Learning More About Birds by Sketching Them

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Learning More About Birds by Sketching Them
Written by Conor Gearin

Jonese Franklin: 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]

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

    [Tufted Titmouse call]

We have a lot of woodpeckers. Red-bellied, mostly red-bellied.

    [Red-bellied Woodpecker call]

They really like one of our white pines.

    [Red-bellied Woodpecker call]

Jonese Franklin: 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]

I drew the Red-bellied Woodpecker on a tree — it's standing on a tree. And it's about to peck.

    [Red-bellied Woodpecker pecking]

I think it's fun drawing the habitats too.

    [Red-bellied Woodpecker call]

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

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Producer: Mark Bramhill
Managing Editor: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Conor Gearin
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.
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
© 2024 BirdNote July 2024
Narrator: Jonese Franklin

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