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Secret Stash of Eggshell, The
From: BirdNote
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Developing eggshells requires a key ingredient — calcium — in larger quantities than the female typically has in her bloodstream. Just how differen...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
Day Scott on Recovering with Help from Birds
From: BirdNote
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Day Scott’s interest in birds grew following a car accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury. As she recovered, she would sit in the kitch...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
A Hummingbird Hospital in a Mexico City Apartment
From: BirdNote
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In Mexico City, 73-year-old Catia Lattouf started a hummingbird hospital — in her apartment! She hosts dozens of hummingbirds as they recover from ...

Bought by KBIA


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Winter Romance - Common Goldeneyes
From: BirdNote
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Most duck species court and form pair bonds in winter. In the icy waters of Vermont’s Lake Champlain, Common Goldeneyes are getting hot! This male ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
Desert Trivia Night
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
“Known as the ‘apostle of the cacti,’ this advocate for the creation of desert national parks was named after this ancient Roman goddess ….” If tha...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
Living Planet: Cooling amphibians & carbon-capturing mollusks
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Why the survival of the Mexican axolotl matters for keeping Mexico City's temperature down. The special carbon-capturing capacities of clams. And a...

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


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Living Planet 12/01/23: Whisky's peat problem, the repair café & the climate skeptics cashing in on the green economy.
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Is indulging in a wee dram bad for the climate? We investigate whisky's peat problem from the Isle of Islay in Scotland. Later we drop into a repai...

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


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ptarmigan in Winter
From: BirdNote
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Both the Willow Ptarmigan and these White-tailed Ptarmigan, feathered mostly brown in summer, are utterly transfigured by an autumn molt. As snow b...

Bought by KBIA, Raven Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
Dove or Pigeon?
From: BirdNote
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The word “dove” might make you think of an elegant bird symbolizing peace, while the word “pigeon” might bring up images of rowdy flocks of city bi...

Bought by Raven Radio, Prairie Public, and KBIA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
Treeswifts: Exquisite Minimalists
From: BirdNote
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The treeswifts of India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and beyond make their nests out of bits of plants and feathers and hold it all together with s...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Pinpointing a Bird in a Forest by Ear
From: BirdNote
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Juan Pablo Culasso is a nature recordist based in Colombia. Here, he describes how he uses a parabolic microphone to record a singing bird. Juan Pa...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
Why Some Birds Sing in the Winter
From: BirdNote
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By late January, some resident birds, such as the Northern Mockingbird, are beginning their spring singing. When you step outside on a particularly...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
How Did Bobwhites Get to Cuba?
From: BirdNote
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Cuba is home to a unique population of Northern Bobwhites, with plumage patterns and short bills that set them apart from bobwhites on mainland Nor...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Why Birds Eat Snow
From: BirdNote
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In the depths of winter, when open water is frozen over, it can be challenging for birds to stay hydrated. Some birds eat the frozen water all arou...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
Graylag Goose
From: BirdNote
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The goose of today’s farmyards was domesticated about 3,000 years ago from the Graylag Goose, the wild species found today throughout much of Europ...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
How Feathers Insulate
From: BirdNote
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"A single Canada Goose has between 20 and 25 thousand feathers. Some are designed to help the bird fly or shed water. Many are the short, fluffy ki...

Bought by KBIA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Birding 101: The Fear of Getting Started
From: BirdNote
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For folks looking to try birding for the first time, getting started can be daunting. Should you learn every species’ call, every subtle feather pa...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Building Birds with LEGO
From: BirdNote
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Thomas Poulsom is a hobbyist LEGO builder best known for his models of birds. But making birds out of bricks isn't easy. That’s why he uses special...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Laughing Goose
From: BirdNote
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The hoots of the Greater White-fronted Goose inspired a nickname, the “Laughing Goose.” A little smaller than Canada Geese, these gray-brown birds...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Long-eared Owl - You Don’t See Me!
From: BirdNote
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Long-eared Owls aren’t rare, and they don’t live in remote locations. But their plumage and habits make them incredibly elusive. The mixture of war...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
From: BirdNote
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The Andean-Cock-of-the-Rock sounds like a cross between a chainsaw and a squealing pig. The national bird of Peru, male birds of this species sport...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
Museum Eggs Help Solve Mysteries
From: BirdNote
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There are five million bird eggs stowed away in museums across the world — and the study of eggs, called oology, can give us great insight into bir...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
How Much Do Birds Eat?
From: BirdNote
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There used to be a saying about somebody who doesn’t eat much — “she eats like a bird.” But how much does a bird typically eat? As a rule of thumb,...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
In Winter, Puffins Lead Very Different Lives
From: BirdNote
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Every summer, puffins — like this Horned Puffin — grow blazingly colorful layers over the bases of their huge beaks. But in the winter, puffins lea...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
Dwain Vaughns, II, on Seeing Plane Physics in Birds
From: BirdNote
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Dwain Vaughns, II, worked as a pilot for 11 years until he developed a rare chronic pain condition called complex regional pain syndrome after an a...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:45

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