On our latest show: City Nature — an amazing new book featuring birds, gardens, and fabulous photos. Plus, Mike O’Connor stands on one leg while explaining a bird behavior; and we hear a horde of hummingbirds from Southeast Arizona.
##997 Aug. 4, 2024
On our latest show: A new plan to save species from extinction; The “Hot Rock” sparrow; and hummingbird feeding fact and fiction.
##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.
#971 Jan. 28, 2024
On our latest show: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder (author Julia Zarankin); America’s smallest warbler; an audio postcard from SW Florida; and Mike O’Connor’s ideas for suet alternatives.
#949 Aug. 27, 2023
On our latest show: Help for the Akikiki in Hawaii; our Big Year friend heads for Alaska; audio postcards from Canada and California; and hummingbird feeder advice.
#895 Aug. 7, 2022
On our latest show: An audio postcard from Rocky Mountain National Park; a big birding festival in Arizona; best food for hummingbirds; and help for migratory monarchs.
#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.
#880 April 24, 2022
On our latest show: Saving seabirds in the Southern Ocean; an Audio Postcard from Idaho; a bird flu update; and hummingbird talk with backyard bird expert Mike O’Connor. Guests: Erik Ostrander and Hannah Buschert.
#857 Nov. 7, 2021
On our latest show: the healing effects of Ornitherapy; New Zealand’s very unusual Bird-of-the-Year; and European birds changing their migration schedules.
#847 Aug. 29, 2021
On Our Latest Show: How birds keep cool in late summer heat; how to keep bees out of hummingbird feeders; and how ornithologists found a new bird species.
#845 Aug. 15, 2021
On our latest show: Monsoon season in Arizona; an Audio Postcard from the woods of Maine; a bird disease update; and an ornery customer at Mike O’Connor’s Birdwatcher’s General Store.
#839 July 4, 2021
On Our Latest Show: A Southeast Arizona Birding Festival preview; the tenacious Tyrannus tyrannus; making ecocide a crime; and Mike O’Connor’s disagreement with Benjamin Franklin.
#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.
#797 Sept. 13, 2020
On our latest show: Bird Love; attracting hummingbirds in autumn; a slightly lesser goldfinch; and keeping your bird seed bug-free.
#794 Aug. 23, 2020
On Our Latest Show (#794 Aug. 23): Bird Names for Birds; bees bothering birds (hummingbirds, that is); Red-breasted Nuthatches on the move; and America’s smallest swift.
#789 July 19, 2020
On our Latest Show (#789 July 19): good news about the Great American Outdoors Act; the remarkable American Dipper; the new Peterson Guide to Birds; and an audio postcard from South Dakota.
#741 Aug. 18, 2019
On our latest show: Another giant bird discovered in New Zealand; a bittersweet honey bee day; Mike O’Connor explains why hummingbirds are frequenting barbecue grills, and guest Danielle Vosburgh explains the deadly consequences of releasing helium-filled balloons.
#734 June 30, 2019
On our latest show: The incredible swallow-tail; birds and fireworks; encouraging words from Bill Nye the Science Guy; and Hummingbird Festivals across America.
#673 Apr. 22, 2018
On our Earth Day show: Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers is our special guest. Plus, we get a hummingbird report from Cape Cod, and we meet the beautiful Northern Parula.
#621 Apr. 23, 2017
On our latest show: birds vs. wind turbines; hummingbird help; and, is the Teleocrater the earliest ancestor of birds? Hear it here: