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Trumpeter Swans land in a plowed field to forage for remnant potatoes, grain, and other waste crops. This swan is among the largest of all waterfow...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The Cuban Giant Owl, now extinct, was 3½ feet tall and weighed 20 pounds — the largest of all known owls. It had very small wings, running after it...
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- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
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Esha Munshi co-founded the Feather Library, a digital library that collects and documents the feathers of Indian birds. Launched in 2021, the libra...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Pigeons — and other birds with eyes on the sides of their heads — have a different view of the world from that of creatures with forward-facing eye...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The tiny Common Redpoll, one of the smallest members of the finch family, weighs only as much as four pennies, yet it survives the cold and darknes...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
In temperate climates like North America, it’s often male songbirds that sing the most. Typically the males migrate north before females and establ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Birds like male turkeys or barnyard roosters have a wrinkly, bumpy flap of red skin called a wattle. But what are wattles for? Birds can’t sweat, s...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Many jays, including this California Scrub-Jay, store food for sustenance in harsher seasons. An individual bird may cache nuts, insects, and even ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Red Warblers only sing on sunny mornings during the breeding season — so hearing their song is as good as checking the weather forecast. Weighing l...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
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
