivist David Weber takes you inside one of our rarest collections — the recordings of Claude Chappuis. A radiologist by trade and recordist by passion, Chappuis captured bird songs during his travels and traded tapes with others around the world. In 2024, his daughter donated this remarkable collection, including the only known recording of the Afghan Snowfinch. Since 1957, our catalog of reco
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Go Behind the Scenes at the Macaulay Library 🎙️ Stay to the end for a one-of-a-kind bird recording! Archivist David Weber takes you inside one of our rarest collections — the recordings of Claude Chappuis. A radiologist by trade and recordist by passion, Chappuis captured bird songs during his travels and traded tapes with others around the world. In 2024, his daughter donated this remarkable collection, including the only known recording of the Afghan Snowfinch. Since 1957, our catalog of reco
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This self-paced, online course tells you everything you need to get started recording bird sounds! https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/product/how-to-record-bird-sounds/ | Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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This self-paced, online course tells you everything you need to get started recording bird sounds! https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/product/how-to-record-bird-sounds/ | Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Pine Siskin - Sound Clip
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Pine Siskin - Sound Clip
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How to Record Bird Sounds | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab
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How to Record Bird Sounds | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab
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Bird songs and sounds are music to our ears! We're grateful to birds for the morning symphony they provide. Their hoots, trills, meeps, and melodies make for an incredibly diverse range of sound, like an endless free concert! Some birds have developed a knack for singing complex songs, like the Wood Thrush. With it's y-shaped syrinx, or voicebox it can harmonize with itself, producing those flute note notes at the end of it's song. If it's feeling quiet in your area this season -- try playing ou
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Listen to the Song Sparrow
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Our #1 most requested feature is here: bird song ID! (Turn on sound!) Try out sound ID now with our free app Merlin Bird ID: https://hubs.la/Q017HHXk0 | Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Free Preview: How to Record Bird Sounds | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab
Apr 4, 2022
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Voices: Ruffed Grouse
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Microphones for Recording Bird Sounds
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Voices: Common Nighthawk
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How Nature Works: Catbird Mimicry
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Ovenbird Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jan 28, 2010
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Join sound recordist Greg Budney in our Video of the Week and learn about one of the first sounds of spring: the wonderful whistled song of the Northern Cardinal. Both male and female cardinals sing, and their songs bringing a cheerful sound to the gray days of late winter and early spring. | Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Just listen to the Song Sparrow’s sweet sound. Songs and calls are often the best ways to identify birds—especially sparrows! This widespread and common sparrow starts its song with abrupt, well-spaced notes, rings out 2–6 phrases, and finishes with a buzz or trill. Keep an ear out for this bird in green spaces across much of the United States and Canada—there may be one singing next time you go for a walk in the park! What birds are you hearing nearby? Merlin Bird ID can be a great guide to lea
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What bird is singing? Merlin Bird ID app offers instant answers | Cornell Chronicle
Jun 23, 2021
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Our Video of the Week introduces you to the Cornell Lab's Merlin Bird ID app's new, groundbreaking tool: sound ID. Merlin can recognize the sounds of more than 400 species from the U.S. and Canada, with that number set to expand rapidly in future updates. What's that bird singing? Let the app listen to the song and it will tell you. Check it out and watch the video to find out how we made it happen: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ | Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Black-throated Sparrow Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jan 28, 2010
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Pine Warbler Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jun 1, 2009
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Wood Thrush Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jan 28, 2010
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Bird Song Basics: Getting Started with Birding by Ear | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab
Nov 8, 2021
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Red-headed Woodpecker Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jan 28, 2010
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Eastern Bluebird Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Nov 4, 2017
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American Bittern Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Oct 14, 2016
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Northern Parula Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jan 28, 2010
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Golden-crowned Sparrow Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jan 28, 2010
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Common Nighthawk Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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