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Where Do Our Stories Come From?
From: BirdNote
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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
BirdNote Helps You Get to Know Your Neighborhood
From: BirdNote
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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
Sharing BirdNote with the Next Generation
From: BirdNote
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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
Swallow-tailed Kite
From: BirdNote
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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 or Seagulls?
From: BirdNote
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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
Do Parrots Name Their Chicks?
From: BirdNote
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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
Spring Birds Arrive in the Eastern Forest
From: BirdNote
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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
Craig Santos Perez and the Last Safe Habitat
From: BirdNote
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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
Earth Day Two Ways
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Jess hosts a conversation between climate scientist Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel and environmentalist and actor Eric Balfour about climate solutions and the...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Living Planet 04/05/24
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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What’s better: Cotton or polyester? Are you torn over your clothing's environmental impact? From resource-intensive production methods to consumer ...

Bought by Radio Kansas and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Living Planet 03/22/24
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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What’s better: Contact lenses or glasses? It seems like glasses would be the obvious eco-friendly choice, but not so fast! The answer is both fasci...

Bought by Radio Kansas and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
BirdNoir: The Wild Tom Turkey
From: BirdNote
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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
Birding 101: Finding Birds Any Time of Day
From: BirdNote
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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
Beak Meets Seed
From: BirdNote
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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
Unlikely Places to Go Birding
From: BirdNote
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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
Claire Wahmanholm: You Can Always Hear the Highway
From: BirdNote
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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
Cactus Wren Nest Orientation
From: BirdNote
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Cactus Wrens, which may nest several times between March and September, carefully orient their nests in tune with the season. These bulky twig stru...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Great Tinamou, Eerie Voice in the Jungle
From: BirdNote
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The eerie sound of the Great Tinamou can be heard in the lowland jungle throughout much of Central and South America. Secretive — and almost imposs...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Hawai‘i as a Model for Conservation
From: BirdNote
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With invasive species and climate change, Hawai‘i has experienced so much loss and extinction since Western colonists arrived. But Sam ‘Ohu Gon, th...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
How Cliff Swallows Build a Nest
From: BirdNote
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When Cliff Swallows arrive on the breeding grounds in North America, the dirty work begins. The swallows scoop up mud in their beaks and carefully ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Creating Bird Habitat at Home
From: BirdNote
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One of the biggest threats to birds is the decline in biodiversity due to habitat loss — and the traditional, manicured lawn isn’t helping. Growing...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Secret to Singing Like a Cardinal
From: BirdNote
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Northern Cardinals have vocal abilities that surpass even the most accomplished human singers. When cardinals sing, they sweep their voices from th...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Recognizing a Stranded Loon
From: BirdNote
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Loons are built for life in the water – so much so that their legs don’t work well on land. During migration, loons sometimes mistake wet pavement ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Aplomado Falcon - Species Recovery in the Works
From: BirdNote
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Aplomado Falcons were once widespread residents of the American Southwest, but by the 1950s, they'd disappeared entirely from the region. Loss of h...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Lee Ann Roripaugh: String of Beads
From: BirdNote
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When writer Lee Ann Roripaugh visited the annual staging grounds of Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska, she was in awe of the birds. During their spring m...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1

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