Episode 154: Wild Geese in the Golden Dawn

Recorded on March 22, 2026, at the woods edge surrounding Bullfrog Pond, this is the sound of a dawn song of new migrants and year-round residents preparing for spring. An Eastern Gray Squirrel gives its nasal calls while March winds move through the pines and the oak grove on the hilltop.

Canada Geese are beginning spring courting rituals on the ponds at Heart Place and other voices in the dawn song include Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, American Crow, House Finch, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, House Sparrow, Carolina Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird, American Goldfinch, Brown-headed Cowbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Barred Owl, Pine Warbler, Eastern Meadowlark, Chipping Sparrow and Red-winged Blackbird.