On our latest show, we listen to an Acorn Woodpecker audio postcard from California; feature a rare visitor also in the Golden State; and talk with a couple of river heroes from Washington, DC.
##996 July 28, 2024
On our latest show (#996 July 28): a salute to the mighty kingbirds; how hummingbirds avoid collisions; and good news and bad news as we wrap up Plastic-free July.
#987 May 26, 2024
On our latest show: Chris Harbard tells us about the upcoming Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival; we learn about an under-appreciated mimic; we listen to audio postcards from Ohio and Georgia; and Mike O’Connor busts some myths about backyard bird feeding.
#983 April 28, 2024
On our latest show: Do birds sing in their sleep? — a Science Corner report. Plus, listener audio postcards from the Great Dismal Swamp, and the Pocosin National Wildlife Refuge; and backyard birding observations from Al Batt in Minnesota and Mike O’Connor on Cape Cod.
#979 March 31, 2024
On our latest show: a final(?) Flaco the Owl update; avian audio postcards from Vermont and Massachusetts; and the Wonderful World of Woodpeckers with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Kevin McGowan.
#958 Oct. 29, 2023
On our latest show: We learn about the plight of Hawaiian birds with the American Bird Conservancy’s Luka Zavas; we get schooled by Mike O’Connor about birds that sing in fall and winter; and we feature a bird that’s scary to hear, and scary to see.
#897 Aug. 21, 2022
On our latest show: an answer to where all the catbirds and mockingbirds have gone; Dr. Daniel Klem, the world’s leading expert on bird window crashes; a bird that sounds like a coffee drink; and an Audio Postcard from Alabama.
#843 Aug. 1, 2021
On our latest show (#843 8/1): Wild bird rehab; a mockingbird vs. cat audio postcard; an update on a mysterious bird illness; and a conservation salute to a surprising electric car adopter.
#841 July 18, 2021
On Our Latest Show: Birding the Black Belt; a mystery bird illness over the east and midwest; and a surprising recipient of our Conservation Salute of the Week
#840 July 11, 2021
On Our Latest Show (#840 7/11): Thomas Jefferson’s favorite bird; an avian audio postcard from Arizona; and the importance of Plastic-free July.
#775 April 12, 2020
On our latest show: Tracking an Osprey from the Bay State to Brazil — and back again; the resourceful Yellow Warbler; and owls in Mike O’Connor’s nest boxes.
#774 April 5, 2020
On Our Latest Show: watching penguins from space; new bird fossil discoveries; good news from Chicago about Piping Plovers; and why mockingbirds flash their wings.
#768 Feb. 23, 2020
On Our Latest Show: Songbirds tweeting…and re-tweeting; the remarkable mocker; Conservation Salutes to a billionaire and his employees; and will Britain really ban hybrid car sales?
#767 Feb. 16, 2020
On our latest show: the “Skunk-headed Coot,” good and bad conservation news; and a most unusual mockingbird.
#742 Aug. 25, 2019
On our latest show, we welcome singer/songwriter and avid birder Stephanie Seymour and her new album, “There Are Birds.” Plus, we join the lament about the tragic fires in the Brazilian Amazon, and Mike tells us about the “Feather Atlas.”
#716 Feb. 24, 2019
On our latest show: A melanistic mockingbird; a piceous penguin; Sandhill Cranes on the move; and birding by electric bus.
#613 Feb. 26, 2017
On our latest show: An architect/birder helps birds avoid building crashes; Mike offers advice on readying bird boxes; and we hear more about climate change’s effect on bird migration.
#577 May 29, 2016
On today's show: We're live from the L.L.Bean Birding Festival in Freeport, Maine with guests Tim Gallagher from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Doug Hitchcox from Maine Audubon.
#534 July 12, 2015
Today's Show: Can we save the Wood Thrush? Can herons swim? And Ray on NPR.