On our latest show: We find out why Mike O’Connor has stopped feeding birds (temporarily); we revisit a chat with the great Rosemary Mosco, author of the hilarious Birding Dictionary; and we meet the l-o-o-o-o-ng-toed Northern Jacana.
#1,096 June 28, 2026
On our latest show: Luke Safford on why Southeast Arizona is a great August destination. Plus, we salute conservation initiatives in Rhode Island, and Mike O’Connor tells the tale of two wrens.
#1,094 June 14, 2026
On our latest show: Sisterhood Birding (by and for women birders); Mike O’Connor’s advice for when you find a baby bird in your backyard; and an avian audio postcard from the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
#1,093 June 7, 2026
On our latest show: A fabulous festival coming in August; Arizona’s State Bird; and Mike’s attempt at explaining about “Horned House Finches.”
#1,092 May 31, 2026
On our latest show: A nature photography ranch welcomes birders to the Coastal Bend of Texas; Mike O’Connor asks motorists to brake for inchworms; and we meet a duck that’s traded whistling for quacking.
#1,090 May 17, 2026
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.
#1,088 May 3, 2026
On our latest show: Our friend, the Chipping Sparrow; Mike O’Connor on Plirding; and, the Hidden World of Nests and Eggs with Robyn Bailey.
#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.
#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.
#990 June 16, 2024
On our latest show (#990 June 16): Bird reports from Wisconsin, Florida, and Costa Rica...and a rufous-backed bird from the Southwest.
#988 June 2, 2024
On our latest show: the (Not from) Nashville Warbler; why AI and birds may not mix; and Kenn Kaufman's new John James Audubon book.
#944 July 23, 2023
On our latest show: Bird song from a Colorado Big Year; an Audio Postcard from California; and our Freya McGregor with a report on her cross-country book research trip.
#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.
#887 June 12, 2022
On our latest show: Prothonotary Warblers in Ohio; the BIPOC birding club in Wisconsin with Jeff Galligan and Rita Flores Wiskowski; bird myth busting from Cape Cod.
#883 May 15, 2022
On Our Latest Show: Cool birds by the Mexican border; plirding in North Carolina; and a Mike O’Connor experiment with a fake owl and a plateful of peanuts.
#838 June 27, 2021
On Our Latest Show: House Wrens, Habitat Heroes, Duck Stamps, and Summer Tanagers.
#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.
#782 May 31, 2020
On Our Latest Show: The theme is Tree Swallows, with a review of the new book about them from Susan Richmond; a report about their behavior from Mike O’Connor; and a note about their nesting in our Talkin’ Birds Garden. Plus, we meet the feisty House Wren, and hear a Scarlet Tanager in an Audio Postcard from our Freya McGregor.
#713 Feb. 3, 2019
On our latest show, The Birdist teaches us about the feisty wren family; Mike O’Connor weighs in on birds coping with cold weather; and we meet a bird that’s struggling to survive in a changing landscape.
#578 June 5, 2016
On today's show: We meet the spectacular Golden Eagle; we learn about an amazing free app for visiting National Parks; and we get some advice on dealing with the "June Swoon" in backyard bird feeding.