On our latest show: Enjoying the pleasures of Seawatching! (Watching seabirds from shore); fighting for migratory bird protection; getting the most out of your binoculars; and meeting the “Heckle and Jeckle” bird.
#759 Dec. 22, 2019
On Our Latest Show: A Christmas Tree Owl in Georgia; an Australian birder finds gold; salutes to Sting, and World War Zero; and Mike offers some thoughtful last-minute gift ideas.
#758 Dec. 15, 2019
On our latest show: A live Christmas Bird Count report; the Raptor of the South; good news for New York City birds; and alternatives to feathers for cold weather wear.
#757 Dec. 8, 2019
On our latest show: the Christmas Bird Count is back; birds are shrinking; and Mike has some ideas about capitalizing common names of bird species.
#756 Dec. 1, 2019
On our latest show: the unusual behavior of the Lewis’s Woodpecker; an NFL stadium tries to become more bird-friendly; Project FeederWatch; and the history of the wishbone.
#755 Nov. 24, 2019
On our latest show: Some good news about birds and windows; wrong-way migration; the remarkable Black Skimmer; and a salute to some middle school students fighting plastic pollution.
#754 Nov. 17, 2019
On our latest show: The surprising thing that helps juncos attract mates; seabirds starving in the fish-filled Bering Sea; and the bird that some call “Spoony.”
#753 Nov. 10, 2019
On our latest show, we meet a Feminist Bird Club leader; learn about the “Oreo” birds; offer a Veterans Day salute to some avian heroes; and learn how Artificial Intelligence can help with bird identification.
#752 Nov. 3, 2019
On our latest show: roaming charges for migrating eagles; artificial chimneys for swifts; the loudest bird in the world; and Mike teaches us about tails.
#751 Oct. 27, 2019
On our latest show: The decline in grassland birds, and what folks in the Dakotas are doing about it; how noise pollution affects nesting birds; the Ruddy Duck’s struggles in the UK; and Mike tells us about the most abundant bird in the world.
#750 Oct. 20, 2019
On our latest show: An albatross report from Midway Atoll; a calamitous Chimney Swift crash in North Carolina; the crow that’s not a crow; and the world’s craziest bird names.
#749 Oct. 13, 2019
On our latest show: Good news for the Kirkland’s Warbler; a plan to save the Marbled Murrelet; sea level rise threatens Cape Cod; and electric power comes to trucks and ships.
#748 Oct. 6, 2019
On Our Latest Show: Fighting back against bird population declines in our own backyards; the Mojave Desert may be getting too dry for birds; and we meet the "Mexican Eagle."
#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.
#746 Sept. 22, 2019
On our latest show: Lost: 3 billion birds; saving birds in New York City; and how to buy bird seed at the end of summer.
#745 Sept. 15, 2019
On our latest show: The Frozen Dragon of the North Wind; the Boss of the Gulls; and why calm birds mean contented squirrels.
#744 Sept. 8, 2019
On our latest show — direct from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Raptor Weekend in Bristol, R.I. — we talk with urban raptor photographer Peter Green; we meet the Northern Hawk Owl; and we get some fall bird feeding tips from the Birdwatcher’s General Store’s Mike O’Connor.
#743 Sept. 1, 2019
On our latest show: Birding in Chernobyl; Crows eating cheeseburgers; and Cardinals and Blue Jays going bald.
#742 Aug. 25, 2019
On our latest show, we welcome singer/songwriter and avid birder Stephanie Seymour and her new album, “There Are Birds.” Plus, we join the lament about the tragic fires in the Brazilian Amazon, and Mike tells us about the “Feather Atlas.”
#741 Aug. 18, 2019
On our latest show: Another giant bird discovered in New Zealand; a bittersweet honey bee day; Mike O’Connor explains why hummingbirds are frequenting barbecue grills, and guest Danielle Vosburgh explains the deadly consequences of releasing helium-filled balloons.