<description>&lt;p&gt;One thing I’ve learned from years of birding is not to ignore a good roadside birding location. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It often seems counterintuitive to me as a sound recordist — I do want to be away from traffic sounds, of course. But often roadside stops consist of edge habitats that songbirds love to occupy. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And, also in this case, Columbian Ground Squirrels. You’ll hear them in this episode, but I wasn’t aware they were called Colombian Ground Squirrels at the time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Credits&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Songbirding: Kananaskis Country is a Songbirding Studios production.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Songbirding cover art (Townsend's Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: &lt;a href="https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Creative Commons music is from Bluedot Sessions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Learn how to support the show at &lt;a href="https://songbirding.com/support" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://songbirding.com/support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Songbirding

Rob Porter

Opal Day Use Area, Part 1

MAY 19, 202619 MIN
Songbirding

Opal Day Use Area, Part 1

MAY 19, 202619 MIN

Description

<p>One thing I’ve learned from years of birding is not to ignore a good roadside birding location. </p> <p>It often seems counterintuitive to me as a sound recordist — I do want to be away from traffic sounds, of course. But often roadside stops consist of edge habitats that songbirds love to occupy. </p> <p>And, also in this case, Columbian Ground Squirrels. You’ll hear them in this episode, but I wasn’t aware they were called Colombian Ground Squirrels at the time.</p> <p>Credits</p> <p>Songbirding: Kananaskis Country is a Songbirding Studios production.</p> <p>Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.</p> <p>The Songbirding cover art (Townsend's Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: <a href="https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062" rel="nofollow">https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062</a></p> <p>Creative Commons music is from Bluedot Sessions.</p> <p>Learn how to support the show at <a href="https://songbirding.com/support" rel="nofollow">https://songbirding.com/support</a></p>