Learning More About Birds by Sketching Them

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Learning More About Birds by Sketching Them
Written by Conor Gearin

This is BirdNote.

Many people take an interest in birds as they get older. But others start very early, like this young BirdNote listener, Ben Bradmon.

Ben Bradmon: Hi, my name is Ben, I am 8 years old, and I like to watch birds. I like watching their behavior, and I think their sounds are relaxing. I'm trying to learn to identify their calls.

         [Tufted Titmouse call]

Ben Bradmon: I have a favorite bird — Tufted Titmouse. I think they're cute.

         [Tufted Titmouse call]

Ben Bradmon:  We have a lot of woodpeckers. Red-bellied, mostly red-bellied. They really like one of our white pines.

    [Red-bellied Woodpecker call]

And Ben is deepening his knowledge of birds by sketching them.

Ben Bradmon: I've been starting to draw birds in nature in a notebook. You look at the birds a lot, so it makes you learn more.

         [Red-bellied Woodpecker call]

Ben Bradmon: I drew the Red-bellied Woodpecker on a tree — it's standing on a tree. And it's about to peck.  I think it's fun drawing the habitats too.

         [Red-bellied Woodpecker pecking]

Find out more about how you can start learning your local birds on our website, BirdNote.org. I’m Jonese Franklin.

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Producer: Sam Johnson
Managing Producer: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Ariana Remmel
Content Director: Jonese Franklin

Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Tufted Titmouse ML616742112 recorded by Jeff Ellerbusch, Red-bellied Woodpecker ML217850831 recorded by Jay McGowan, and Red-bellied Woodpecker ML160124181 recorded by Glen Chapman.
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Narrator: Jonese Franklin

ID# BradmonB-01-2024-08-23    BradmonB-01