On our latest show: Pine Siskins on parade; the jay that will land on your hat; Birdability Week; and our first Make Your Own Swag Contest winner.
#801 Oct. 11, 2020
On our latest show: Fantastic flights of winter finches; Rick Wright on The Future of Birding; Mike O’Connor on crazy bird names; and the State Bird of California.
#800 Oct. 4, 2020
On Our Latest Show (#800 — 10/04): A winter finch forecast, good news about bird song from San Francisco, and our new Make Your Own Swag Contest that could win you a pair of Vortex Razor UHD binoculars.
#799 Sept. 27, 2020
On Our Latest Show: We meet the Great Shearwater; hear about an effort to convince Amazon to cut back on plastic; and talk to Mike O’Connor about peanuts and comfort squirrels.
#798 Sept. 20, 2020
On our latest show: legends of the Burrowing Owl; the new Peterson Guide to Bird Behavior; and cold weather gets blamed for a big bird die-off in the Southwest.
#797 Sept. 13, 2020
On our latest show: Bird Love; attracting hummingbirds in autumn; a slightly lesser goldfinch; and keeping your bird seed bug-free.
#796 Sept. 6, 2020
On our latest show: Migration, and how it works; the category-defying Yellow-breasted Chat; and how to deal with hawks attacking your feeder birds.
#795 Aug. 30, 2020
On Our Latest Show (#795 Aug. 30): An 1800 mile trip for a small songbird; an audio postcard from John James Audubon Park; and cardinals that look like tiny vultures.
#794 Aug. 23, 2020
On Our Latest Show (#794 Aug. 23): Bird Names for Birds; bees bothering birds (hummingbirds, that is); Red-breasted Nuthatches on the move; and America’s smallest swift.
#793 Aug. 16, 2020
On our latest show: A virtual wildlife tour of South Florida…and South Africa; a bird that says its name (kind of); an audio postcard with an Eastern Wood Pewee; and how birds keep cool in hot weather.
#792 Aug. 9, 2020
On our latest show: Latino Conservation Week; the “Blue Nun,”; new bird books for kids; and the birding items in Mike’s store that Mike doesn’t really like.
#791 Aug. 2, 2020
On our latest show: Saving a Virginia bird colony; good and bad news about loons; and an audio postcard from the South Dakota badlands.
#790 July 26, 2020
On Our Latest Show: the unofficial National Bird of Canada; more good news about the American Outdoors Act; and Mike’s unexpected visitors.
#789 July 19, 2020
On our Latest Show (#789 July 19): good news about the Great American Outdoors Act; the remarkable American Dipper; the new Peterson Guide to Birds; and an audio postcard from South Dakota.
#788 July 12, 2020
On Our Latest Show — We meet the Red Mavis; hear how Mike deals with unwanted bird “presents”; and unveil our new initiative that we call Plirding.
#787 July 5, 2020
On Our Latest Show: Getting the lead out to save loons; watching the Water Witch; and Mike watches birds in his backyard...on TV.
#786 June 28, 2020
On our latest show: The “Mini Meadowlark; nuthatches’ clever defenses; new books for very young birders; and Black Birders Week organizer Jeffrey Ward.
#785 June 21, 2020
On Our Latest Show: The Eurasian Collared-Dove marches on; the amazing power of eBird; and quiet time at bird feeders.
#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.
#783 June 7, 2020
On our latest show: Lucy’s Warblers in Arizona; why the Yellow-billed Cuckoo is known as the Rain Crow; and advice on what to do if you find a baby bird.