On our latest show: A kingfisher saved from extinction; Grant Sizemore on keeping cats indoors to save birds — and cats; and Mike O’Connor with a review of this year’s winter finch forecast.
#999 Aug. 18, 2024
On our latest show: We talk with Jennifer Ackerman about her newest book and NY Times Best Seller: What An Owl Knows. Plus, we hear some great audio postcards from Arizona and New Hampshire; and Mike explains where all the birds have gone this month.
#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.
#917 Jan. 15, 2023
On our latest show: A Snowy Owl Audio Postcard from Southern California; a live Let’s Ask Mike report from North Carolina; and Citizen Science projects from the Cornell Lab and National Audubon.
#916 Jan. 8, 2023
On our latest show: We hear a White-throated Nightjar from Australia; a Snowy Owl that’s arrived in Southern California; and a Science Corner report from our Debbie Blicher on some great Citizen Science projects.
#904 Oct. 9, 2022
On our latest show: Waiting for wintering finches; learning about Citizen Science projects with our Debbie Blicher; and postponing an extinction declaration for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
#821 Feb. 28, 2021
On our latest show (#821 2/28): Owl expert Denver Holt; backyard bird guru Mike O’Connor; and intriguing bird observations from listeners.
#817 Jan. 31, 2021
On Our Latest Show: How birds cope with the cold; how Harris's Hawks hunt; and how Birding Tools can enhance your bird watching.
#815 Jan. 17, 2021
On our latest show (01/17 - #815): Scientific illustrator and artist Liz Clayton Fuller; a Snowy Owl’s close encounter with a Bald Eagle; and will there be Crested Caracaras in Cleveland?
#709 Jan. 6, 2019
On our latest show: the great David Clapp joins us to talk about wintering finches and why they head south in varying numbers; we learn about the beautiful Red-throated Loon; Mike offers tips on attracting birds to newly placed bird feeders; and we air the first installment of “Stump the Guest.”
#702 Nov. 11, 2018
Winter finches in the lower 48; the beautiful Sea Mouse; birding guru David Clapp; and hats full of potatoes — all on our latest show.
#695 Sept. 23, 2018
On our latest show, direct from the American Birding Expo in Pennsylvania, we welcome Cape May Bird Observatory Director David LaPuma. Plus, we meet the bird with the golden slippers, and we get a first report on winter finches coming down to the Lower 48.
#676 May 13, 2018
On our latest show: Snowy Owls, Black-legged Kittiwakes, and Atlantic Puffins in trouble; a concrete solution to a global emissions problem; and a Mother’s Day salute to the single moms of the bird world.
#654 Dec. 10, 2017
On our latest show: The Christmas Bird Count; the King of Ducks; and a Screech Owl in Mike’s back yard.
#653 Dec. 3, 2017
On our latest show: The biggest finch; the car mirror smasher; an Xmas tree suggestion; and hope for coastal Dead Zones.
#652 Nov. 26, 2017
On our latest show: 6,042! That’s how many bird species Noah Strycker saw during his Global Big Year, and he joins to tell us about his adventure, and his amazing book, Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World. Plus, will this be a big year for Snowy Owls in the lower 48? We’ll find out from our man Mike O’Connor.
#553 December 13, 2015
A bird that sounds like a human; a dog that's saving penguins; and the computer/woodpecker connection.
#550A November 22, 2015
On this archived show, we learn how the Snowy Owl does things that no other bird can do.
#511 February 1, 2015
Snowy Owl talk with Cornell Lab's Kevin McGowan. And the rare bird that may visit your feeder.
#454: December 22, 2013
Bruce's incredible weekend: 301 Snowy Owls! And another fierce Northern Forest dweller.