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Through all of spring and summer, swallows dart and sail overhead, their airborne grace a wonder to behold. But by October, the skies seem empty. M...
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- Added: Sep 19, 2016
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
A clean feeder is a life-and-death matter to some birds. To protect the birds at your feeder, clean it at least once a week, more often if necessar...
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- Added: Aug 17, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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Is that big black bird a crow or a raven? How can you tell? Ravens (seen right here) often travel in pairs, while crows (left) are seen in larger g...
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- Added: Aug 17, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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Today is National Public Lands Day. Comprising nearly 850 million acres of land and 3.5 million square miles of ocean, our public lands and waters ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2016
- Length: 01:45
Across Central and South America, conservationists, teachers, and researchers are benefiting from groups like Birder’s Exchange, a program of the A...
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- Added: Aug 17, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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Gordon Hempton, the Sound Tracker, seeks those rare places untouched by human noise, where birds and nature create a complex, quiet music. In the H...
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- Added: Jul 21, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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The call of the Common Loon brings to mind a summer visit to northern lakes with sunny blue skies. A "yodel" call is given by males on their breedi...
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- Added: Jul 21, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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A crow named Betty learned how to take a straight piece of wire and bend one end into a hook. She then used the hooked end to haul a tiny bucket of...
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- Added: Jul 21, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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The Toco Toucan of South America has evolved to stay cool in the sweltering heat of the tropics. Relative to its body size, the Toco Toucan has the...
- Added: Jul 21, 2016
- Length: 01:45
Chuck Klosterman, author of The Ethicist, guides us through the tricky social waters of the holiday season.
- Added: Jul 05, 2016
- Length: 03:17
Some birds, such as the Northern Bobwhite, take their names from their songs or vocalizations: "Bobwhite! Bobwhite!" The Killdeer is another bird n...
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 01:45
Let’s talk about nests. Every spring, robins build their cup-shaped nests using grass and mud. Orioles weave a hanging sack. It’s hard work, and ye...
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 01:45
The Mourning Dove was named for the male's gentle voice, which may sound forlorn. Mourning Doves are common in suburban environments and along road...
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 01:45
This Whip-poor-will is a true night bird - feeding, mating, and nesting in the dark. But a few songbirds that are active during the day also sing a...
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 01:45
Juvenile Glaucous-winged Gulls are taking flight over downtown Seattle. In Chicago, young Ring-billed Gulls are heading for Lake Michigan. And befo...
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- Added: May 31, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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To hear a Common Loon in the wild during summer, you’ll need to find a northern, freshwater lake where a pair is nesting. But to find that same Com...
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- Added: May 31, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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During the day, an American Robin, a member of the thrush family, sings a lovely, familiar song of rich phrases. But as the sun begins to set, robi...
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- Added: May 31, 2016
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Originally built as a fortress and military storehouse, Castle Pinckney in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, bore witness to the first shots of th...
- Added: May 31, 2016
- Length: 01:45
Barn Swallows have adapted to nesting near people, and build their cup-shaped mud nests in barns or garages, or on protected ledges, often near eac...
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- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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Red-tailed Hawks are found year ‘round in a wide variety of natural landscapes, from meadows to forest edges, deserts, and canyons. One big reason ...
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- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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Many birds drink while standing — dipping their beaks into a pond or birdbath, taking a beakful, and then tossing their heads back to swallow the w...
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- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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One of the lesser known hazards of a bird’s life — when flitting from shrub to shrub — is collision with spiders’ webs. And when a bird flies throu...
- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: 01:45
Among the most welcome features of spring is the renewal of bird song. Can you imagine a spring without the voices of birds? The silence would -- a...
- Added: Mar 28, 2016
- Length: 01:45
This Scarlet Tanager (R), its cousin the Western Tanager (L), and your latte have a connection. Much of the birds' prime wintering habitat has been...
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- Added: Mar 28, 2016
- Length: 01:45
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Peer into the world of birds, and eyes of many different colors peer back. While eye color isn’t tied to one group of birds or another, a common pa...
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- Added: Mar 28, 2016
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
