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In this episode, ornithologist J. Drew Lanham shares a note he has written to a Dark-eyed Junco, which he fondly nicknames “snowbird.”
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Waved Albatrosses produce such slow-growing, needy offspring that females lay only a single egg every two years. And both parents need to share the...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 2
Mair Marsiglio is an avid birder, and they are also a psychologist with a background in trauma therapy. A few years ago Dr. Marsiglio worked with t...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Found in Southern Mexico and Central America, Resplendent Quetzals have a striking blue tail up to three times the length of their bodies. That's p...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The songs of two common finches provide a steady soundtrack in cities across North America: the House Finch and the American Goldfinch. While they ...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
American Robins (like this male seen here with its young), House Finches, and Song Sparrows may all nest within one small garden. By selecting diff...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Desert raptors get most of their water from eating prey animals. Biologist Blair Wolf explains, “if you think of any insect or a mouse or something...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
For years, biologists have been seeing migratory birds arriving earlier in the spring due to the effects of climate change. But surprisingly, the e...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The American Dipper stands on a rock in a stream, bobbing up and down on its long legs - "dipping" - hence the name. But watch! This nondescript bi...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
We make it a habit to detail the broad and beautiful spectrum of bird colors, but iridescent feathers are undoubtedly among the most mesmerizing. W...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
"A pair of Bald Eagles will reuse their nest each year and repair it with new tree branches. But recently in British Columbia, scientists came acro...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
In spring, we often hear woodpeckers hard at work, carving out nest holes in tree trunks. And now that fall has arrived, we may hear that excavatin...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
This Bar-tailed Godwit makes one of the longest migrations of any animal — a 7,200-mile non-stop flight each autumn from western Alaska to New Zeal...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
As most young male birds get ready to leave the nest, they learn their species’ song by hearing their male parent sing it again and again. They imp...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Knowing how clever parrots are, researchers wanted to see how they’d respond to another parrot saying hi on a tablet or phone. After being trained ...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
A forest in New Zealand rings with the sound of bellbirds, also known as Korimako or Makomako. Many bellbirds sing together, especially in the morn...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Like most juvenile shorebirds, this young Black-bellied Plover was abandoned by parents that began their southbound flights from the Arctic Nationa...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Jack Gedney’s book, The Private Lives of Public Birds, is dedicated to the familiar birds we see and hear in our neighborhoods. Illustrated by Anna...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Aleutian Cackling Geese, which have a slighter build and shorter beak than Canada Geese, build their nests on a chain of islands off the western co...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
What could bring crowds of people out after sunset on a September evening to stare at ... a chimney? Swifts, of course! Scores of swifts form a fu...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Adjusting the flaps on an airplane’s wing allows a pilot to control lift and drag — and the design of these flaps was inspired by the wings of bird...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Writer Jen Sizeland has found peace through watching birds throughout her life, so she wanted that for her child, too. When she was pregnant, she s...
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- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Next week is Rosh Hashanah La’Behemot, the Jewish New Year for Animals. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for a global Jewish playlist highlighting...
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- Added: Aug 11, 2023
- Length: 59:00
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As we head back to the classroom, consider the value of outdoor learning. We speak with educators and students about what gardens at their high sch...
- Added: Aug 10, 2023
- Length: 54:00
This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a highlight of the World Ocean Explorer virtual aquarium project of the W2O, an innovative ...
- Added: Aug 09, 2023
- Length: 05:10
