Artwork

Some artwork inspired by bird call spectrograms.

Author

Kaija Gahm

Published

August 1, 2026

It surprises me that making art with birdsong spectrograms isn’t more common; they’re so distinctive and pretty. These pieces were made in Procreate on iPad. Spectrograms are not to scale; I’ve used them as stamps to create larger art pieces.

Black and white artwork composed of shapes derived from bird call spectrograms for Clark's nutcracker and red-breasted nuthatch.

Black and white artwork composed of shapes derived from bird call spectrograms for black-and-white warbler.

Black and white artwork composed of shapes derived from bird call spectrograms for downy woodpecker, northern flicker, and hairy woodpecker.

Black and white artwork composed of shapes derived from bird call spectrograms for Clark's nutcracker and mountain chickadee.