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Tennessee Warbler, Nectar Thief

From: BirdNote

Tennessee Warblers love drinking nectar, but they do it without helping to pollinate flowers. By tapping a hole into the base of a flower, these wa...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Lesser Yellowlegs, Loud and Proud

From: BirdNote

When the shorebirds called Lesser Yellowlegs sense a threat to their nest, they’ll put up an unforgettable racket to drive the danger away. Smaller...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Nictitating Membranes - Nature's Goggles

From: BirdNote

For most birds, keen eyesight is critical for survival. But many birds lead lives that can be very hard on the eyes — like flying at breakneck spee...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Finding Food When It Snows

From: BirdNote

Fresh-fallen snow is beautiful, but it poses a challenge to birds. The ground where they found food is now covered by several inches of snow. Birds...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Costa Rica Winter Sunrise

From: BirdNote

On a winter morning in Costa Rica, a colorful choir welcomes the day. A pair of Bay Wrens sings a brisk duet just before sunrise. Perched in the up...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Cockatoos and People Trying to Outwit Each Other

From: BirdNote

In several neighborhoods of Sydney, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos have learned ways to open trash bins and grab some leftover food. Researchers found t...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Memory of the ‘Ō‘ū

From: BirdNote

Sam ‘Ohu Gon was one of the last people to see an ‘Ō‘ū, a native Hawaiian bird that’s presumed to be extinct. He’s worked at the Nature Conservancy...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Tokens of Affection

From: BirdNote

Birds have many ways of showing affection for their partners. One way is allopreening, where a bird uses its bill to groom a mate, twirling each in...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Rainbow-Billed Toucan: The Flying Banana

From: BirdNote

The Keel-billed Toucan, also known as the Rainbow-billed Toucan, looks like a bird with a giant banana for a beak. They have a black body, a yellow...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Telling Apart Two Cheery Bird Songs

From: BirdNote

The American Robin and the Baltimore Oriole both have cheery, upbeat songs. At first, you might think there’s no way to tell these two cheery, upbe...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

On a Cold, Cold Night

From: BirdNote

When the bitter cold of winter arrives, songbirds face an emergency: how to keep warm through the night. On normal nights, many prefer sleeping sol...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Trumpeter Swans Rebound in Arkansas

From: BirdNote

Trumpeter Swans weigh over 25 pounds and measure about five feet from beak to tail. They were nearly hunted to extinction by the turn of the twenti...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Sandhill Cranes Are Expanding Their Range

From: BirdNote

In some parts of North America, Sandhill Cranes are common as ants at a picnic. In New England, on the other hand, they’ve been almost as rare as p...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Migrations: Pine Siskin Irruption

From: BirdNote

Do you ever see flocks of birds in your yard that show up in droves one year, but are completely absent the next? Some nomadic species such as Pine...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Making Roads Safer for Wildlife and People

From: BirdNote

Roads can get people where they need to go. But they often run right through wildlife habitat, creating a deadly hazard for animals on the move. Li...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Song of the Mountains: The Brown-backed Solitaire

From: BirdNote

Brown-backed Solitaires are ordinary-looking: medium-sized, gray-brown birds. But they have one of the most melodic, complex songs in the world, ri...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Bird Tracks in the Snow

From: BirdNote

Look for the stories birds tell with their tracks in the snow. A crow swaggers, leaving right-and-left steps much as a walking human would. Juncos ...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

BirdNoir: Dial E for Eagle

From: BirdNote

In this BirdNoir mystery, the private eye fields a call from a woman who says a large bird that looks like a Bald Eagle stole a Rainbow Trout from ...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Here Come the Barred Owls

From: BirdNote

The emphatic hoots of a pair of Barred Owls resonate in the still of a winter's night. Like many owls, Barred Owls initiate their vocal courtship i...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Wandering Tattlers Traverse the Pacific

From: BirdNote

The Wandering Tattler is one of the few birds equally at home along the coast and high in the mountains. They’re found far and wide along Pacific s...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Jan 25, 2024
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 1

Bluebirds Close to Home

From: BirdNote

Bluebirds can bring flashes of azure color and mellow songs to where you live. The best way to bring them close to home is with nest boxes. You’ll ...

Bought by WFHB