A Distinct Success as a Bird Podcast by peteroehlkers

Episodes 6

Avg. Duration 28m

Activity Highly Active

Since Oct 2024

Latest Episode Jan 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule

Semi-Annually

Format

Episodic

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About This Podcast

A podcast about Baltimore orioles and their songs, based on sixteen-plus years of recording in a single place in Massachusetts. Through soundscapes and story-telling, this series will introduce listeners to the jingle-like songs of the species and the song culture that emerges in oriole communities. Listeners are encouraged to learn the songs of the orioles around them.

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Recent Episodes

Episode 6. HumanOriole Music

Jan 07, 2026 28m

In Episode 6 of A Distinct Success as a Bird, we explore the relationships between Baltimore oriole song and human music, including popular music heard in oriole songs, oriole songs heard in popular…

Episode 5: Oriole Philology

Sep 12, 2025 16m

This is the promised episode on the Baltimore oriole songs of the east side of the Charles River Peninsula. I take a philological approach (explained in the episode). A video including spectrograms…

S1E4 Episode 4. A kayak trip up the Charles River in search of Baltimore oriole song.

Jan 15, 2025 1h 58m

On June 11, 2024 I took a kayak trip, starting at 5:30 a.m. from the canoe launch at Redwing Bay in Needham, Massachusetts, and traveling slowly upstream for about an hour. This recording captures…

Episode 3. Trestleton (Part 2).

Oct 23, 2024 27m

The romance novel treatment of our four Baltimore oriole characters concludes with a flurry of different recording techniques and situations.

Episode 2. Trestleton (Part 1)

Oct 23, 2024 31m

A birdsong-based story about four Baltimore orioles, framed as a romance novel. Follow Lord and Lady Trestleton, Lord Railtrailton, and a mystery bird, as they fall in love and try to ward off…

Episode 1. Sixteen Years of Recording Orioles: A Sound Collage

Oct 21, 2024 26m

This is an introduction to Baltimore oriole song, a non-linear collage of excerpts from my field recordings, text-to-voice commentary , excerpts from audio bird guides, and clips from a conference…