We discover the identity of the "French Mockingbird," stump callers from Georgia and Texas on our Mystery Bird Contest, and learn about a bird that can thank Dutch Elm disease for its population growth.
#120: July 22, 2007
We hear a bird that's pound-for-pound one of the loudest on the planet; we learn some fascinating facts about those cigars with wings; and Mike O'Connor helps a listener deal with a "herd" of grackles.
#119: July 15, 2007
We enjoy calls from two parts of Illinois, present an intriguing question to Mike O'Connor from a listener in Israel, and learn some amazing facts about a bird from India!
#118: July 8, 2007
We talk by phone with Mass Audubon's John Galluzzo in the middle of his bird walk, and former sanctuary director David Clapp pays us an entertaining visit in the studio.
#117: July 1, 2007
We salute our friends north of the border in our Featured Feathered Friend segment. Our man Mike O'Connor, whose new book just got a rave review in Birder's World Magazine, helps a listener with a startling problem.