On our latest show: Rosy Tucker on the magic of Hog Island; David Clapp’s live bird report from Kentucky; and Mike’s musings about mealworms.
#1,030 Mar. 23, 2025
On our latest show: some good bluebird, blackbird, and grackle talk -- along with audio postcards from Florida and Mexico.
Thanks,
Ray
#972 Feb. 11, 2024
On our latest show: Smart bird feeders; bluebirds in our backyard; and a great California bird festival.
#935 May 21, 2023
On our latest show: Hear the latest chapter in the Ivory-bill saga; RIP Pale Male; and news from the Science Corner.
#884 May 22, 2022
On Our Latest Show: Birding backpacks in Texas; Buses going electric in Boston; and cool birds nesting in the Talkin’ Birds Garden. Guest: Joy Klumpp.
#838 June 27, 2021
On Our Latest Show: House Wrens, Habitat Heroes, Duck Stamps, and Summer Tanagers.
#833 May 23, 2021
On Our Latest Show: Bird Banding in Thunder Bay, Ontario; Tree Swallows nesting in the Talkin’ Birds Garden; Chimney Swift towers going up in Ohio; and a Conservation Salute to the State of Washington.
#830 May 2, 2021
On Our Latest Show (#830 5/2): Dawn Chorus Day; martins on the move; and a new discovery about how birds keep warm in cold weather.
#801 Oct. 11, 2020
On our latest show: Fantastic flights of winter finches; Rick Wright on The Future of Birding; Mike O’Connor on crazy bird names; and the State Bird of California.
#784 June 14, 2020
On Our Latest Show: Saving grassland birds in Arkansas;; a Hooded Warbler in Kentucky; and why not everybody loves House Wrens.
#766 Feb. 9, 2020
On our latest show: Birding from a wheelchair; the extra benefits of feeding bluebirds; penguins talking like people; and the smallest bird in the world.
#751 Oct. 27, 2019
On our latest show: The decline in grassland birds, and what folks in the Dakotas are doing about it; how noise pollution affects nesting birds; the Ruddy Duck’s struggles in the UK; and Mike tells us about the most abundant bird in the world.
#712 Jan. 27, 2019
On our latest show, storyteller Al Batt explains how he keeps warm in his Minnesota backyard (heading to 29 below today!); Mike O’Connor offers pros and cons about putting up roosting boxes for birds; and Debbie Blicher reports on a new camera that lets people see the way birds do.
#668 Mar. 18, 2018
On our latest show: Following the birds by car, bike, and kayak; the “Flicker Dance"; and Wisdom the Albatross does it again.
#600 Nov. 20, 2016
On today's show: Turkey myths shattered; great binocular and scope advice; and why birds love organic wine.
#561 February 7, 2016
Saving birds by turning off the TV...tower lights. And a bird that's nice to look at but hard to spell!
#558 January 17, 2016
On today's show: the amazing history of bird feeding in America; an Alaskan island is alive again; and why you may be killing your bluebirds with kindness.
#548 November 1, 2015
Live by the Whooping Cranes at the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge in Laurel, Maryland.