On our latest show: We meet a bird with connections to religion….and spying. Plus, the amazing Dr. Bruce Beehler recounts his trip following the Hudsonian Godwit, and talks about his newest book, Natural Encounters: Biking, Hiking, and Birding Through the Seasons. Plus, Mike offers some insight about identifying newly fledged birds.
#732 June 16, 2019
On our latest show: Feathers may be older than we think — a lot older; good news and bad news about ocean plastic; a conservation salute to Canada; and we meet the beautiful Bombycilla cedrorum.
#731 June 9, 2019
On our latest show: We learn about Oregon woodpeckers; ocean warming’s disastrous impact on seabirds; and the remarkable Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
#730 June 2, 2019
On our latest show: saving the “Little Devils” of the Caribbean; parrots taking over the U.S.; the “Quick, Three Beers” bird; and advice about baby bird strandings from the Birdwatcher’s General Store’s Mike O’Connor.
#729 May 26, 2019
Our latest show comes from the L.L.Bean/Maine Audubon Birding Festival in Freeport, Maine. Our special guests are comic artist Rosemary Mosco and Maine Audubon’s Nick Lund. Plus, we meet the Boat-tailed Grackle, and Mike changes his mind about millet.
#728 May 19, 2019
On our latest show: Shearwaters tell the tale of ocean environmental health; Everglades birds make a comeback; the Great Black Hawk is memorialized in bronze; and Mike offers tips on attracting and feeding orioles.
#727 May 12, 2019
On our latest show: the birds from Game of Thrones; the dawn chorus; and the unveiling of our Second Annual Make Your Own Swag contest.
#726 May 5, 2019
On our latest show: why we love (and hate) gulls; help for high-frequency sound challenged birders; and birding festivals all across the USA here in the month of May.
#725 April 28, 2019
On our latest show: We meet the “flying checkerboard”; we get a birding report from New York’s Central Park; and we learn why Quantum Entanglement may help migrating birds find their way.
#724 April 21, 2019
On our latest show: meeting the Ruddy Turnstone; keeping cats from birdhouses; and learning how migrating birds find time to sleep.
#723 April 14, 2019
Eastern Screech Owls nesting (probably) in Mike O’Connor’s backyard; ravens nesting (possibly) in the trees behind our studio; an audio post card from Australia (birds included); and how the way birds’ wings work may lead to improved airplane flight — all on our latest show.
#722 April 7, 2019
On Our Latest Show: Will Maine ever have a State Bird? Plus, managing your nyjer seed; and a Conservation Salute to the Empire State.
#721 March 31, 2019
On our latest show: Birding Superstar Laura Erickson on her Conservation Big Year; Mike O’Connor on keeping dogs away from birds; and a salute to a bird-friendly baseball team.
#720 March 24, 2019
The incredible journey of the Blackpoll Warbler; the intriguing history of the Purple Martin; the phenomenon of Bird Punk; and international bird tour leader David Clapp as our in-studio guest — all on our latest show.
#719 March 17, 2019
On our latest show: why birds don’t crash into each other; a new bird ID app that really works; a Conservation Salute to a big city mayor; and what plastic pollution is doing to the health of birds…and people.
#718 March 10, 2019
On our latest show: we talk with the creator of the amazing Wall of Birds mural at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; we meet the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; and we learn about the 16-year old girl from the U.K. who has spotted 5,000 species of birds!
#717 March 3, 2019
Our latest show comes direct from the Mass Audubon Birders Meeting at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts — with special guest Susan Edwards Richmond, author of numerous bird-themed poetry books and the soon-to-be-published children’s book, Bird Count.
#716 Feb. 24, 2019
On our latest show: A melanistic mockingbird; a piceous penguin; Sandhill Cranes on the move; and birding by electric bus.
#715 Feb. 17, 2019
On our latest show: We meet a migratory champion raptor; birding expert and life coach Jim McCoy explains birders’ motivations; and Mike O’Connor speaks up about the Mute Swan.
#714 Feb. 10, 2019
The Amur Falcons of Nagaland, bird-safe buildings, Monarch Butterflies, and the Great Horned Owl — all on our latest show.