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When migratory birds fly through populated areas at night, buildings with lights on can cause them to become disoriented. And birds don’t see clear...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In shallow waters off the coast of Massachusetts, ocean predators come from far and wide to hunt. Humpback whales join Great Shearwaters and many o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Nocturnal Long-eared Owls tuck up in dense stands of trees across North America and temperate Europe and Asia. They may form communal roosts up to ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Fruit-doves are forest-dwelling doves of the South Pacific found on island groups like the Philippines and New Guinea. There are 54 species of frui...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Today is World Migratory Bird Day, which recognizes the incredible journeys birds make, the challenges they face, and how we can help them on their...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When you provide places for migratory birds to rest and refuel, you’re helping them complete their long journeys and reach their destination safely...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Every BirdNote episode starts with a solid grounding in research. When we play a bird sound for you, first we make sure you're hearing the right sp...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Dave visits with one of the world's foremost experts on sharks, Dr. David Ebert. Dave is the Director of the Pacific Shark Research Center at San J...
Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Jerry Mercury had never experienced a place like the community garden he found in Tallinn, Estonia. In a difficult time, it meant the world to him.
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 53:59
Deep dive: Mercury’s tantalizing promise of endless gold in South America.
Mercury’s a known pollutant in fish, but did you know one of the bigges...
Bought by Radio Kansas and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
Last year, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires wafted down and blanketed a broad swath of the East Coast - from New York to North Carolina. The wil...
Bought by KHEN-LP, KECG, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 4
Last year, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires wafted down and blanketed a broad swath of the East Coast - from New York to North Carolina. The wil...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 3
Last year, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires wafted down and blanketed a broad swath of the East Coast - from New York to North Carolina. The wil...
Bought by KUPR low power FM, WUTC, Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, KVSC and more
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 8
Last year, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires wafted down and blanketed a broad swath of the East Coast - from New York to North Carolina. The wil...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 3
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Iran, Israel Attacks Distract from Gaza Catastrophe, Risk Regional War; Fa...
Bought by WFHB, WETS, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Apr 17, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Writer, naturalist and activist Terry Tempest Williams asks “Can we love ourselves, each other and the Earth enough to change?” She invokes our dee...
- Added: Apr 17, 2024
- Length: 28:30
The third week of April is California Native Plant week, this year being celebrated by the California Native Plant Society via 8 days of action in ...
- Added: Apr 17, 2024
- Length: 59:00
