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— Colleen, East Walpole, Massachusetts
On our latest show (#1,102 Aug. 9): An audio postcard from South Africa; a bird that eats feathers; and Mike O’Connor’s advice on buying bird feeders. Hear it here.
A beach-cleaning robot in Canada
It looks like a giant sifter on wheels...which it is! An electric, remote-controlled robot is cleaning up plastic trash on beaches in the Great Lakes region. Watch the video. "BeBot" strikes us as rather noisy, but it certainly is efficient, cleaning up (sifting) 3000 square meters of beach per hour -- over 32,000 square feet. We're impressed. (8/10)
Guillemot Burrow Cam
This webcam is on Seal Island, right near Hog Island Audubon Camp. When we tuned in about 5:30 PM Eastern, we got a good view of a Guillemot hunkered down in the burrow. We could hear the sea wind blowing as well. (8/12)
The Macaw Society
As discussed on our latest show (#1,099 July 19), here is the spectacular website of The Macaw Society, housed at Texas A&M. The Macaw Society, previously known as the Tambopata Macaw Project, is a long-term research study of the ecology and conservation of macaws and parrots. Have a look around; watch the video. We imagine this is a noisy and lively place to work. (7/23)
All about plastic
In honor of Plastic Free July, we’re reading the book "The Problem with Plastic" by Judith Enck with Adam Mahoney. Judith is the president of Beyond Plastics. You can buy it at the Beyond Plastics website or at your local independent bookstore. (7/13)
Register now for September 18-20
There's still time to register for the Urban Birding Festival in Chicago, IL. It'll be the third year for this wonderful festival which, in addition to lots of bird-related options, provides lots of access to activities for non-birding partners of birders. (8/13)
Talking eggs
Yes, eggs can "talk"! But what do they talk about? Read on for a great summary of studies on how chicks inside eggs communicate, and why. (8/11)
Dodo skulls shatter the cliché of the bird's stupidity, revealing new clues about its behavior before extinction
Brain imprints on Dodo skulls suggest that the flightless bird was exceptionally active and had a great sense of smell. (8/7)
To revive an extinct bird, you first need an artificial egg
The company Colossal Bioscience, which claims it has "de-extincted" a few mammal species, is working on an artificial egg with which to hatch chicks of extinct birds. (8/3)
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Bird vocalizations provided by The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Website photography by Shawn Carey/Migration Productions.