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To find out if a crow can recognize an individual human face, Professor John Marzluff of the University of Washington wore a mask while trapping, b...
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
A blip on weather radar might not be a cloud — it could be thousands of birds! Biologists use radar to keep track of migratory birds, insects, and ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Dave is joined by the creators of the YouTube channel, Salish Sea Wild. Wildlife veterinarian and the science director for the SeaDoc Society, Joe ...
Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach
- Added: Aug 31, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Stories are the way we remember, the way we share knowledge, the way we play out possible outcomes. Climate fiction imagines dark or bright futures...
Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVTF and more
- Added: Aug 31, 2023
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 13
Stories are the way we remember, the way we share knowledge, the way we play out possible outcomes. Climate fiction imagines dark or bright futures...
- Added: Aug 31, 2023
- Length: 58:58
Hooded Mergansers, affectionately known as “Hoodies,” nest across most of the northern US and well into Canada. They’re especially prevalent around...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
In this episode, ornithologist J. Drew Lanham reads a letter he has written to a wood-pewee, a flycatcher with an “understatedly simple and definit...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
After hawks and eagles, some of the sharpest eyes belong to hawk-watchers, experienced spotters who count raptors during spring and fall migration....
Bought by KBIA
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
The song of the Black-capped Chickadee pretty much the same throughout the U.S. and Canada — with just a few exceptions, like on some Massachusetts...
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- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Monk Parakeets, also known as Argentine Parrots, are native to South America but have become popular as pets – thanks in part to their intelligence...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Millicent Ficken spent her career studying bird behavior and communication. The first woman to earn a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from ...
Bought by KBIA
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Chickadees and titmice, nuthatches and jays, and woodpeckers, like the Pileated pictured here, all love suet. As do birds whose beaks can’t open se...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Many Brown-headed Nuthatches make their home in the tall longleaf pines of the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida. Twittering constantly, the ...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
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
