On our latest show (#1,000!): We hear memorable bird experience stories from Mike O’Connor, David Clapp, and our Talkin’ Birds team members. Plus, we learn fascinating facts about the Mountain Chickadee, and we listen to an audio postcard from the Ecuadoran rainforest.
#978 March 24, 2024
On our latest show: Birds in the Sierra Nevada foothills; saving the Greater Sage-Grouse; fighting plastic pollution with water filters; and Mike O’Connor on Red-headed Woodpeckers, and the right way to deal with insects on your trees.
#917 Jan. 15, 2023
On our latest show: A Snowy Owl Audio Postcard from Southern California; a live Let’s Ask Mike report from North Carolina; and Citizen Science projects from the Cornell Lab and National Audubon.
#866 Jan. 9, 2022
On Our Latest Show: The striking Melanerpes erythrocephalus; a robot that lands like a bird; an Asian finch in California; and the rising cost of bird seed.
#612 Feb. 19, 2017
On our latest show: The Birdist offers tips on taking kids out birding; Mike O’Connor talks about robins in winter; and we meet the spectacular “Shirt-tail Bird.”
#523 April 26, 2015
The incredible Black Skimmer; the birdiest cemetery; and a poem about a sparrow