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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 2d

Right! I thought this was the case but wasn't sure. My guess is this is the case in MacOS as well.

Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 2d

Yeah it’s been in iOS for a while now I guess they ported this over to MacOS.

Come to think of it my screenshots dir is within iCloud so it’s probably an iCloud thing.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 2d

(fwiw this is my own photo btw, which I probably screenshotted for insertion into a powerpoint or something! A House Wren from many years ago!)

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 2d

Weird #Wrensday story. I do a quick search on my Mac for "wren", and this *screenshot* comes up. No filename at all that indicates it is a wren. MacOS is now scanning files and identifying birds on its own 😱 🪶

(To be fair it also included a rather wren-like thrush in the results.. but still.. wow!)

A House Wren in mid-flight, appears to be screaming into the void

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Zoo Boise @zooboise.bsky.social · 3d

Toogle loves carving pumpkins! 🎃

Come see him and other Zoo Boise animals receive Halloween treats, plus trick or treat stations, costume contests, and lots more fun on Saturday, Oct. 25 and Sunday, Oct. 26 for Boo at the Zoo, presented by Delta Dental of Idaho.

🎥: So. ground hornbill enrichment

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 2d

ahhhh I should have clued into #Wrensday and done both of these as Wednesday releases 😂

maybe if I have enough for Carolina Wren I'll do that soon

gosh I also have lots of House Wren, some Rock Wren, and a smidge of Pacific Wren. I may have to make something of those someday

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · 2d

New episode - a companion piece to the previous episode, the focus of this episode is the Sedge Wren.

This may be the only episode focused on a single individual bird, not just a species!

#birds #birdsong #FieldRecording

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Species in Focus: Sedge Wren

The Sedge Wren is a small, russet coloured energetic songbird found breeding in fields and shallow marshes in many parts of inland North America. Their song consists of several dry-sounding chirps fo...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 5d

Wow Apple. Fishing is exercise but birding is not? 😒

Screenshot showing valid exercises in Apple Fitness, which does include fishing

Screenshot showing valid exercises in Apple Fitness, which does not include birding

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · 8d

A new episode is out, focused on the Marsh Wren. Recorded over the course of several days (and years, I guess!) at Taquanyah Conservation Area near Cayuga, Ontario.

Sort of a two-parter. At the end you'll understand why.

#birds #birdsong #nature #soundscapes #FieldRecording

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Species In Focus: Marsh Wren

The Marsh Wren is a small, brownish, energetic songbird found in wetlands across a large swath of North America. Their song is a mix of harsh trills, gurgles, and buzzes. And, like most wren species,...

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm Lauren, a biologist and illustrator with @instbirdpop.bsky.social . I work in songbird population monitoring & demographics. I band birds, teach bird banding classes, and operate stations in Yosemite and on Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands! & then I get to illustrate for our publications!

Photo of two bird banders holding two male Red-winged Blackbirds side by side to compare details on the wings. Below them is a table full of books and datasheets and tools for collecting information on the birds' age and health status.

Photo of a hand holding a Micronesian Rufous Fantail banded on Rota. This is a documentational photo of the bird moments before its safe release on site.

Me (right) helping Dept. of Fish and Wildlife employees on Saipan learn to look for ageing details on Micronesian Rufous Fantail, one of the most common birds on the island. The bird is being held safely with one wing extended while I point to something on it to look at.

Digital illustration of a Great Gray Owl in front of conifers with light snowfall. The bird is looking to the upper right toward a glow of faint warm sunlight. This was done for The Institution for Bird Populations as a winter thank you card to donors.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 8d

this all stated YouTube is like 0.01% of the listens the podcast gets for the last year or so, at best

Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 8d

File this under "I don't understand the algorithm"

This feed has been up under the new channel for one day. It's already 1/3rd of the way to beating how many views/listens the podcast had on YT when mixed with my videos. 🤷‍♂️

(It's nothing huge, and the views are concentrated on random episodes.)

Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 9d

When Google Podcasts shut down, podcasters were forced to move to YouTube Music Podcasts (so confusing!) and it was not made clear that adding an audio podcast to a channel would flood your video channel with audio content, so I've moved Songbirding audio podcast to its own channel.

Songbirding @songbirding.com · 9d

Some housekeeping has been done with the audio feed of Songbirding on Youtube (& Youtube Music Podcasts 🙃) -- the podcast can now be found on a separate channel to keep things a bit neater.

This channel will be only audio content -- follow at the link below!

www.youtube.com/@Songbirding...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 9d

FYI As a listener I wouldn't recommend YouTube for podcasts, but as a podcaster it seems to be necessary for discovery. 🤷

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 9d

This "reset" has been a long time coming, hoping to be back soon with video content but I needed to do this first as it was really bothering me. Google made things incredibly confusing with their moving of podcasts to YouTube.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 9d

I feel like moving the feed to YouTube has been highly detrimental to my YouTube channel as it turned it into mostly videos with no video. If you're an audio podcaster who also has a YouTube channel, make sure you make a separate channel for your audio content.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 9d

When Google Podcasts shut down, podcasters were forced to move to YouTube Music Podcasts (so confusing!) and it was not made clear that adding an audio podcast to a channel would flood your video channel with audio content, so I've moved Songbirding audio podcast to its own channel.

Songbirding @songbirding.com · 9d

Some housekeeping has been done with the audio feed of Songbirding on Youtube (& Youtube Music Podcasts 🙃) -- the podcast can now be found on a separate channel to keep things a bit neater.

This channel will be only audio content -- follow at the link below!

www.youtube.com/@Songbirding...

Songbirding Audio

Exploring birdsong and nature through audio. Art by Lauren Helton - https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/ Support the show at https://songbirding.com/support AI Declaration: Absolutely no "generati...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 22d

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The Birdist @thebirdist.bsky.social · 22d

Genuinely baffled as to why the Buffalo Bills are posting this birding content. Not mad, just confused. Philadelphia Eagles long play?

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 25d

Ahhhh it's the winter finch forecast! So exciting. Looking forward to the upcoming Hot (Cold?) Redpoll Winter! 🪶

#birds #birding #WinterBirding #finches #nature

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Winter Finch Forecast 2025-2026 - FINCH RESEARCH NETWORK

By Tyler Hoar Featured Post Photo: ©David Turgeon GENERAL FORECAST It looks to be a flight year for many species in Eastern Canada. With mostly very poor crops in the boreal forest from central Quebec...

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · 26d

Between seasons, there will be some special Songbirding episodes. A few will be single-species focus for species that haven't been well covered in the last few years.

This week starts with the Orchard Oriole!

#birding #birds #birdsong #OrchardOriole #FieldRecording

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Species in Focus: Orchard Oriole

In the upcoming special episodes I’m going to feature songbird species who fit three criteria: that I have plenty of recordings of them, that I have not significantly featured them before, and that th...

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Ontario Weather Birding @onweatherbirding.bsky.social · 29d

Tonight and tomorrow night are quite favourable for nocturnal songbird migration, with light winds and clear skies. Expect a good surge of migrants moving into the weekend

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · Sep 23

right? 🤣

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Nate Swick @n8swick.bsky.social · Sep 23

So against my better judgment I'll probably watch this. I worry, though.

www.hallmarkchannel.com/adventures-i...

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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · Sep 22

Our first Bird Study Group meeting of the season is live right now!

www.youtube.com/live/qBYJnyr...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · Sep 22

Hamilton Naturalists’ Club - the Bird Study Group’s meeting starts in 10 mins, live-streamed on YouTube, our guest speaker will be talking about raptor banding.

#birds #birding #HamOnt

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Bird Study Meeting: "Hawk Cliff Raptor Banders: 50 Years and Counting"

YouTube video by Hamilton Naturalists' Club

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