The Quest for Common Pochard

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In this, the seventh episode of Wild Bird Acoustics, we follow my quest to record an elusive duck species, Common Pochard. My eventual aim was to field record the species remarkable courtship display, you can follow that journey in the first section of this podcast.  Apart from discussing the challenges of locating and recording this elusive species, I share several other bird recordings captured during these outings, such as the amazing calls of Northern Goshawk, a displaying Little Grebe, singing Goldcrest, and Eurasian Jay mimicking other species' calls.
 Following this initial section, I will take you to the Stockholm Archipelago in late autumn, on a rather special day in November, when all the stars aligned and I managed some wonderful audio of some rather special Swedish bird species....


00:20 Introduction to Wild Bird Acoustics

00:35 The Quest for Common Pochard

01:22 The Challenges of locating breeding Common Pochard

03:40 The final piece of the Jigsaw; Common Pochard's Courtship Display

04:55 Another Journey to Norra Djurgarden

05:06 The Encounter with Common Pochard

06:40 Other Encounters: Coot and Little Grebe

08:43 The Successful Recording of Common Pochard

23:04 A Surprise Encounter with Northern Goshawk

31:16 The Final Recordings and Reflections

32:20 Preview of the Next Episode: Autumn in Landsort

33:20 The Field Magazine: A Day in Landsort

33:40 The Search for Spotted Nutcracker

34:24 Encounters with Bohemian Waxwing and Northern Bullfinch

47:26 Success! An audio recording of Spotted Nutcracker...

53:08 Conclusion and Call to Action

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