The elusive Porzana carolina. Plus Mike O'Connor live from Alaska, and Dr. Towhee, too.
#406: January 20, 2013
Let's Ask Mike—live from Key West. Plus, we meet Bubo virginianus and learn about a very special bird-themed concert.
#393: October 21, 2012
We have the scoop on a new birding movie. Live from America's best bird store!
#383: August 12, 2012
100 million Mystery Birds. And Mike O'Connor tries to answer the question: Why don't British women twitch?
#367: April 22, 2012
We meet a bird with a balaclava; we feature America's biggest swallow; and Mike O'Connor muses on mealworms.
#364: April 1, 2012
We hear the strange legend of a bird hatched from barnacles. Also: what's happening to our honeybees. And Mike O'Connor answers a most unusual question.
#355: January 29, 2012
We welcome Mass Audubon's John Galluzzo, who recently completed a year of nature walks in all 351 Massachusetts cities and towns. Also, we present a "Let's Ask Mike" segment that we call "Birds as Polar Bears," and a listener from the great state of Ohio solves the mystery of the Specklebelly.
#352: January 8, 2012
We check out the Snowy Owl explosion; we present a Let's Ask Mike segment entitled "Making homemade suet—just don't do it"; and we find out why Roman candles and roosting birds just don't mix.
#349: December 18, 2011
Mike O'Connor explains why bird seed prices have gone up so much, and whether there's relief in sight. And we get an update on an amazing sexagenarian.
#347: December 4, 2011
Field guide author Ted Floyd offers some intriguing ideas about identifying birds; we feature a bird that only Constitution signers could love; and Mike O'Connor answers a question from a big fan.
#346: November 27, 2011
You'll have to move fast to catch our Mystery Bird; we call our Let's Ask Mike segment "That squirrel is big...and it has antlers"; and we feature the bird that sounds like an outboard motor.
#345: November 20, 2011
We find our Featured Feathered Friend over the bounding Maine; Mass Audubon's Wayne Petersen and John Galluzzo talk about the State of the Birds; and Mike O'Connor helps us figure out if we're overfeeding our bluebirds.
#341: October 23, 2011
We'll hear about birds in the wild that are learning to talk; our man Mike O'Connor (whose book appears in the new movie "The Big Year") helps a listener with grackle issues; and Bob Dylan helps us introduce our Featured Feathered Friend.
#338: October 2, 2011
Sparrow expert Jim Sweeney joins us in studio; Mike O'Connor answers a listener's question about (bird)house cleaning; and we visit a coffeehouse to learn about our Featured Feathered Friend.
#337: September 25, 2011
We learn about "winners" and "losers" in bird populations; Mike O'Connor helps a listener with a cowbird conundrum; and we offer a Mystery Bird that lives only in California.
#336: September 18, 2011
A Virginia listener translates from German to identify our Mystery Bird; we feature a tern that doesn't dive for fish; and Mike O'Connor helps a listener who's "wonderin' where the woodies are."
#335: September 11, 2011
This episode's Mystery Bird lives almost exclusively in the U.S; our Featured Feathered Friend is found out at sea: and Mike O'Connor is in the backyard for some evening dining with the Cardinal.
#333: August 28, 2011
We offer some info on how birds cope with storms; we talk with Tom McNichol from the amazing Charles River Cleanup Boat; and our man Mike O'Connor provides an explanation about wrestling mockingbirds.
#332: August 21, 2011
We revisit the "Kentucky Birdy"; we feature a beautiful bee killer; and Mike O'Connor helps a backyard birder who has no backyard birds.
#329: July 31, 2011
We present an oddly-named Mystery Bird; we feature a bird that's the biggest of its kind; and Mike O'Connor helps an urban birdwatcher.