On our latest show: renowned birdsong expert Don Kroodsma and his new book that comes alive with song. Plus, nest box advice from backyard bird expert Mike O’Connor; and an Eastern Bluebird-themed Audio Postcard.
#976 March 10, 2024
On our latest show: Shooting one owl to save another owl; audio postcards from Georgia and Florida; Al Batt’s Blue Jay observations; a Science Corner penguin piece; and Mike O’Connor’s woodpeckers-pecking-on-your-house advice.
#956 Oct. 15, 2023
On our latest show: Pileated Woodpeckers, Barred Owls, and White-eyed Vireos from Florida; a chocolate chickadee from Alaska; and mysterious bird sound advice from Cape Cod.
#938 June 11, 2023
On our latest show, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Hugh Powell talks about the Canadian wildfires’ effect on birds. Plus, avian audio postcards from western Maryland and northern New Zealand.
#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.
#907 Oct. 30, 2022
On our latest show, author Joan Strassmann explains the joys of Slow Birding. Plus, we meet a bird with a plume on its pileum, and Mike talks about Rhode Island Reds, and Red-billed Queleas.
#860 Nov. 28, 2021
On Our Latest Show: Internationally acclaimed birder and ID Guide author Richard Crossley. Plus, an owl species is split, a roadrunner returns home, and the Whip-poor-will Yodel introduces us to this week’s Featured Feathered Friend.
#819 Feb. 14, 2021
On Our Latest Show (#819 2/14): We meet “The Butterball”; backyard bird expert Mike offers advice about birdhouses; and the great David Clapp provides some insight about this winter’s finch irruption.
#587 Aug. 14, 2016
On this morning's show, we meet the beautiful Little Egret (Egretta garzetta); we learn how birds sleep in flight; and we find out why birds are eating sweetcorn.
#557 January 10, 2016
On our latest show: AC-4 flies again; birders “attack” the militia men at an Oregon wildlife refuge; and did dinosaurs dance? Hear the show here: Talkinbirds.com/archive
#554 December 20, 2015
On our latest show: we get excited about a robin invasion right outside our studio window, we meet the “Greedy Little Mistletoe Eater,” and we salute the governor of New York for helping to save birds.
#543 September 27, 2015
On today's show: birding by ear -- and tricks to make it easier. Plus, we meet a bird that says its name.