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Birdwatching legend Peter Kaestner's journey to 10,000 birds

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

On this episode of Audacious, meet birder, Peter Kaestner! He discovered a new bird species, and became the first person to catalogue 10,000 birds!

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Glowing Feathers

From: BirdNote

When a Northern Saw-whet Owl spreads its wings, many birds can see something our human eyes can’t: the owl’s flight feathers glow with ultraviolet ...

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Great Horned Owl Family in Autumn

From: BirdNote

Compared to many birds, Great Horned Owls remain with their parents a long time. They hatched in early March, from eggs laid in late January. By Ap...

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Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

From: BirdNote

The United States is home to more than 550 National Wildlife Refuges - havens for wildlife, including this Canvasback. But only one refuge can clai...

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Bird Facts Stranger Than Fiction

From: BirdNote

Novelist Kira Jane Buxton has written several books about a pet crow navigating a post-apocalyptic world. But her writing is full of real-world bir...

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Fairy-Wrens Sing Secret Passwords to Unborn Chicks

From: BirdNote

Superb Fairy-wrens teach their embryonic chicks a secret code. This "incubation call" contains a special note that will later serve as a password. ...

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The Eurasian Tree Sparrow

From: BirdNote

In Lafayette Park in St. Louis, Missouri, a dozen or so Eurasian Tree Sparrows from Germany were released. But unlike other introduced species such...

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BirdNoir: The One That Got Away

From: BirdNote

In this episode, the Private Eye tells his saddest story: his nemesis bird. That’s what birders call a species that keeps giving you the slip. His ...

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Birding 101: Birding Without Leaving Home

From: BirdNote

You don’t need fancy binoculars or lavish trips abroad to look for birds. In fact, you don’t even have to leave home — you can enjoy the birds out ...

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Montezuma Oropendola - The Golden Pendulum

From: BirdNote

In a clearing where an ancient Mayan city once stood, the Montezuma Oropendola perches and sings. His courtship display is astonishing: he swings b...

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Prions Filter-Feed Like Whales

From: BirdNote

Birds called prions have an especially creative approach to getting their food. They pass seawater through their mouths and filter it to catch tiny...

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo or Rain Crow

From: BirdNote

In addition to their scientific names, birds are also given "official" English names. Take the bird commonly known as the rain crow, for example, o...

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Sofia Barboza on Becoming More Aware of Birds

From: BirdNote

When climate scientist Sofia Barboza was living in New York City, she found it challenging to connect with the outdoors the same way she had growin...

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Migrations: You're Going the Wrong Way!

From: BirdNote

During migration, some birds change orientation, often by a full 180 degrees, and travel almost the same distance — but in the opposite direction —...

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Rosa Malagon on Leading Hikes in Florida

From: BirdNote

Rosa Malagon grew up believing that birds hold spiritual significance, thanks to teachings from her Mexican heritage that her mother would share. N...

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Swallows on Wires

From: BirdNote

Once nesting season ends, swallows know it's time to party! Whether they nest as single pairs or in large colonies, both adults and juveniles now g...

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Seabirds in the Desert

From: BirdNote

The White-vented Storm-Petrel is a small black and white seabird found off the coasts of Chile and Peru. Storm-petrels spend their entire lives at ...

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Cowbird Mafia

From: BirdNote

Brown-headed Cowbirds have a sneaky approach to parenthood. They lay eggs in the nests of other songbirds, and the songbird hosts often raise the c...

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Playful Keas

From: BirdNote

Keas are large alpine parrots from New Zealand. Intelligent and social, they have olive-green plumage, a red rump, and a long, curved beak. Keas pr...

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The Women Who Fought the Feather Fad

From: BirdNote

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the human fascination with bird feathers went a little too far. Women’s hats and dresses featured extrav...

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The Surprising Secret of Hummingbird Tongues

From: BirdNote

Hummingbirds use their long tongues to sip nectar from flowers. They’re able to roll their tongues into a tube-like shape. Since the 1800s, scienti...

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Spark Bird: Walter and Patch

From: BirdNote

Sculptor and musician Walter Kitundu first became enraptured by birds in 2005 when a Red-tailed Hawk flew four feet above his head. He named the bi...

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Birds as Pollinators

From: BirdNote

Birds are part of the complex web of Nature, and each fits into this web in its own way. Some even pollinate flowers! While feeding at a flower, th...

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Ridgway's Rails on San Francisco Bay

From: BirdNote

Once abundant around San Francisco Bay, the Ridgway’s Rail — formerly known as the California Clapper Rail — is now endangered. In the 19th Century...

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Truffle-Hunting Birds

From: BirdNote

With their excellent sense of smell, pigs are renowned for sniffing out truffles, a fungus that grows underground and is prized for its taste. But ...

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