On our latest show: falconer Hesper Lana Fang; an audio postcard from a Big Year Birder and a forensic ornithologist; and Mike O’Connor explaining what’s going on with wayward birds in your backyard.
#873 Feb. 27, 2022
On Our Latest Show: A Most Remarkable Creature; an inspirational — and spectacular — songbird; and a mystery solved by backyard bird expert Mike O’Connor. Guest: Jonathan Meiburg.
#866 Jan. 9, 2022
On Our Latest Show: The striking Melanerpes erythrocephalus; a robot that lands like a bird; an Asian finch in California; and the rising cost of bird seed.
#836 June 13, 2021
On Our Latest Show: The tea-drinking “Ground Robin”; Pride Month in the birding world; and hummingbird feeding advice from backyard birding guru Mike O’Connor.
#792 Aug. 9, 2020
On our latest show: Latino Conservation Week; the “Blue Nun,”; new bird books for kids; and the birding items in Mike’s store that Mike doesn’t really like.
#744 Sept. 8, 2019
On our latest show — direct from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Raptor Weekend in Bristol, R.I. — we talk with urban raptor photographer Peter Green; we meet the Northern Hawk Owl; and we get some fall bird feeding tips from the Birdwatcher’s General Store’s Mike O’Connor.
#595 Oct. 16, 2016
Our latest show is a remote broadcast from Yosemite National Park in California. We talk about birds, bird research, and the magic of this amazing 750,000 acre natural wonderland.