On our latest show: Guest Hannah Buschert tells us about an International Women’s Birding Conference in Uganda, and a big birding competition in Israel. Plus, we listen to Avian Audio Postcards from North Carolina and Florida, and the feuding Mike O’Connor and David Clapp try to make nice in a segment of Let’s Ask Mike.
#927 March 26, 2023
On our latest show: The great John Kricher tells us about his spectacular new Galápagos Islands book; we hear avian audio postcards from Ohio and Arizona; And Mike O’Connor reveals the bird/fish connection.
#926 March 19, 2023
On our latest show: Birds on the Minnesota prairie; Avian Audio Postcards from Michigan and New Jersey; and Annalee Tweitmann from Mass Audubon on how shellfish help protect our shorelines and marshes.
#925 March 12, 2023
On our latest show: Talkin’ about Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Common Ravens, and Barred Owls — and welcoming Tammah Watts whose book illuminates the powerful healing of birdwatching.
#924 March 5, 2023
On our latest show: Why our Freya McGregor will be visiting every state in the U.S. Plus, an Avian Audio Postcard from Colorado; and some hot pepper talk with our backyard bird expert, Mike O’Connor.
#923 Feb. 26, 2023
On our latest show: How birds utilize “fright molt”; an Avian Audio Postcard from SW Florida; and big news about the Biggest Week (in American Birding).
#922 Feb. 19, 2023
On our latest show: Good news about the endangered Wood Stork; watching birds on British Columbia’s “Wet Coast”; and Kari Sasportas shares the challenges and rewards of being an autistic birder.
#921 Feb. 12, 2023
Something completely different on our latest show — we air a call-in to a sports podcast co-hosted by NBA legend Charles Barkley (with a bird — and Talkin’ Birds — connection). Will Valentine helps us celebrate Black History Month with some Black naturalist trailblazers. Plus, it’s Osprey vs Bald Eagle on Cape Cod, and we meet the bird sometimes called the Flying Rainbow.
#920 Feb. 5, 2023
On our latest show: the great Laura Erickson helps us make our yards bird-friendly; we get an Avian Audio Postcard from Central Florida; and we have an update on the wandering Steller’s Sea Eagle.
#919 Jan. 29, 2023
On our latest show: a bird report from British Columbia; an audio postcard from Hawaii; and a sweet success story from Singapore. Guest: Trevor Fletcher.
#918 Jan. 22, 2023
On our latest show: Cooper’s Hawks and. Sharp-shinned Hawks — how do they get along? Plus, a bird flu update, and a feisty Featured Feathered Friend. Guest: Eliot Miller.
#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.
#916 Jan. 8, 2023
On our latest show: We hear a White-throated Nightjar from Australia; a Snowy Owl that’s arrived in Southern California; and a Science Corner report from our Debbie Blicher on some great Citizen Science projects.
#915 Jan. 1, 2023
On our latest show: Saving shorebirds through an Australian microlight flight with Milly Formby; a live Christmas Bird Count report from our Debbie Blicher; an Avian Audio Postcard from London; and cold weather birding advice from Cape Cod.
#914a Dec. 25, 2022
Our show today is one of our favorites of 2022, with special guest Dr. Christian Rutz talking about his work with tool-making New Caledonian Crows.
#914 Dec. 18, 2022
On our latest show: An Audio Postcard featuring a pair of Great Horned Owls; sweet stories about the joys of backyard birding; a call from David Clapp during a Christmas Bird Count; and a roosting pocket primer by our Mike O’Connor.
#913 Dec. 11, 2022
On our latest show: an Audio Postcard from Panama; Freya McGregor shares how we can help disabled birders Access Birding; gifting advice from Cape Cod; and a featured bird from Australia.
#912 Dec. 4, 2022
On our latest show: Guests Wayne Petersen and Paul Baicich tell us about the Birding Community E-Bulletin; are outside Christmas lights bad for birds; saving a bat species from extinction; and an Avian Audio Postcard featuring a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks.
#911 Nov. 27, 2022
On our latest show: An Audio Postcard from British Columbia, along with a Mystery Bird from out that way, and Alan Hale shares some cool bird book gift ideas for the holidays.
#910 Nov. 20, 2022
On our latest show: We discuss an amazing bird discovery in New Guinea with our Debbie Blicher in the Science Corner; an Audio Postcard from West Virginia; and birding festivals in Florida and Virginia.