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A fine woodworker has a chest full of tools, each designed for a specific task. Birds also have highly refined tools-their bills. The size and shap...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The Red-backed Fairy-Wren, a tiny songbird living the Australian scrublands, is highly territorial and promiscuous. The male can’t be sure the eggs...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
If a young American Robin survives its first winter, its chances of survival go up. But robins still don’t live very long. The oldest robins in you...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
"When BirdNote’s Executive Director Nick Bayard joined BirdNote, he knew it would involve sharing the joy and wonder of birds with our listeners, b...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Listeners are always curious about the origin of BirdNote's theme song. In this show, learn how Grammy-Award winning artist Nancy Rumbel and the Bi...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
"BirdNote is an independent nonprofit organization, and this week, we’re asking you to support BirdNote with a donation at birdnote.org. But today,...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
It takes a lot to bring you the rich sounds of birds yodeling, cooing, and screeching to you each day. It's a meticulous process of researching, wr...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Songbirds in winter flocks benefit from having other birds nearby. They can recognize warning signals from other species and follow them to sources...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Loggerhead Shrikes are found across much of the United States in open country, like pasture and sagebrush. Male shrikes are well known for impaling...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
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
SHOW 981 (Air Dates: Oct 16 - 22, 2023) We continue our celebration of 20 years on the air with singer, guitarist, environmentalist and former US C...
Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KHEN-LP, KUNM, High Plains Public Radio and more
- Added: Oct 11, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 22
It's Dylan vs The Beatles & Bob Barker vs Happy Gilmore as the Good Times Roll on with music from Harry Nilsson, Blue Mother Tupelo, Eva Cassidy, J...
- Added: Sep 27, 2023
- Length: 01:58:33
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...
Bought by KBIA
- 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
