Boreal Campaign senior scientist Jeff Wells shares the good news about 55 million acres being protected in northern Ontario. Also, we stump our callers in the Mystery Bird Contest, and a quote from the great Aldo Leopold introduces our Featured Feathered Friend.
#172: July 20, 2008
We hear some fabulous conservation news from Canada. Also, we learn why a muddy retriever might bring birds to your yard. And, take this Featured Bird...please!
#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.
#170: July 6, 2008
We hear the sound that gives a tiny predator its name; we hear the calls of roosting parakeets; and in our Let's Ask Mike segment, we hear some advice about dealing with a screeching Great Horned Owl.
#169: June 29, 2008
We get a trucker-friendly introduction to our Featured Feathered Friend; we stump our callers with a wild-sounding Meadowlark relative; and our man Mike O'Connor reveals the “secrets” of some long-lived birds.
#168: June 22, 2008
We get a live mountaintop bird report, we learn how a wandering songbird got its name, and we hear about an "exploding" Mockingbird.
#167: June 15, 2008
We listen to some frightening creatures with huge red eyes, hear "testimony" from a Congressional hearing, and solve the mystery of the Peeping Tom Chipping Sparrows.
#166: June 8, 2008
We learn how feeding phalaropes defy gravity, and we recount a bird's story that began in Central Park.
#165: June 1, 2008
We revisit a favorite Featured Friend, and Mike O'Connor tells us why we should clean our houses...once a year.
#164: May 25, 2008
A Featured Feathered Friend not to be trifled with; a Mystery Bird that will pilfer from your picnic table; and Mike O'Connor talks about the increasing cost of filling your bird feeders.
#163: May 18, 2008
We learn the remarkable history of a Featured Feathered Friend, and Mike O'Connor tries to help with a backyard burglary.
#162: May 11, 2008
We're serenaded by Tiny Tim and Slim Whitman (!) as we learn about a bird that times its egg laying to the phases of the moon. And we pay a visit to the Talkin' Birds Science Corner.
#161: May 4, 2008
We present a reprise of our Kentucky Birdy race; we answer the question "what's a bullbat?"; and a listener describes a wild backyard scene.
#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.
#159: April 20, 2008
Dr. Bridget Stutchbury talks about the many threats facing neotropical migrants as described in her new book; we meet the "Canada Jay"; and we stump our callers in our Mystery Bird contest.
#158: April 13, 2008
We learn how the Anna's Hummingbird makes its mysterious "chirp," and we feature a bird with a plume on its pileum!
#157: April 6, 2008
We hear some disturbing news about pesticide use south of the border; we learn about the only shorebird that uses leks; and Mike O'Connor helps a listener deal with messy visitors.
#156: March 30, 2008
An Alaskan listener reports some cool sightings, John Galluzzo checks in from Nantucket, and Mike O'Connor has some advice for a bluebird lover.
#155: March 23, 2008
We learn what happened to the Rufous-sided Towhee; we recall the year when there was no summer; and we spread some good news about the beautiful Red Knot.
#154: March 16, 2008
We'll hear how some New Jersey officials are trying to save the Red Knot. We'll also get some insight into this winter's eruptions of Boreal birds; and our man Mike O'Connor pontificates about peanuts.