On our latest show: a listener audio postcard from New Zealand; Stokes Guide to Finches co-author Matt Young; and Northern Cardinal thoughts from our Mike O’Connor.
#955 Oct. 8, 2023
On our latest show (#955 Oct. 10): The possible record holder for hand feeding wild birds, the multi-talented Ewan Dobson, is our guest. Plus, our Mike O’Connor talks about winter finches, and we get some exciting news, as well as some disturbing news, about bird migration.
#872 Feb. 20, 2022
On Our Latest Show: Is the Ivory-billed Woodpecker really extinct? Scientist and author Chris Haney shares some thoughts. Also, what really caused those Yellow-headed Blackbirds to plunge to earth in Mexico? And, we meet the “New York Warbler.”
#829 April 25, 2021
On Our Latest Show (#829 04/25): Finch expert Matt Young explains the winter finch explosion; Mike O’Connor offers oriole observations; and a southwestern bird visits the northeast.
#699 Oct. 21, 2018
On our latest show: help for some Chimney Swifts; waiting for Pine Siskins; respect for the Blue Jay; and a restaurant named Chickadee.
#650 Nov. 12, 2017
On today’s show: We welcome Tanzanian safari guide Joseph Ndunguru, eco-tourism leader David Clapp, and videographer Shawn Carey as in-studio guests. Plus, we give some props to an under- appreciated bird, and hear about an unusual avian visitor to Cape Cod.
#646 Oct. 15, 2017
On our latest show: We meet the Lapland Longspur; we talk with Dr. Steve Kress about threats to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and we hear a listener’s ideas about feeding peanuts to our backyard birds.
#645 Oct. 8, 2017
On our latest show: The Macaulay Library’s Matt Young tells us why there are more Red Crossbill species than we thought. Plus, Mike O’Connor offers some practical advice about bird baths, and we meet a bird that does something that none of its relatives ever does.
#594 Oct. 9, 2016
On today’s show: We get surprising stats from The Birdist; a winter finch forecast from the Birdwatcher’s store; and scary sounds from a radical raptor.
#386: September 2, 2012
Red Crossbills…by the thousands—and a bird that can carry 65 fish at a time!
#142: December 23, 2007
We present a bird with a "red beret and a black goatee." We also welcome a special guest, and we recount the mysteries surrounding the Red Crossbill.
#138: November 25, 2007
Ornithologist Marshall Iliff talks about western hummingbirds wintering in New England; and he explains why the Red Crossbill may soon be "split" into several species.