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Are Birds' Nests Reused?
From: Bird Note
Caption: Young White Storks, Credit: Andrew-TR
Let’s talk about nests. Every spring, robins build their cup-shaped nests using grass and mud. Orioles weave a hanging sack. It’s hard work, and ye...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Where Birdsong Began
From: Bird Note
Caption: Superb Lyrebird, Credit: David Cook
Scientists once believed that Australia’s songbirds — such as this Superb Lyrebird — were the result of lost birds from Asia and Africa colonizing ...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
American Robin Babies Afoot
From: Bird Note
Caption: American Robin Baby, Credit: Carmen Elliott
After hatching, baby robins spend up to 15 days in the nest. By July, many young American Robins have left the nest, or fledged. But they aren't re...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KRPS, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 4
The Female Oriole Weaves a Nest
From: Bird Note
Caption: Female Baltimore Oriole, Credit: Mike Lyncheski
Not only are most orioles eye-catching, but they also rank among the world's most accomplished nest-builders. Female orioles — like the Baltimore O...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
How Much Birds Sing
From: BirdNote
Caption: Red-Eyed Vireo, Credit: Laura Erickson
A typical songbird belts out its song between 1,000 and 2,500 times per day. Even though most bird songs last only a few seconds, that's a lot of w...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Dunlins and Peregrines
From: BirdNote
Caption: Dunlins, Credit: Nick Saunders
In a dramatic and sometimes deadly aerial ballet, a Peregrine Falcon dives on a flock of Dunlins. Seeking escape, the shorebirds flash white and da...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Turkey Vultures Hunt Out Gas Leaks
From: BirdNote
Caption: Turley Vulture, Credit: Pat Gaines
Do vultures detect carrion by sight or by smell? The lightbulb moment came to ornithologist Kenneth Stage when a Union Oil employee told him of vul...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Sylvia interviews singer/songwriter Dana Lyons
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
Caption: The Great Salish Sea, Credit: cowswithguns.com
Dana Lyons amazing and timely new album the Great Salish Sea

  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:13
Do Crows Sing?
From: Bird Note
Caption: American Crow, Credit: Marlin Harms
It’s been said that if someone knows only three birds, one of them will be the crow. They’re common, easy to see, and even easier to hear. But crow...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
May 15 - Endangered Species Day
From: Bird Note
Caption: Golden-cheeked Warbler, Credit: Greg Lavaty
This Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in a Central Texas woodland. Its small breeding range is ever more fragmented by residential development, an...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Birdsong, Music and Neuroscience
From: Bird Note
Caption: White-throated Sparrow, Credit: Putneypics
Brain imaging studies have shown that hearing enjoyable music “lights up” the mesolimbic reward pathway in the human brain. But how does a bird exp...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Birds' Sense of Taste
From: Bird Note
Caption: Mallard, Credit: D. Beyett
Even though it’s been known for many years that birds spit out caterpillars they find repellent, little research has been devoted to birds’ sense o...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
State Birds
From: BirdNote
Caption: Western Bluebird, Credit: Glen Tepke
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have official birds. To become a state bird, it helped to be familiar, colorful, and have a punchy song....

Bought by KRPS and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
Shakespeare's Birthday
From: BirdNote
Caption: Chaffinch, Credit: Peter Price
April 23 is the birthday of William Shakespeare. Mr. Shakespeare was pretty well acquainted with-among one or two other things-birds. More than for...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
How Birds Sing So Loudly
From: BirdNote
Caption: Carolina Wren, Credit: Kenneth Cole Schneider
When a Carolina Wren like this one sings, something remarkable happens. These birds can sing so loudly that you almost have to shout to be heard ...

Bought by KBIA, KSFR, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
The Ten Commandments of Subirdia-Tips For a Happy Coexistence with Birds
From: BirdNote
Caption: The Ten Commandments of Subirdia
In his book Welcome To Subirdia, bird expert John Marzluff offers a guide for living in close proximity to birds and other wildlife. His advice inc...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Rooster
From: BirdNote
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The chicken is perhaps the most widespread avian species in the world - and the exotic Red Jungle Fowl is the ancestor of the hybrid Araucana and R...

Bought by KSFR, WOUB, KRPS, KKRN, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 7
Rare Sounds Saved by Macaulay Library
From: BirdNote
Caption: A male Bachman's Warbler, Credit: Barry Kent MacKay
The tranquil song of the Kaua'i O'o graced the high, dense forests of Kaua'i until 1987, when it was heard no more. The voice of only one member of...

Bought by KSFR, KRPS, KKWE Niijii Radio, WMUU-LP, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 5
Birds Are Evolving Rapidly - Today
From: BirdNote
Caption: A pair of House Finches, Credit: Larry Selman
House Finches are evolving rapidly and visibly. In 1941, some captive House Finches from California escaped near NYC. They spread rapidly and are n...

Bought by KSFR, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
No Pounding Headache
From: BirdNote
Caption: Pileated Woodpecker, Credit: Paul Bannick
The Pileated Woodpecker makes loud, hard whacks, as it leans back and then slams its bill into the side of a living tree. Sounds painful, if not do...

Bought by KSFR, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
The Lowly Starling
From: BirdNote
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Much maligned as a pest and cursed by many as an "invasive species," the European Starling has had many fans, too. Eugene Schieffelin introduced ab...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Feisty Cardinal
From: BirdNote
Caption: Female Northern Cardinal, Credit: Tom Grey
You may not have seen a Northern Cardinal in the wild, but you've probably seen one on holiday cards or the cover of a bird book. During spring bre...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why Bird Poop Is White
From: BirdNote
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Birds brighten our lives. They connect us with nature. But sometimes they connect us a bit too directly with nature. Park under the wrong tree - wh...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wishbones and Dinosaurs
From: BirdNote
Caption: wishbone, Credit: © Kent Landerholm
The anatomical structure we call the wishbone was long thought unique to birds. But fossil discoveries of recent decades have shown that some dinos...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WTIP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Alex Chadwick in Big Bend: The World Is Wide
From: BirdNote
Series: BirdNote Special: Alex Chadwick in Big Bend
Caption: Big Bend National Park, Credit: Bala Sivakumar
Alex Chadwick has been traveling in West Texas for BirdNote. The region is far from cities, but dotted with small towns. He spent time with some pe...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, Troy Public Radio, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3