On our latest show: The Wild Seed Project’s Emily Baisden as Gardening for Birds Month special guest; a tiny owl from the deep Southwest; and Mike O’Connor’s thoughts about cage feeders.
#1,069 Dec. 21, 2025
On our latest show (#1,069 Dec. 21): The five Kiwi species of New Zealand; Mike O’Connor on mixed winter bird flocks; and Freya McGregor on how she’s helping make birding accessible to all.
#1,035 Apr. 27, 2025
On our latest show: a Tri-colored audio postcard from San Diego; a revisit to a Birds of Hawaii project; and Mike’s answer to a question about the feisty House Wren.
#1,030 Mar. 23, 2025
On our latest show: some good bluebird, blackbird, and grackle talk -- along with audio postcards from Florida and Mexico.
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Ray
#994 July 14, 2024
On our latest show: We listen to Mexican Jays, Great-tailed Grackles, and Lesser Goldfinches in listener bird reports from Arizona and Belize; Mike O’Connor talks about the plucky (and polygynous) House Wren; and Highland Electric Fleet’s Amy McGuire tells us how her company is helping to clean up toxic pollution-spewing school buses.
#947 Aug. 13, 2023
On our latest show: How birds might be saved from wind turbine crashes; a Tufted Puffin audio postcard from the Oregon coast; and an answer to the question: Do birds dream?
#932 April 30, 2023
On our latest show: The first-ever Urban Birding Competition; advice for traveling birders; and Avian Audio Postcards from Virginia and Arizona.
#818 Feb. 7, 2021
On Our Latest Show (#818 2/7): a Common Grackle Audio Postcard; a Conservation Salute to Norwegian car buyers; and pre-Valentine’s Day bird romance talk from our Mike O’Connor.
#816 Jan. 24, 2021
On our latest show: How and why birds blink; how one birder’s adventure made him rich; a Conservation Salute to a footwear company; and a Sandhill Crane Audio Postcard.
#550 November 15, 2015
Today's show comes direct from bird-friendly Estero Llano State Park in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.