little George creek trail

 

Recordings from the trail through the beautiful old growth forest at Fillongley Provincial Park on Denman Island with the bird- and creek-sounds in early spring 2022.

 

1. Bird sounds – Thrush, Raven, Wren, Woodpecker (creek)

 

2. Bird sounds – Robin, Wren, Kinglet, and Chickadee

 

3. Bird sounds – Thrush, Merlin, Wren, Chickadee, Raven

 

4. Creek sounds – Little George Creek

 

5. Bird sounds (Buddha Tree) – Kinglet, Wren, Chickadee, Thrush, Hairy Woodpecker (creek)

 

 

I’m brushing up on my identification of bird sounds, and there were many sounds to practice with at this amazing location!!

 

Among those I feel pretty confident identifying are Varied Thrush and Common Raven. There’s a Wren, possibly Pacific Wren. The tapping sound of a woodpecker in the distance as well as some woodpecker chirping could be a Hairy Woodpecker? And there are Chestnut-backed Chickadees and Golden-crowned Kinglets.

 

I think we also hear Merlin, Perhaps a juvenile and parent calling to one another. There may be a Vireo in there as well. 

 

There were sounds captured with the recorder that were not heard or were difficult to hear with the human ear – including the soft woodpecker tapping sounds and the wing-beats, which sound almost like a bird bathing.