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The Show
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Ray Brown
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Ray Brown
May 4, 2025

#1,036 May 4, 2025

Ray Brown
May 4, 2025

On our latest show: Mike O’Connor’s advice on finding birds; news about Campus Audubon Chapters; and a visit with a most melodic avian songster.

Tagged: Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbird, catbird

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Ray Brown
April 27, 2025

#1,035 Apr. 27, 2025

Ray Brown
April 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.

Tagged: House Wren, Tri-colored Blackbird, Hawaiian birds, Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Waterthrush, Great-tailed Grackle

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Ray Brown
April 20, 2025

#1,034 Apr. 20, 2025

Ray Brown
April 20, 2025

On our latest show: Making our National Parks more beautiful with TrashBlitz ‘25. 5 Gyres’ Nick Kemble explains. Plus, we meet the Goldilocks bird; and Mike O’Connor talks about a favorite topic: egg shells.

Tagged: Goldilocks Bird, Seaside Sparrow, eggshells, National Parks

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Ray Brown
April 13, 2025

#1,033 Apr. 13, 2025

Ray Brown
April 13, 2025

On our latest show: An audio postcard from the Colombian Andes; a visit with “Seabird Sue”; Mike O’Connor’s Tale of Two Warblers; and the return of The Real James Bond.

Tagged: Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Cock-of-the-Rock, Cock of the Rock, puffins, Atlantic Puffin, sea birds, Prothonotary Warbler, Lucy's Warbler, Big Year

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Ray Brown
April 6, 2025

#1,032 Apr. 6, 2025

Ray Brown
April 6, 2025

On our latest show: an audio postcard from the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies; a guest from Colorado talking about an insecticide threat to birds and bees; and Mike O'Connor's advice on keeping your seed dry.

Tagged: Golden Eagle, Golden Eagles, Prothonotary Warbler, bird feeder, bird feeders, bird seed

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Ray Brown
March 30, 2025

#1,031 Mar. 30, 2025

Ray Brown
March 30, 2025

On our latest show: An Osprey welcomes (or tolerates?) a House Sparrow family; Freya McGregor sends a Kookaburra Audio Postcard from Australia; and we get an update on the first-ever Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon from Martha Steele and Jerry Berrier. 

Tagged: Osprey, House Sparrow, Ruddy Turnstone, Laughing Kookaburra, kookaburra

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Ray Brown
March 23, 2025

#1,030 Mar. 23, 2025

Ray Brown
March 23, 2025

On our latest show: some good bluebird, blackbird, and grackle talk -- along with audio postcards from Florida and Mexico.

Thanks,

Ray

Tagged: Western Bluebird, Mountain Bluebird, Eastern Bluebird, Common Grackle, Boat-tailed Grackle, Great-tailed Grackle, blackbird, Northern Cardinal, cardinal, Blue Jay, Marsh Wren

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Ray Brown
March 16, 2025

#1,029 Mar. 16, 2025

Ray Brown
March 16, 2025

On our latest show (#1,029 March 16): World Sparrow Day; an Acorn Woodpecker Audio Postcard; and the International Pellet Count citizen science project.

Tagged: Canada Warbler, seabirds, sea bird, House Sparrow, sparrow, Acorn Woodpecker, woodpecker

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Ray Brown
March 9, 2025

#1,028 Mar. 9, 2025

Ray Brown
March 9, 2025

On our latest show (#1,028 Mar. 9): An Audio Postcard from Key West, Florida; advice about pet fur and bird nests; and a hawk that acts like a heron. Hear it here: Talkinbirds.com/archive

Tagged: Common Black Hawk, White-crowned Pigeon, pigeon

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Ray Brown
March 2, 2025

#1,027 Mar. 2, 2025

Ray Brown
March 2, 2025

On our latest show: Fright molt explained; birding’s Biggest Week; and a true harbinger of spring.

Tagged: Red-winged Blackbird, Pine Warbler

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February 23, 2025

#1,026 Feb. 23, 2025

Ray Brown
February 23, 2025

On our latest show: Rosy Tucker tells us about the marvelous Hog Island Audubon Camp; Mike O’Connor offers an update on why birds rotate their eggs; and we meet the cold-defying Gray-headed Chickadee.

Tagged: Gray-headed Chickadee, Laysan Albatross, albatross, Wisdom the albatross

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February 16, 2025

#1,025 Feb. 16, 2025

Ray Brown
February 16, 2025

On our latest show: World Migratory Bird Day; an audio postcard from Tennessee; and advice for pigeon problems.

Tagged: pigeon, Rock Pigeon, Bluethroat, bird migration

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February 9, 2025

#1,024 Feb. 9, 2025

Ray Brown
February 9, 2025

On our latest show: a live Whooping Crane report, and a homemade suet recipe from David Clapp; and advice concerning pet fur and nesting birds from Mike O’Connor.

Tagged: Whooping Crane, Whooping Cranes, Mangrove Cuckoo

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February 2, 2025

#1,023 Feb. 2, 2025

Ray Brown
February 2, 2025

On our latest show: the silently gliding Short-eared Owl; Mike’s advice on helping birds find your feeders; and the first-ever Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon.

Tagged: Short-eared Owl, blind birder, Bird-a-Thon, Hog Island Audubon

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Ray Brown
January 26, 2025

#1,022 Jan. 26, 2025

Ray Brown
January 26, 2025

On our latest show: a bird that fits right in with the big snowfalls in unlikely places; a Science Corner report on birds communicating during nighttime migration flights; and Mike’s explainer about mixed flocks.

Tagged: Snow Bunting, Black-capped Chickadee, chickadee, woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, junco, Dark-eyed Junco

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Ray Brown
January 19, 2025

#1,021 Jan. 19, 2025

Ray Brown
January 19, 2025

On our latest show: We meet the “Chick Chick” from way up north; we learn about what plastic pellets are doing to our oceans; and we get Mike’s advice for your backyard suet plans.

Tagged: Boreal Chickadee, Northern Fulmar, Blue Jay, Song Sparrow, American Robin, robin, Dark-eyed Junco, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black-cappe Chickadee

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Ray Brown
January 12, 2025

#1,020 Jan. 12, 2025

Ray Brown
January 12, 2025

On our latest show: A rare sighting in an Audio Postcard from Arkansas; a preview of the big San Diego Bird Festival; and Mike O’Connor’s thoughts about hummingbirds up north in January.

Tagged: Cedar Waxwing, White-throated Swift, Black-chinned Hummingbird, hummingbird

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Ray Brown
January 5, 2025

#1,019 Jan. 5, 2025

Ray Brown
January 5, 2025

On our latest show: an audio postcard from the Columbian Amazon; an important Wood Thrush tracking project; and Mike O’Connor’s thoughts on the European Starling.

Tagged: Wood Thrush, Great Gray Owl, European Starling, Gray-cowled Wood-Rail, Sunbittern, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Pine Siskin, White-throated Sparrow, dark-eyed junco

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Ray Brown
December 29, 2024

#1,018 Dec. 29, 2024

Ray Brown
December 29, 2024

On our latest show (#1,018 Dec. 29): Part Two of Scott McMorrow's shorebird audio postcard from California; Alberta birding guide, Ariane Inman, as our special guest; and a backyard New Year's Resolution idea from Mike O'Connor.

Tagged: Boreal Chickadee, Bald Eagle, eagle, woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, goldfinch, Mourning Dove, Black Swift

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Ray Brown
December 22, 2024

#1,017 Dec. 22, 2024

Ray Brown
December 22, 2024

On our latest show (#/1,017 Dec. 22): Birding as therapy in combating disease, with author Robert Bell; a vegetarian alternative to beef suet, with Mike O’Connor; and new status for the Bald Eagle, courtesy of the U.S. Congress. 

Tagged: Bald Eagle, Redpoll, Common Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, Steller's Sea Eagle, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Dunlin, semipalmated sandpiper

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