Date: 1/27/26 6:43 am From: Louise via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Movie filmed in the Washington state with clearly depicted PNW birdsong
Thanks to everyone who posted about this film. I'll make a point to look it
up, it sounds intriguing.
Louise Rutter
Kirkland
On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 2:14 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> 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...> wrote:
>
>
> 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!
>
> *Ann*
>
>
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