Birds of the Gulf Oil Spill

August 2010 - We share the concern of all who listen to BirdNote for the well-being of the birds that are affected - and are yet to be affected - by the oil spill in the Gulf. Birds such as the Brown Pelican, Snowy Plover, Sandwich Tern, Seaside Sparrow, American Oystercatcher, Willet, Black-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Mottled Duck, Clapper Rail, Ruddy Turnstone, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover... these Roseate Spoonbills ... and many more.

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Birds of the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill

Compiled by members of the BirdNote team

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[Waves lapping lightly throughout]

We share the concern of all who listen to BirdNote for the well-being of the birds that are affected and are yet to be affected by the oil spill in the Gulf. Birds such as:
The Brown Pelican [splash of Brown Pelicans]...
Great Blue Heron [karonk karonk karonk]...
Snowy Plover [soft peeping calls]...
Sandwich Tern [calls of a flock of terns] …
Seaside Sparrow [song] …
American Oystercatcher [call]
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Willet [call]…
Black-crowned Night-Heron [call] …
White Ibis [and] Mottled Duck [calls]
Clapper Rail …
American White Pelican…
Roseate Spoonbill …
Ruddy Turnstone …
Western Sandpiper …
Least Sandpiper …
Semipalmated Sandpiper …
Black-bellied Plover [call] …
We’re all in this together. For BirdNote, I’m Mary McCann.
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Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Pelican splash recorded by W.W.H.Gunn; call of the Snowy Plover recorded by G.A. Keller; Sandwich Terns by O.H. Hewitt; Seaside Sparrow by M.J. Anderson; T.A. Parker ; Willet by G.A. Keller; White Ibis and Mottled Duck by G. Vyn; Black-crowned Night Heron by D.S. Herr; Clapper Rail by R.S. Little; Black-bellied Plover by R. Stein;
Great Blue Heron recorded by: C.A. Sutherland, and used with permission from the Peterson CD A Field Guide to Western Bird Songs.
Producer: John Kessler
Executive Producer: Chris Peterson
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