On our latest show: Towhee vs Towhee Audio Postcards from California; Ohio’s EveryBody Birding Club; and Mike’s advice for a topic that won’t cause trouble at your family holiday gatherings.
#1,016 Dec. 15, 2024
On our latest show: A Great Horned Owl Audio Postcard from Mike O’Connor’s backyard; Mike’s favorite birds to keep him company when he moves to a remote island; and North America’s biggest hawk.
##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.
#878 April 3, 2022
On our latest show: Help for Chimney Swifts; tips on nesting material for backyard birds; and the White-throated Sparrow shortens its song. Guest: Andrew Coughlan.
#835 June 6, 2021
On our latest show (#835 6/6): World Swift Day; Black Birders Week; and an FDA warning about Cicadas.
#770 March 8, 2020
Our Latest Show originates from Massachusetts Audubon’s 28th Annual Birders Meeting Event, with Chimney Swift researcher Dr. Margaret Rubega as our special guest, along with birding author Susan Edwards Richmond, and the Birdwatcher’s General Store’s Mike O’Connor.
#755 Nov. 24, 2019
On our latest show: Some good news about birds and windows; wrong-way migration; the remarkable Black Skimmer; and a salute to some middle school students fighting plastic pollution.
#750 Oct. 20, 2019
On our latest show: An albatross report from Midway Atoll; a calamitous Chimney Swift crash in North Carolina; the crow that’s not a crow; and the world’s craziest bird names.
#705A Dec. 9, 2018
We meet the “Blue Canary,” we visit the Science Corner, and we hear some amazing stuff about swifts from Mike O’Connor as we revisit a favorite show from late September.
#701 Nov. 4, 2018
The intrepid Snow Bunting; good news for Michigan Chimney Swifts; shocking news from the World Wildlife Fund; and a new discovery that strengthens the link between modern birds and dinosaurs — all on our latest show.
#696 Sept. 30, 2018
On our latest show: A bird that flies without landing…for 10 months! Plus, the bluest blue bunting, and Conservation Salutes to a politician and a big corporation. (!)