On our latest show: an audio postcard from the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies; a guest from Colorado talking about an insecticide threat to birds and bees; and Mike O'Connor's advice on keeping your seed dry.
#1,031 Mar. 30, 2025
On our latest show: An Osprey welcomes (or tolerates?) a House Sparrow family; Freya McGregor sends a Kookaburra Audio Postcard from Australia; and we get an update on the first-ever Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon from Martha Steele and Jerry Berrier.
#1,030 Mar. 23, 2025
On our latest show: some good bluebird, blackbird, and grackle talk -- along with audio postcards from Florida and Mexico.
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Ray
#1,029 Mar. 16, 2025
On our latest show (#1,029 March 16): World Sparrow Day; an Acorn Woodpecker Audio Postcard; and the International Pellet Count citizen science project.
#1,028 Mar. 9, 2025
On our latest show (#1,028 Mar. 9): An Audio Postcard from Key West, Florida; advice about pet fur and bird nests; and a hawk that acts like a heron. Hear it here: Talkinbirds.com/archive
#1,027 Mar. 2, 2025
On our latest show: Fright molt explained; birding’s Biggest Week; and a true harbinger of spring.
#1,026 Feb. 23, 2025
On our latest show: Rosy Tucker tells us about the marvelous Hog Island Audubon Camp; Mike O’Connor offers an update on why birds rotate their eggs; and we meet the cold-defying Gray-headed Chickadee.
#1,025 Feb. 16, 2025
On our latest show: World Migratory Bird Day; an audio postcard from Tennessee; and advice for pigeon problems.
#1,024 Feb. 9, 2025
On our latest show: a live Whooping Crane report, and a homemade suet recipe from David Clapp; and advice concerning pet fur and nesting birds from Mike O’Connor.
#1,023 Feb. 2, 2025
On our latest show: the silently gliding Short-eared Owl; Mike’s advice on helping birds find your feeders; and the first-ever Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon.
#1,022 Jan. 26, 2025
On our latest show: a bird that fits right in with the big snowfalls in unlikely places; a Science Corner report on birds communicating during nighttime migration flights; and Mike’s explainer about mixed flocks.
#1,021 Jan. 19, 2025
On our latest show: We meet the “Chick Chick” from way up north; we learn about what plastic pellets are doing to our oceans; and we get Mike’s advice for your backyard suet plans.
#1,020 Jan. 12, 2025
On our latest show: A rare sighting in an Audio Postcard from Arkansas; a preview of the big San Diego Bird Festival; and Mike O’Connor’s thoughts about hummingbirds up north in January.
#1,019 Jan. 5, 2025
On our latest show: an audio postcard from the Columbian Amazon; an important Wood Thrush tracking project; and Mike O’Connor’s thoughts on the European Starling.
#1,018 Dec. 29, 2024
On our latest show (#1,018 Dec. 29): Part Two of Scott McMorrow's shorebird audio postcard from California; Alberta birding guide, Ariane Inman, as our special guest; and a backyard New Year's Resolution idea from Mike O'Connor.
#1,017 Dec. 22, 2024
On our latest show (#/1,017 Dec. 22): Birding as therapy in combating disease, with author Robert Bell; a vegetarian alternative to beef suet, with Mike O’Connor; and new status for the Bald Eagle, courtesy of the U.S. Congress.
#1,016 Dec. 15, 2024
On our latest show: A Great Horned Owl Audio Postcard from Mike O’Connor’s backyard; Mike’s favorite birds to keep him company when he moves to a remote island; and North America’s biggest hawk.
#1,015 Dec. 8, 2024
On our latest show: Wisdom the Albatross does it again; Freya McGregor creates a new way to make birding accessible to all; and we visit the land of the tumblin’ tumbleweed to meet our Featured Feathered Friend.
#1,014 Dec. 1, 2024
On our latest show: Sandhill Cranes in Arizona; expert binocular and scope advice; and the story of an eagle poacher who’s on his way to jail.
#1,013 Nov. 24, 2024
On our latest show, Maddie Carr describes how she met the birding goals of her eight-year old self, and Mike O’Connor weighs in on a backyard bird dispute. Plus, we meet the Eurasian Eagle-owl, and the Red-billed Chough.