Episode 112: Sound Key to Swallows of the Midwest – Voice of the Wild
Six Swallows and a Swift
Six species of swallow (and one swift) are common in the Midwest. This episode can be used as a key to identify them by their vocalizations.
Voice of the Wild is a podcast about wildlife and the wild sounds they make.
The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- Barn Swallow call by William W. H. Gunn (ML508109)
- Barn Swallow call by Randolph Little and Warren Y. Brockelman (ML508110)
- Tree Swallow song by Wil Hershberger (ML508086)
- Tree Swallow call by Wil Hershberger (ML508089)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow call by Gregory Budney (ML508077)
- Purple Martin song by Wil Hershberger (ML508082)
- Purple Martin song by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508078)
- Cliff Swallow call by Thomas G. Sander (ML508112)
- Cliff Swallow call by Thomas G. Sander (ML508115)
- Bank Swallow call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508102)
- Bank Swallow call by William W. H. Gunn (ML508104)
- Chimney Swift call by Wil Hershberger (ML507186)
Sources and more:
- Cornell’s All About Birds
- Audubon
- Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois by Colin Dobson
- Peterson field guide to the birds (Fourth edition)
- Sibley Birds East
