oehlkers
@oehlkers.bsky.social
college prof (media & com) in Salem, Mass.
Oriole philologist. Wild bird advocacy historian. birdobserver.org
Oriole philologist. Wild bird advocacy historian. birdobserver.org
What I was seeing/hearing at Senjōgahara.
July 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What I was seeing/hearing at Senjōgahara.
Senjōgahara, Oku-Nikkō, Japan.
July 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Senjōgahara, Oku-Nikkō, Japan.
A more elaborate display at the Hankyu (Osaka) Kinokuniya, including sound clips, newspaper clipping (review calls Suzuki a bird-otaku), and three dimensional invitation to be tori-lingual. #僕鳥
July 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A more elaborate display at the Hankyu (Osaka) Kinokuniya, including sound clips, newspaper clipping (review calls Suzuki a bird-otaku), and three dimensional invitation to be tori-lingual. #僕鳥
It is well known that gray catbirds copy the songs of other birds, including Baltimore orioles. But why would this catbird (top) sing the syllables of the oriole song (bottom) in reverse order? #birds #bioacoustics
June 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It is well known that gray catbirds copy the songs of other birds, including Baltimore orioles. But why would this catbird (top) sing the syllables of the oriole song (bottom) in reverse order? #birds #bioacoustics
Weird ultrasonic specters in my spectrogram. Anyone know what these might be? Daytime recording. Audiomoth. #fieldrecording
May 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Weird ultrasonic specters in my spectrogram. Anyone know what these might be? Daytime recording. Audiomoth. #fieldrecording
Just finished Toshitaka Suzuki's professional memoir 僕には鳥の言葉がわかる [I understand the words of birds], an invitation for everyone to become more "tori-lingual." Especially impressed by the thoughtfulness of his media strategies in trying to spread the word about animal linguistics.
May 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just finished Toshitaka Suzuki's professional memoir 僕には鳥の言葉がわかる [I understand the words of birds], an invitation for everyone to become more "tori-lingual." Especially impressed by the thoughtfulness of his media strategies in trying to spread the word about animal linguistics.
Braved the pollen and went recording this morning, and good thing! The orioles are back, Orchard and Baltimore. The Baltimore I recorded is a veteran male, singing a variation of the dominant song at the property.
April 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Braved the pollen and went recording this morning, and good thing! The orioles are back, Orchard and Baltimore. The Baltimore I recorded is a veteran male, singing a variation of the dominant song at the property.
Took all afternoon, but I finally tracked down this passage by Christopher Gedner (Linné's student) which spuriously introduced a second "Colonial America regrets putting bounties on blackbirds" tale into the entomology literature. The first is this one: wingedwardens.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-...
February 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Took all afternoon, but I finally tracked down this passage by Christopher Gedner (Linné's student) which spuriously introduced a second "Colonial America regrets putting bounties on blackbirds" tale into the entomology literature. The first is this one: wingedwardens.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-...
Birdsong identification talk on Japanese TV. "Don't Mejiro (Japanese white-eye) go 'kyuu-kyuu'?" Alice-san chi no Iroribata, Episode 1.
February 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Birdsong identification talk on Japanese TV. "Don't Mejiro (Japanese white-eye) go 'kyuu-kyuu'?" Alice-san chi no Iroribata, Episode 1.
A reference in 鳥たちのフランス文学 has sent me next to Pascal Quignard's Dans ce jardin qu'on aimait, about Simeon Pease Cheney, 19th century American spiritualist birdsong transcriber.
February 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A reference in 鳥たちのフランス文学 has sent me next to Pascal Quignard's Dans ce jardin qu'on aimait, about Simeon Pease Cheney, 19th century American spiritualist birdsong transcriber.
Latest personal translation project arrives from Kinokuniya. French Bird Lit in Japanese. (details in Alt text)
January 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Latest personal translation project arrives from Kinokuniya. French Bird Lit in Japanese. (details in Alt text)
Dismal New Year’s morn, but if you listen carefully, you may hear a pair of bluebirds.
January 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dismal New Year’s morn, but if you listen carefully, you may hear a pair of bluebirds.
"쑥국 쑥국 쑥쑥국 쑥국" is the signature birdsong moment in some contemporary arrangements of the Korean song "새 타령" (Sae Taryeong/Bird Song). I asked Gemini what species it was intended to represent and it scolded me, in Korean, for being too literal-minded.
December 24, 2024 at 9:44 PM
"쑥국 쑥국 쑥쑥국 쑥국" is the signature birdsong moment in some contemporary arrangements of the Korean song "새 타령" (Sae Taryeong/Bird Song). I asked Gemini what species it was intended to represent and it scolded me, in Korean, for being too literal-minded.
At the end of the day, maybe my role in life is to provide fansub-style culture notes for folks who want to understand the bird jokes in "Talentless Takano" (Netflix). #無能の鷹野
October 27, 2024 at 12:03 PM
At the end of the day, maybe my role in life is to provide fansub-style culture notes for folks who want to understand the bird jokes in "Talentless Takano" (Netflix). #無能の鷹野
Immediately identifiable sound signature
July 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Immediately identifiable sound signature
The chicks in the Baltimore oriole nest I've been monitoring have fledged. But are making two different calls. Checked the juvenile BAOR songs in the Macaulay database and, as with adults, there appears to be significant diversity in the way very young members of the species vocalize.
June 9, 2024 at 12:47 PM
The chicks in the Baltimore oriole nest I've been monitoring have fledged. But are making two different calls. Checked the juvenile BAOR songs in the Macaulay database and, as with adults, there appears to be significant diversity in the way very young members of the species vocalize.
Today's birdsong recording method
June 4, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Today's birdsong recording method
Current set up to record oriole nest sounds. Old steel trestle column provides a convenient mount for parabolic mic.
June 3, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Current set up to record oriole nest sounds. Old steel trestle column provides a convenient mount for parabolic mic.
Have you ever heard a Baltimore oriole scream? (a grackle was threatening her babies)
June 1, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Have you ever heard a Baltimore oriole scream? (a grackle was threatening her babies)
And then two different Baltimore orioles singing new stripped-down versions of the property's primordial song. Call them BAOR 03 and BAOR "03."
April 30, 2024 at 10:19 PM
And then two different Baltimore orioles singing new stripped-down versions of the property's primordial song. Call them BAOR 03 and BAOR "03."
Today, another veteran Baltimore oriole returned (his song dating back to 2021). Call him BAOR 02. (Spectrogram below includes a little bit of red-winged blackbird song.)
April 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Today, another veteran Baltimore oriole returned (his song dating back to 2021). Call him BAOR 02. (Spectrogram below includes a little bit of red-winged blackbird song.)