Here in the wilderness of the Canadian Rockies, the birds are our hosts. We are their guests.Premieres March 2, 2026.Credits Songbirding: Kananaskis Country is a Songbirding Studios production.Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.The Songbirding cover art (Townsend's Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: <a href="https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062">https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/</a>Creative Commons music is PlainGrey by Blue Dot Sessions: <a href="https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/362688">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/362688</a> Learn how to support the show at <a href="https://songbirding.com/support">https://songbirding.com/support </a>

Species in Focus: Common Grackle

Let's go birding by ear! Guided by award-winning naturalist and field recordist Rob Porter, the Songbirding podcast is an audio nature documentary that takes you on guided hikes while you learn the songs of dozens of North American songbird species. Entirely recorded in the field, and equally ideal for learning or relaxing to. You won't hear any other podcast quite like this. 

Songbirding has been four-time nominated as Best Science Podcast for the Canadian Podcast Awards. 

You can start with any episode in any season. Season 1: Bruce Peninsula, Ontario; 2-3: Southern Ontario; 4: Mid-western & Southern Ontario; 5: Johnston Harbour, Ontario; 6: Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania; 7: Kananaskis Country, Alberta.

For those with high-frequency hearing loss, please search for "Songbirding Under 5kHz". 

Credits

Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.
Cover art by Lauren Helton - https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/

About the Host

Rob is a software engineer and naturalist in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is the winner of the 2025 Betty Blashill Environmental Prize, and started the Songbirding podcast in 2019. He is also currently the Bird Studies Group Director of the Hamilton Naturalists' Club.

Support

Support the show at https://songbirding.com/support