We learn about the bird that nests in the depth of winter; Mike O'Connor talks about vultures and possums; and we almost stump listeners in our Mystery Bird Contest.
#251: January 24, 2010
Doug Chickering joins us today to wax poetic about an unusual recent bird sighting. We bring back the "butcher watchman" as our Featured Feathered Friend, and Mike O'Connor offers some good advice on keeping your bird seed critter-free.
#250: January 17, 2010
We hear about how Oreoscoptes montanus is causing a big stir in Massachusetts. And one of North America's fastest flyers stumps some callers in our Mystery Bird contest.
#249: January 10, 2010
We learn about a Massachusetts birder who was looking for peeps but was arrested as a "Peeping Tom!" We'll also get a distant preview of the "Spring of the Year" through our Featured Feathered Friend.
#248: January 3, 2010
Mike O'Connor gives advice to vacationing backyard birders, and for our Featured Feathered Friend we go up to the lab...to see what's on the slab!