On Our Latest Show: Saving birds from window crashes in Austin, Texas; a salute to some environmental heroes from Harvard University; and finding birds in community gardens.
#849 Sept. 12, 2021
On Our Latest Show — live from Audubon Rhode Island’s Nature Center, we learn about a Breeding Bird Atlas, and the fight against a dangerous pesticide, and we get some tips on the best way to buy bird seed.
#848 Sept. 5, 2021
On Our Latest Show: A California Thrasher Audio Postcard; a modern-day pterodactyl; a bird with forked-tongue; and good conservation news from Cape Cod and France.
#847 Aug. 29, 2021
On Our Latest Show: How birds keep cool in late summer heat; how to keep bees out of hummingbird feeders; and how ornithologists found a new bird species.
#846 Aug. 22, 2021
On Our Latest Show: An exciting Birding Big Year; a new word for an interesting bird behavior; and Mike tries out a new Bird ID app feature.
#845 Aug. 15, 2021
On our latest show: Monsoon season in Arizona; an Audio Postcard from the woods of Maine; a bird disease update; and an ornery customer at Mike O’Connor’s Birdwatcher’s General Store.
#844 Aug. 8, 2021
On Our Latest Show (#844 8/8): Bird sound ID with the updated Merlin app; a likely cause of the recent bird illness outbreak; and Mike O’Connor has some thoughts about bees.
#843 Aug. 1, 2021
On our latest show (#843 8/1): Wild bird rehab; a mockingbird vs. cat audio postcard; an update on a mysterious bird illness; and a conservation salute to a surprising electric car adopter.
#842 July 25, 2021
On Our Latest Show: bilingual birding in California; a continent-conquering collared-dove; and some much needed good conservation news.
#841 July 18, 2021
On Our Latest Show: Birding the Black Belt; a mystery bird illness over the east and midwest; and a surprising recipient of our Conservation Salute of the Week
#840 July 11, 2021
On Our Latest Show (#840 7/11): Thomas Jefferson’s favorite bird; an avian audio postcard from Arizona; and the importance of Plastic-free July.
#839 July 4, 2021
On Our Latest Show: A Southeast Arizona Birding Festival preview; the tenacious Tyrannus tyrannus; making ecocide a crime; and Mike O’Connor’s disagreement with Benjamin Franklin.
#838 June 27, 2021
On Our Latest Show: House Wrens, Habitat Heroes, Duck Stamps, and Summer Tanagers.
#837 June 20, 2021
On Our Latest Show: Saving birds north and south; the spectacular Glossy Ibis; and our Mike O’Connor hosts Great Crested Flycatchers in his backyard.
#836 June 13, 2021
On Our Latest Show: The tea-drinking “Ground Robin”; Pride Month in the birding world; and hummingbird feeding advice from backyard birding guru Mike O’Connor.
#835 June 6, 2021
On our latest show (#835 6/6): World Swift Day; Black Birders Week; and an FDA warning about Cicadas.
#834 May 30, 2021
On our latest show: what neonics are doing to bees…and birds. Plus, we meet our smallest vireo, and Mike explains why this is a great time for backyard birds.
#833 May 23, 2021
On Our Latest Show: Bird Banding in Thunder Bay, Ontario; Tree Swallows nesting in the Talkin’ Birds Garden; Chimney Swift towers going up in Ohio; and a Conservation Salute to the State of Washington.
#832 May 16, 2021
On our latest show (#832 May 16, 2021): Sebastian Moreno tells us about Latino Outdoors; we celebrate a milestone for Bird Names for Birds; we get an Osprey Audio Postcard; and Mike explains the problem with puddles.
#831 May 9, 2021
On our latest show (#831 5/9): Spring Migration talk with the great Kenn Kaufman; the “best bird mom”; a cicada explosion; and cautious optimism about climate change.