Live from the Bird Watcher's General Store and another Birds and Beans coffee giveaway.
#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?
#344: November 13, 2011
The amazing Acorn Woodpecker; Boston's Emerald Necklace; and more feeding advice from the Bird Watcher's General Store.
#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.
#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.
#322: June 12, 2011
We hear a Whip-poor-will, a Bullbat, and a bird that sounds like a squeeze toy. Plus, Mike O'Connor explains the "exploding mockingbird" phenomenon.
#310: March 13, 2011
We head way down south to find our Mystery Bird; a reddish raptor defends his patriotism; and Mike O'Connor holds forth on "safflower power."
#304: January 30, 2011
Neil Young helps us describe today's Featured Feathered Friend; we present a "spicy" Mystery Bird; and Mike O'Connor has some explaining to do to the local constabulary.
#301: January 9, 2011
We take you to the Boston Harbor Islands and the "Batt Cave" in Minnesota; we learn about the "camp robber"; and Mike O'Connor offers some more good advice about bird feeding.
#291: October 31, 2010
Our Halloween show features a visit from the "bird of doom." We also chat live with the Prince of Plum Island and with our correspondent in the Caribbean. And Mike O'Connor offers some practical solutions to your woodpecker problems.
#284: September 12, 2010
Videographer Shawn Carey, just back from his second tour of the oil-fouled Louisiana coast, joins us in studio. Plus, an appreciation of the "rat with wings"; and Mike O'Connor explodes a myth about exploding rice.
#283: September 5, 2010
We'll hear about an amazing hawk watch in Mexico; we'll present a Mystery Bird, a group of which is called a "parcel"; and we'll talk peanut and jelly with our bird feeding expert Mike O'Connor.
#281: August 22, 2010
A large bird that saved a small town; true grit with Mike O’Connor; and the bird that made them cry in Argentina.
#278: August 1, 2010
We present a secretive stalker as our Mystery Bird; Mike answers a question about swimming shorebirds; and we feature a hawk that seems to think it's a Turkey Vulture.
#272: June 20, 2010
We air some opinions about whether cleaning oiled birds makes sense; we feature a bird that may sing before a rain; and in our Let's Ask Mike segment, we visit "Mike's Italian Kitchen."