We feature a bird that shucks bi-valves; writer Al Batt waxes poetic about catbirds; and Mike O'Connor helps a listener with a question about flickers.
#285: September 19, 2010
We report on a new star-studded movie about birdwatchers (!); we get some good migratory bird news from the gulf; and we feature a bird that's as blue as the sky.
#284: September 12, 2010
Videographer Shawn Carey, just back from his second tour of the oil-fouled Louisiana coast, joins us in studio. Plus, an appreciation of the "rat with wings"; and Mike O'Connor explodes a myth about exploding rice.
#283: September 5, 2010
We'll hear about an amazing hawk watch in Mexico; we'll present a Mystery Bird, a group of which is called a "parcel"; and we'll talk peanut and jelly with our bird feeding expert Mike O'Connor.