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In some years, tawny-colored thrushes called Veeries cut their breeding season short. Researchers discovered that Veeries tend to stop breeding ear...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Some of the tiniest birds in the world have impressively loud voices. The Ruby-crowned Kinglet — that bright-headed sprite of the treetops — would ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Common Potoos are champions of camouflage. In the daytime these nocturnal creatures perch perfectly still on branches: heads pointed upward, bodies...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
From chickadees to Cooper’s Hawks, most birds love a good bath. Some birds get the fluids they need from their food, but many birds need a drink at...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Striped Owls are known for their diverse vocalizations. Their repertoire includes deep hoots, eerie screeches, and a range of calls that help give ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
PhD student Mikko Jimenez and his colleagues are using machine learning to improve our ability to forecast bird migration. Machine learning is a ty...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
What does the Pacific Wren hear in a song? It's a long story. What we hear as a blur of sound, the bird hears as a precise sequence of sounds, the ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Next time you’re in the city, look up. When pigeons are wheeling, you might just see a different bird in pursuit. The Cooper’s Hawk, once known as ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Molly Adams founded the Feminist Bird Club to try to make birding safer and more inclusive. Along with coauthor Sydney Golden Anderson, Molly wrote...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The Greater Roadrunner is a common species in the desert and brush country of the Southwest, but its full range reaches from California to western ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Ornithologist Bill Evans has helped us better understand the sounds that birds make as they migrate at night. Known as nocturnal flight calls, many...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Episode 248
Exploring all things wine with you!
In this episode of The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW), your host...
- Added: Oct 14, 2023
- Length: 38:21
A story about the American Prairie reserve, a privately funded national park.
Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)
- Added: Oct 13, 2023
- Length: 50:00
- Purchases: 1
The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW)
Episode 247
Exploring All Things Wine With You!
In episode Kim and Mark talk about cork issues and cooking wine.
- Added: Sep 30, 2023
- Length: 31:20
Vampire Ground-Finches menace their victims in broad daylight, stabbing holes in their flesh, then devouring the blood. During the dry season, when...
Bought by KBIA
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
No bird is better adapted for climbing up a tree trunk than a woodpecker. The foot of this Pileated Woodpecker is ideal for clinging, and its relat...
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- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
The Cinereous Mourner is a small, ashy-gray bird that lives in the forest understory of the Amazon Basin. And it’s taking mimicry to the next level...
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Every bird species uses its wings a little differently, and some are specialized for highly efficient flight. But that means going without other ab...
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Surf Scoters are perfectly at home in the element they’re named for. They swim smack in the middle of what surfers call the impact zone: Just where...
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Pigeon Pose. Crow Pose. Eagle pose. Bird of paradise. Writer Trisha Mukherjee, who is also a yoga teacher, discusses the connections these bird-ins...
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- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
When it comes to nests, common sense suggests that large birds build large nests, and small birds build small nests. But in fact, some species of s...
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Ornate Hawk-Eagles stand out from other raptors with their impressive crest that looks like an elegant crown in adults, and a punk hairdo over the ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Yellow-eyed Juncos sometimes make a migration of sorts — not from north to south, but from the high mountains to the lowlands or the other way arou...
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
What an amazing array of sounds birds have to offer! The call of a male Yellow Rail sounds like someone tapping two small stones together. And Turk...
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- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Crow experts think big communal roosts provide warmth, protection from predators, shared knowledge about food sources, and a chance to find a mate....
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
