Willow Creek Golf Course Bird Survey
This week I joined up with Bexar Audubon Society to participate in a bird survey of one of San Antonio’s municipal golf courses, Willow Creek.
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Let’s dissect which bird species can be heard screaming in the backing track of “Out of My Head” by Charli XCX
Fellow pop music enthusiasts, I love birds, like a LOT. I photograph them and record them with embarrassingly-long microphones.
The first time I listened to Out of My Head by Charli XCX my bird senses lit up as I picked up on a bird screaming in the backing track. It might sound like noise to most, but I was SURE it was a certain local bird I heard all the time when birding.
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The drill of a Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Today’s magical moment arrived with a loud tap, tap, tap, tap.
The moment I heard the noise, I looked straight up at it. That unmistakable drilling sound permeated the air as it jammed its beaks into a tree trunk.
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A White-eyed Vireo duet
I’ve been recording at Medina River Natural Area on the weekends for the past few months. It is a nice place to record due to its distance away from highways once you get deeper into the natural area.
Recording birds is always unpredictable and you’ll never know what you’ll hear.
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