A very small Mystery Bird and a very loud Featured Feathered Friend.
#475: May 25, 2014
The Barking Owl and a new app identifies birds by sound!
#354: January 22, 2012
Bird expert Phil Kyle regales us with bird call imitations; Mike O'Connor offers a listener some cold weather advice; and we learn the secret of the swan feather.
#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.
#324: June 26, 2011
We'll learn how to do a perfect bird imitation—by banging two rocks together. Also, Mike O'Connor helps a listener with a nest problem, and we almost stump our callers in our Mystery Bird Contest.
#314: April 10, 2011
We hear from a bird whose call sounds like water being hosed into a plastic bucket; we get some advice for attracting bluebirds; and we take a "tour" of Talkin' Birds World Headquarters.
#266: May 9, 2010
The Chuck-Will's-Widow makes the local news; our Featured Feathered Friend makes a blood-curdling cry; and our Mystery Bird stumps all callers.
#240: November 8, 2009
We learn about a bird who sounds like the Pillsbury Doughboy, and we find our Mystery Bird in a prairie dog hole.
#236: October 11, 2009
We present a Mystery Bird that says its name, and we find our Featured Feathered Friend way down in South Texas.
#194: December 21, 2008
We discover how the voyages of Captain Cook led to the naming of a tern; we hear a bird that sounds like a cow; and Mike O'Connor helps a listener who's craving crossbills.
#181: September 21, 2008
We hear some predictions about which northern finches may visit the lower 48 this winter; we feature a bird that looks a lot better than it sounds; and Mike O'Connor explains why pigeons walk so weirdly.
#171: July 13, 2008
We "return to those thrilling days of yesteryear," hear a most unusual-sounding bird, and try to solve a mystery about some nocturnal woodpeckers.
#160: April 27, 2008
We get a live report from the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, and feature a bird that sounds like two stones banging together.
#85: November 19, 2006
We hear a bird that sounds like a rusty gate, learn some amazing stuff about Barn Owls, and welcome listeners tuned in to our new affiliate station in Rhode Island.
#72: August 20, 2006
Birding expert David Clapp has more on the mysteries of migration; and in the Science Corner, we hear that some birds may call their offspring by name!
#69: July 23, 2006
Phil Kyle's bird mimicry, and birds that change the pitch of their calls because of...automobile traffic!