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PODCAST

Voice of the Wild

University of Illinois Extension

If you learn to listen for them, you will find wildlife everywhere. Voice of the Wild is a podcast about wildlife and the wild sounds they make. Tune in every Friday to learn a new bird song, frog call, or insect noise.

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Episode 41: Red-Shouldered Hawk – Voice of the Wild

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2025/01/31

Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus). An agile forest “buteo” with handsome plumage. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: Red-shouldered hawk

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Episode 40: Northern Saw-Whet Owl – Voice of the Wild

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2025/01/24

Northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus). A cute but seldom-seen owl that visits Illinois only in fall and winter. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in

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Episode 39: Barred Owl – Voice of the Wild

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2025/01/17

Barred owl (Strix varia). The dark-eyed owl with a goofy call, a quirky history, and a penchant for bottomland forests. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in

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Does the Robin Bring the Spring? – Voice of the Wild

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2025/01/10

Is the American Robin really the first harbinger of spring? In this episode I talk about the partially-migratory American Robin and why so many folks seem to think it disappears for the winter. This is an isolated segment of an upcoming bonus episode about the earliest and most reliable signs of spring. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including

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Episode 38: Great Horned Owl – Voice of the Wild

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2025/01/03

Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus). The quintessential “whooo” owl call belongs to the Great horned owl, North America’s most widespread owl species. The haunting duet of a pair of Great Horned Owls can be heard in the late night and early morning hours of mid to late winter.Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and

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Episode 37: Black-Capped or Carolina? Chickadee ID –...

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2024/12/20

The Black-capped and Carolina chickadee’s range only barely intersects, so identification is typically as easy as finding out which side of the line you are on. Unfortunately, for those within a few tens of miles of the line, a confident ID may not be possible. The following paper contains a map showing the location of the hybrid zone: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5497 Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new

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Episode 36: Red-Tailed Hawk – Voice of the Wild

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2024/12/13

Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis). One of the largest and most common raptors in North America and a common sight along highways, especially in winter. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage The following Cornell Lab |

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Episode 35: Yellow-Rumped Warbler – Voice of the Wild

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2024/12/06

Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata).One of the few wood warblers that can be found in the Midwest during winter.Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in

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Episode 34: Red-Headed Woodpecker – Voice of the Wild

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2024/11/29

Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). The only midwestern woodpecker with a head that’s red from nape to throat. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were

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Episode 33: American Tree Sparrow – Voice of the Wild

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2024/11/22

American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea). The quintessential winter sparrow and a reminder that, even after the leaves have fallen and the prairies turned gray and brown, there’s wildlife to hear in Illinois. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the

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Episode 32: Golden-Crowned Kinglet – Voice of the Wild

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2024/11/15

Golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa). The golden-crowned kinglet is of our smallest birds and their sweet, high call is one of winter’s delights. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay

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Episode 31: Pine Siskin – Voice of the Wild

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2024/11/08

Pine siskin (Spinus pinus). An unassuming winter visitor with a strongly ascending call. Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: Pine siskin first call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML510257) Pine siskin various calls by

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Episode 30: Dark-Eyed Junco – Voice of the Wild

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2024/11/01

Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis). Fleeing the chill of the arctic winter, the junco arrives in the Midwest just as our winds get brisk and the leaves start turning. Look for their little pale bill and white-edged tail as they pick beneath birdfeeders and flit around winter woodlands, cemeteries, and parks. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including

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Episode 29: White-Throated Sparrow – Voice of the Wild

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2024/10/25

White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). A big sparrow with unexpected biology and an easy song mnemonic. Look for the yellow spot just ahead of its eye, the namesake white throat, and white or tan stripes over the head. The white-throated sparrow arrives in the fall and is common throughout the winter and into early spring. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most

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Episode 28: White-Crowned Sparrow – Voice of the Wild

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2024/10/18

White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys). A handsome winter visitor with a crisp cap and a sweet whistle. Look for them starting in October in undisturbed brushy habitats and neighborhoods with good, shrubby cover. While the white-crowned sparrow has different regional dialects, the ones found in the Midwest should sound similar to the primary song and call at the beginning of the episode. To hear the alternate songs, you’ll have to travel farther north or west across the

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Episode 27: Eastern Bluebird – Voice of the Wild

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2024/10/11

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). The beloved Eastern Bluebird is a conservation success story that shows the huge impact of dedicated conservation and stewardship actions. The bird’s musical and somewhat variable churring can be heard in scrubby meadows and forest clearings, especially when there are dead snags with old woodpecker holes present (or well-kept birdhouses.) Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a

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Episode 26: Cedar Waxwing – Voice of the Wild

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2024/10/04

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum). The Cedar Waxwing’s high-pitched call is often heard coming from hungry flocks visiting a local stand of fruit-bearing trees. Look out for their crisp black mask, strong yellow stripe at the end of their tail, and their courtship display of passing a berry back and forth! Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms,

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Episode 25: Belted Kingfisher – Voice of the Wild

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2024/09/27

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon). A kingfisher perched along the edge of a lake or stream is a common sight for anglers – besides perching, the kingfisher can also hover a few meters above the surface of the water as it watches for little fish. While you’re listening for their clattering call, keep an eye out for the females; they’re the ones with the orange band across their chest. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday

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Episode 24: Greater Anglewing – Voice of the Wild

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2024/09/20

Greater Anglewing, (Microcentrum rhombifolium).Appropriately named, the greater anglewing has curiously rhombus-shaped wingcovers. These clicking insects emerge a few weeks after the common true katydids and add a strange stone-tapping sound to the grinding chorus of other night singers. Thank you to Wil Hershberger for letting us use the insect calls from SongsofInsects.com. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore

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Episode 23: Dog-Day Cicada – Voice of the Wild

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2024/09/13

Dog-day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis). While canicularis is the insect most associated with the “dog-day” name, that common name is shared by several species. If the northern dog-day cicada doesn’t sound like what you learned as the dog day cicada, check out episode 15 on Neotibicen pruinosis; that’s the one I learned to call dog-day cicada in central Illinois. https://voiceofthewild.transistor.fm/episodes/episode-15-scissor-grinder-cicada-voice-of-the-wild Thank you to Wil Hershberger

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