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Swoop! There it is.

March 12, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 11

Spring is here and the birds are returning. You can hear them if you slow down and listen. In this episode, Matt and his old friend Alex play and discuss the calls of a dozen common birds that you can see and hear even in the city.

Alex Eddington is a composer, sound designer, theatre artist and amateur birder. Learn more about Alex and his work here: https://www.alexeddington.com/

Bird Resources:

https://www.bird-sounds.net/

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home

Birdnet App: https://birdnet.cornell.edu/

Ebird: https://ebird.org/home

Migration map: https://explorer.audubon.org/

Music Credits:

'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist.

‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson. Performed by The Union Guitar Trio. Used with permission of the artists.

Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD

Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833

Sound Effects:

Black-capped chickadee - Mesange a tete noire.flac by micndom -- https://freesound.org/s/27387/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Cardinal.wav by CGEffex -- https://freesound.org/s/96217/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Other bird recordings by TRP: https://freesound.org/people/TRP/ who is also online here: https://thomasryderpayne.bandcamp.com/

Gentle waves on a lake by TheFlyFishingFilmmaker -- https://freesound.org/s/614299/ -- License: Creative Commons 0