On our latest show: The magic of BirdCast; saving Least Terns in San Diego with Haley Perez and Cristina Santa Maria; and a salute to a man who gave away his company.
#823 March 14, 2021
On Our Latest Show (#823 03/14) Dr. Richard Holland sheds light on how storm-blown migrating birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to find their way back to their route. Plus, good news for birds from Washington, D.C.; and good bird feeding advice from backyard bird expert Mike O’Connor.
#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.
#747 Sept. 29, 2019
On our latest show: We talk about Bird of Prey — the new film about the endangered Philippine Eagle — with cinematographer Neil Rettig and expedition leader Laura Johnson. Plus, we learn more about how birds are affected by neonicotinoid insecticides, and we find out about the unusual nesting habitats of the Solitary Sandpiper.
#530 June 14, 2015
Dr. Bruce Beehler joins us live from the north woods of Canada
#500: November 9, 2014
Our 500th show—live from the Smithsonian in Washington, DC! And we meet a bird that uses a time-share.
#442: September 29, 2013
Our Mystery Bird is a stake-driver. And the great Vern Laux talks fall migration.
#334: September 4, 2011
We'll explain that "no such thing" comment as the great David Clapp joins us in studio to talk about migration marathons and mysteries.
#285: September 19, 2010
We report on a new star-studded movie about birdwatchers (!); we get some good migratory bird news from the gulf; and we feature a bird that's as blue as the sky.
#267: May 16, 2010
We come up with a high-tech solution to a listener's dilemma; we feature a migration superstar; and we tell a little story on David Sibley.
#180: September 14, 2008
We hear about wrestling Mockingbirds, the wonders of Block Island, and the only "true migrant" Eastern woodpecker.
#133: October 21, 2007
We learn about a spectacular diver, and a migration champion; and Mike O'Connor shatters a myth about... exploding birds.
#132: October 14, 2007
Our Mystery Bird almost stumps our callers, Mike O'Connor answers a Mockingbird migration question, and we feature the bird that inspired the old Heckle and Jeckle TV cartoon.
#82: October 29, 2006
Manomet scientist Trevor Lloyd-Evans opines on bird migration, population trends, and what he learned about bird flu from his recent trip to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
#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!
#71: August 13, 2006
Former Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary Director David Clapp talks about migration season; and our resident "professor" Doctor Rufus Towhee stumps Ray (as usual) with his Bird Word of the Day.