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Today is World Migratory Bird Day, which recognizes the incredible journeys birds make, the challenges they face, and how we can help them on their...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When you provide places for migratory birds to rest and refuel, you’re helping them complete their long journeys and reach their destination safely...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Every BirdNote episode starts with a solid grounding in research. When we play a bird sound for you, first we make sure you're hearing the right sp...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
BirdNote shows begin in many ways: a great listener question, witnessing a cool bird behavior, or a new scientific discovery. But there’s one commo...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Whether you know your neighborhood inside-out or you just moved and are getting to know the area, BirdNote adds another dimension to how you unders...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When a new generation of birds hatches, they copy the songs they hear from nearby adults. A young bird’s first attempts aren’t perfect. But like an...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
A bird of prey in the American Southeast takes grace to an utterly new level. It's the Swallow-tailed Kite. A sleek raptor with a deeply forked tai...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Gulls seem so much a part of the sea that we often just call them "seagulls," a colloquial title for these graceful, ubiquitous creatures. Twenty-t...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Parrots are among the smartest of birds. But are they clever enough to know each other by name? Research conducted by ornithologist Karl Berg sugge...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
May in an Eastern hardwood forest, and the chorus of spring birdsong is nearing its peak. The Carolina Wren, a year-round resident, has been singin...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Poet Craig Santos Perez grew up on the island of Guam, and later moved to Hawai‘i where his children were born. Both are places that once flourishe...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 24:26
It's Earth Day on The Children's Hour, and we meet Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM) who explains how National Parks and National Wildernes...
Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KRVS and more
- Added: Apr 15, 2024
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 12
It's Earth Day on The Children's Hour, and we meet Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM) who explains how National Parks and National Wildernes...
- Added: Apr 10, 2024
- Length: 58:00
What's wild about your backyard? This time on The Children's Hour we explore creating a wild backyard, and what to do with injured wild animals we ...
Bought by WGTE Public Media, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTNA, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more
- Added: Apr 08, 2024
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 13
Did you know that climate change is an imminent threat to human health, yet most schools do not provide education about climate change and its heal...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Apr 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Legacy students, applicants whose families attended the school, comprised 36 percent of Harvard’s class of 2022. Notably, 77% of students admitted ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2024
- Length: 29:00
What's wild about your backyard? This time on The Children's Hour we explore creating a wild backyard, and what to do with injured wild animals we ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2024
- Length: 58:00
Coming up on this week's episode of The Spark Weekly.
Two Philadelphia Inquirer reporters that have investigated forever chemicals of PFAs that go...
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 46:24
This time on The Children’s Hour we learn about the concept of querencia: the feeling of “home” in a place, and with our communities. Using poetry,...
Bought by WGTE Public Media, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK, RadioFreePalmer, KECG and more
- Added: Mar 25, 2024
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 6
In this episode of BirdNoir, the private eye gets a call from H. Jon Benjamin about unusual Wild Turkey behavior. A male turkey (known as a “tom”) ...
Bought by Prairie Public, WFHB, and KBIA
- Added: Mar 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 3
Morning is a great time for birding – that’s the peak of singing and foraging activity for many species. But it’s not the only time to experience b...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Mar 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Birds like finches, chickadees and this Northern Cardinal love sunflower seeds, but each species uses a different strategy to extract the meat. Whe...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Mar 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Birding is often best in the least likely places. At sewage treatment plants, watch for ducks and gulls - and raptors keeping watch over them all. ...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Mar 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Poet Claire Wahmanholm's work focuses on nature and the environment. As she was walking around a nature preserve north of Chicago, Claire was liste...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Mar 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
