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.
#1,007 Oct. 13, 2024
On our latest show: An Iowa teacher helps grade 1 through 7 learn about birds and conservation; Mike O’Connor explains what that bird bill-wiping thing is all about; and we hear some October outdoor observations from our friend Al Batt.
#993 July 7, 2024
On our latest show, we revisit how to create a Homegrown National Park, with Doug Tallamy; we hear some cool birds from Oregon and British Columbia; we get oriole-feeding advice from Mike O’Connor; and we celebrate the start of Plastic-free July.
#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.
#966 Dec. 24, 2023
On our latest show: An autistic birder’s challenges with special guest Kari Sasportas; Avian Audio Postcards from Texas and Massachusetts; keeping up with the Brown Creeper; and respect for Song Sparrows.
#928 April 2, 2023
On our latest show: Guest Hannah Buschert tells us about an International Women’s Birding Conference in Uganda, and a big birding competition in Israel. Plus, we listen to Avian Audio Postcards from North Carolina and Florida, and the feuding Mike O’Connor and David Clapp try to make nice in a segment of Let’s Ask Mike.
#890 July 3, 2022
On our latest show: An Avian Audio Postcard from Western Idaho; monitoring Great Crested Flycatchers in Massachusetts; and how birds keep cool in the hot weather. Guest: Laura Erickson.
#884 May 22, 2022
On Our Latest Show: Birding backpacks in Texas; Buses going electric in Boston; and cool birds nesting in the Talkin’ Birds Garden. Guest: Joy Klumpp.
#883 May 15, 2022
On Our Latest Show: Cool birds by the Mexican border; plirding in North Carolina; and a Mike O’Connor experiment with a fake owl and a plateful of peanuts.
#856 Oct. 31, 2021
On our latest show: A remarkable California Condor development; bird banding guru Danielle Kaschube; the irrepressible European Starling; and Mike O’Connor explains a few things about Northern Mockingbirds.
#705 Dec. 2, 2018
A California city helps reduce bird birding collisions; Mike offers some respect for the Song Sparrow; our Debbie Blicher reports on her hands-on bird science experience; and a Texas township promotes the “Three R’s” (recycling, reusing, and reducing waste) — all on our latest show.
#543 September 27, 2015
On today's show: birding by ear -- and tricks to make it easier. Plus, we meet a bird that says its name.
#537 August 9, 2015
On today's show, we meet an avian kleptomaniac, and solve the riddle of the double bird bands.
#521 April 12, 2015
Caracaras on Cape Cod, turkeys in town, keeping cats away from your birds