{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Birdsong Serenades","title":"Serenades: Common Yellowthroat","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1674,"description":"The Common Yellowthroat is more heard than seen.A typical encounter might be something like this:You’re hiking a trail somewhere, and you hear this song.You look over to where it came from and see a patch of cattail reeds, probably surrounding a small pond. Approaching this pond, you begin to see a small bird dart from reed to reed — perhaps sometimes even perching sideways on the reed — its feet clasping the stalk while the bird looks at you sideways.It sings: witchataw, witchataw, witchataw. Or at least, that can be a decent analogue. We call this kind of matching with human language a mnemonic.But a mnemonic doesn’t necessarily have to match exactly with how the bird sounds — in reality, most mnemonics are “close enough” at best.Their job in this case is just to connect a song with a species identification.So how about this instead: by sheer coincidence, the main phrase repeated in their song has the same number of syllables as the name “yellowthroat” itself.Yellowthroat, yellowthroat, yellowthroat.So if you want a mnemonic that is more of a rhythmic & syllabic match, just remember “yellowthroat, yellowthroat, yellowthroat”.CreditsBirdsong Serenades is Songbirding Studios production, and is recorded, engineered, narrated and created by me, Rob Porter. From this point forward, you'll hear only the soundscapes.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MNmOw-uwE_gb5St6ETw-0EWkIUQfvmCLjKa2ey1r9Uw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NjU4/OWMzMDc5ZmI1ODAy/ODZmYjQ3MzNmZjZk/YWU4NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}