A very Foxy Sparrow and a listener with too many birds.
#489: August 31, 2014
Stalking the Winnowing Wilson's and finding the right binocular.
#476: June 1, 2014
The beautiful parooluh? And why birdwatching is more fun than before.
#474: May 18, 2014
The fork-tail and the bandit, plus backyard birdhouse logistics.
#458: January 19, 2014
A tiny Troglodyte with a super-size song and chew-proofing your bird houses.
#420: April 28, 2013
Three thrushes and a thrasher. Plus wildlife rehabilitator Stephanie Ellis, and the answer to "Does your birdbath need a lifeguard?"
#382: August 5, 2012
A Sand County Almanac comes to life. And, Mockingbirds?! Not in my backyard!
#380: July 22, 2012
The Crow Whisperer—Cornell Lab’s Kevin McGowan—and your backyard’s fiercest hombre, the House Wren.
#366: April 15, 2012
We'll meet a tiny, but feisty, Mystery Bird. And you can win a fabulous feeder from Droll Yankees as we announce our new website!
#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.
#321: June 5, 2011
How we can turn our backyards into Certified Wildlife Habitats.
#293: November 14, 2010
We wax nostalgic about Snow Buntings on Cape Cod; we present a "royal" Mystery Bird; and Mike O'Connor weighs in on feeding Vaccinium oxycoccos to your backyard birds.
#279: August 8, 2010
Videographers Shawn Carey and Alex Couter join us in the studio to report on their recent filming odyssey on the shores of Louisiana. Plus, Bank Swallows, a Mystery Bird, and putting some hot bats in your backyard lineup.
#271: June 13, 2010
We get a little help from Foghorn Leghorn in our Featured Feathered Friend segment; we get a live pelagic trip report from expert birder David Clapp; and Mike O'Connor commiserates with a listener who's hankering for hummingbirds.
#248: January 3, 2010
Mike O'Connor gives advice to vacationing backyard birders, and for our Featured Feathered Friend we go up to the lab...to see what's on the slab!
#245: December 13, 2009
We learn some fascinating facts about a spectacular diver, and a demon driller, and Mike O'Connor talks about the simple device that will bring non-feeder birds to your backyard.
#238: October 25, 2009
We'll hear how Martha Stewart turned her backyard into a mecca for birds; Mike O'Connor talks about the world's heaviest bird feeder; and Ray Charles helps us introduce our Featured Feathered Friend.
#237: October 18, 2009
Lots of folks in the northeast are saying the birds have disappeared from their backyards—we try to find out why.
#220: June 21, 2009
We learn about a bird that winters in the north; Mike O'Connor helps a baffled backyard birder; and we present a new Birder's Profile.
#217: May 31, 2009
We learn how the Purple Martin got its name, we get some advice on attracting Indigo Buntings, and blue is the color of our Mystery Bird.