On our latest show: Sandhill Cranes in Arizona; expert binocular and scope advice; and the story of an eagle poacher who’s on his way to jail.
#1,013 Nov. 24, 2024
On our latest show, Maddie Carr describes how she met the birding goals of her eight-year old self, and Mike O’Connor weighs in on a backyard bird dispute. Plus, we meet the Eurasian Eagle-owl, and the Red-billed Chough.
#1,008 Oct. 20, 2024
On our latest show: our special guest, Hawaiian avian biologist Bret Nainoa Mossman tells us about his worldwide quest to honor extinct Hawaiian birds, and, ultimately, to save existing threatened birds. Plus, Mike O’Connor talks about hawks falling silent; and we listen to an audio postcard from the famous Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
#964 Dec. 10, 2023
On our latest show: A Pileated (Audio) Postcard from Yosemite National Park; the great Al Batt’s November nature observations; and one of our favorite 2023 guest interviews.
#950 Sept. 3, 2023
On our latest show: Avian Audio Postcards from Florida, Maine, and Costa Rica. Plus, we welcome the authors of the new book, Birding for a Better World — Molly Adams and Sydney Golden Anderson; and our man Mike O’Connor talks about Coops and Sharpies…and peanuts.
#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.
#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.
#863 Dec. 19, 2021
On Our Latest Show: Gannets on parade; vegetarian options for your backyard birds; a Conservation Salute to the Big Apple; and, are birds real?
#858 Nov. 14, 2021
On our latest show: an amazing owl discovery in West Africa; rodenticides vs. birds; and the return of Project Feeder Watch.
#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.
#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.
#744 Sept. 8, 2019
On our latest show — direct from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Raptor Weekend in Bristol, R.I. — we talk with urban raptor photographer Peter Green; we meet the Northern Hawk Owl; and we get some fall bird feeding tips from the Birdwatcher’s General Store’s Mike O’Connor.
#704 Nov. 25, 2018
How the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks became bird-friendly; the #1 bird in American backyards; and, is it a bird…or a cowboy boot? — all on our latest show.
#703 Nov. 18, 2018
Discovering a tribrid warbler(!); monitoring Golden Eagles in the Rockies; and keeping hawks away from your feeder birds — all on our latest show.
#657 Dec. 31, 2017
On our final show of 2017: The Butterbill; below-zero bird bathing; and why natural corks are best for bottles (of wine, that is).
#655 Dec. 17, 2017
On our latest show: An owl in an engine compartment; a tiny bird that’s louder than a rooster (pound for pound, that is); and why you might want to whip up some vegetarian suet.
#619 Apr. 9, 2017
On our latest show, we meet the bird that sparked a birding obsession that led to a world record. Plus, we meet the editor of the new book “Good Birders Still Don’t Wear White,” and we learn how to recognize the hawks visiting your backyard.
#618 Apr. 2, 2017
On our latest show: The King of the Eiders; a wonderful way to learn about birds; and how crows avoid contact with your car.