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Ladies And Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones!
From: Josh Clement
Series: All Things Natural With Ed Kanze
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They rock and roll them. We're talking about those boulders we all see in the woods. Geologists call them "erratics."

  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:53
"The Great Invisible": A Film About The Factory Under the Gulf Of Mexico
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
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"The Great Invisible" is a new documentary about the 2010 BP Oil Spill. The movie's director Margaret Brown grew up on the Alabama coast, and saw t...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 15:38
The Rooster
From: BirdNote
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The chicken is perhaps the most widespread avian species in the world - and the exotic Red Jungle Fowl is the ancestor of the hybrid Araucana and R...

Bought by KSFR, WOUB, KRPS, KKRN, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 7
Rare Sounds Saved by Macaulay Library
From: BirdNote
Caption: A male Bachman's Warbler, Credit: Barry Kent MacKay
The tranquil song of the Kaua'i O'o graced the high, dense forests of Kaua'i until 1987, when it was heard no more. The voice of only one member of...

Bought by KSFR, KRPS, KKWE Niijii Radio, WMUU-LP, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 5
Birds Are Evolving Rapidly - Today
From: BirdNote
Caption: A pair of House Finches, Credit: Larry Selman
House Finches are evolving rapidly and visibly. In 1941, some captive House Finches from California escaped near NYC. They spread rapidly and are n...

Bought by KSFR, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
No Pounding Headache
From: BirdNote
Caption: Pileated Woodpecker, Credit: Paul Bannick
The Pileated Woodpecker makes loud, hard whacks, as it leans back and then slams its bill into the side of a living tree. Sounds painful, if not do...

Bought by KSFR, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
The Lowly Starling
From: BirdNote
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Much maligned as a pest and cursed by many as an "invasive species," the European Starling has had many fans, too. Eugene Schieffelin introduced ab...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Feisty Cardinal
From: BirdNote
Caption: Female Northern Cardinal, Credit: Tom Grey
You may not have seen a Northern Cardinal in the wild, but you've probably seen one on holiday cards or the cover of a bird book. During spring bre...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why Bird Poop Is White
From: BirdNote
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Birds brighten our lives. They connect us with nature. But sometimes they connect us a bit too directly with nature. Park under the wrong tree - wh...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wishbones and Dinosaurs
From: BirdNote
Caption: wishbone, Credit: © Kent Landerholm
The anatomical structure we call the wishbone was long thought unique to birds. But fossil discoveries of recent decades have shown that some dinos...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WTIP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Alex Chadwick in Big Bend: The World Is Wide
From: BirdNote
Series: BirdNote Special: Alex Chadwick in Big Bend
Caption: Big Bend National Park, Credit: Bala Sivakumar
Alex Chadwick has been traveling in West Texas for BirdNote. The region is far from cities, but dotted with small towns. He spent time with some pe...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, Troy Public Radio, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Alex Chadwick in Big Bend: The Vulture
From: BirdNote
Series: BirdNote Special: Alex Chadwick in Big Bend
Caption: Black Vulture, Credit: Paul Williams
Alex Chadwick has been in Southwest Texas for BirdNote. He found nighthawks, roadrunners, and hummingbirds. Great to learn about and see. But there...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and Radio Newark


  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
PELICAN DREAMS -- Judy Irving Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Judy Irving, San Francisco, CA 10/17/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Judy Irving talks discovery, falling in love, and sacred moments.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 22:31
Spooky Shearwaters
From: BirdNote
Caption: Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Credit: Duncan Wright
Some early sailors, visiting remote Pacific islands, surely feared that the ungodly wailing on shore meant they had been tricked to the gates of He...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
When Starlings Cheat
From: BirdNote
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When Hank Williams wrote Your Cheatin' Heart, birds probably weren't on his mind. But researchers have found evidence of what we might call "infide...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, WKCC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Crows' Night Roost
From: BirdNote
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Have you noticed groups of crows flying overhead in the late afternoon, wheeling and diving? These are American Crows with a purpose. They're heade...

Bought by WOUB, WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Geese in V-formation
From: BirdNote
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Autumn … and geese fly high overhead in V-formation. But what about that V-formation, angling outward through the sky? This phenomenon – a kind of ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Prairie Public, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Meet the Blue Jay
From: BirdNote
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If we had to pick one bird’s voice to symbolize our Eastern woodlands, the Blue Jay’s voice would likely be it. And as a frequent visitor to back y...

Bought by KRPS, WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
What the Pacific Wren Hears
From: BirdNote
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What does the Pacific Wren hear in a song? It's a long story. What we hear as a blur of sound, the bird hears as a precise sequence of sounds, the ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tree Swallow Roost
From: BirdNote
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As the sun sets over the Connecticut River, as many as 300,000 Tree Swallows gather on the wing in one huge, tightly choreographed flock. With dusk...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cedar Waxwings - Sleek and Handsome
From: BirdNote
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When courting in spring, male and female Cedar Waxwings communicate with distinctly different calls and, perched side by side, often pass back and ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Demise of the Passenger Pigeon
From: BirdNote
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On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last known Passenger Pigeon, died in the Cincinnati Zoo. It’s hard to believe there were billions of Passenger Pi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WMUU-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Nighttime Flights of Songbirds
From: BirdNote
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Some cloudless night in September, when the air is clear, you may see birds flying across the yellow face of the moon! September is peak migration ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Ravens and Crows - Who's Who?
From: BirdNote
Caption: American Crow (left) and Common Raven, Credit: © Tom Grey
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...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, WKCC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Minnesota Mushrooms
From: WDSE
Series: The North Shore
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"The North Shore" this week, offers advice on Minnesota mushrooms, and with A serving of pun, a riddle or two and a poem. KUMD keeps you connected...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 2

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