[Tweeters] Movie filmed in the Washington state with clearly depicted PNW birdsong

[PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA via Tweeters]

Tweets,
This was a beautiful, though sad, movie, mostly filmed in the Metaline Falls area in Pend Oreille Co., some in other NE counties and Idaho.  I think it was Netflix where we watched it, wishing we'd seen it in a theater.  Beautiful scenery, very touching story. And yes, there was bird song!
Penny Koyama, Bothell


> On 01/26/2026 3:50 AM PST Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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> I haven't seen any threads in the past few months about the Oscar nominated movie, “Train Dreams”.  It is filmed mostly in Washington and is filled with extended moments of birdsong from recognizable PNW bird species. A distinct Pileated Woodpecker as the movie begins, later, several long calls of Swainson's thrush and Varied Thrush after that. I'm sure there are more and I intend to watch it again just to see how many more I missed.  The majority of this film is shot in the PNW forest and portrays the turn of the century lumber industry, with unflinching honesty.  Because this movie is very deliberate, slow and quiet, the bird song is clearer than usually is heard in movies.  I enjoyed how deeply this movie depicts the quietness of being in nature, and the birds were an extra treat!

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