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What happens when a car racing fan and the host of Possibly try to find an event that appeals to both of them? Enter Formula E.
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Oct 31, 2023
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 1
Laughter can be good medicine, but when is it okay to laugh at something as deadly serious as the climate crisis? Jokes help us remember informatio...
Bought by Maine Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP and more
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 11
Laughter can be good medicine, but when is it okay to laugh at something as deadly serious as the climate crisis? Jokes help us remember informatio...
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 58:58
It’s a challenge for birds to sing through the loud hum of traffic. Many just belt it out, but not all birds. Great Tits, Song Sparrows and House F...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
A roosting owl often leaves visual clues to its whereabouts — a scattering of furry, oval objects below its perch — in the form of pellets. Because...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Like an expert angler, a tern can read the surface of the water to find where to catch its next fish. Scientists piloted a drone to track the fligh...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Puffins are icons of the seabird world. With clown-like faces and huge, multicolored bills, they stand upright on sea cliffs along the northern oce...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
This Band-tailed Pigeon may sound like an owl, but it's a case of mistaken identity. The song of the American Robin could be confused with that of ...
Bought by KBIA
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
When Juan Pablo Culasso spends time outside, he often encounters people thinking he doesn’t belong out there as a blind person – despite the fact t...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Trumpeter Swans land in a plowed field to forage for remnant potatoes, grain, and other waste crops. This swan is among the largest of all waterfow...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The Cuban Giant Owl, now extinct, was 3½ feet tall and weighed 20 pounds — the largest of all known owls. It had very small wings, running after it...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Esha Munshi co-founded the Feather Library, a digital library that collects and documents the feathers of Indian birds. Launched in 2021, the libra...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Pigeons — and other birds with eyes on the sides of their heads — have a different view of the world from that of creatures with forward-facing eye...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The tiny Common Redpoll, one of the smallest members of the finch family, weighs only as much as four pennies, yet it survives the cold and darknes...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
In temperate climates like North America, it’s often male songbirds that sing the most. Typically the males migrate north before females and establ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Birds like male turkeys or barnyard roosters have a wrinkly, bumpy flap of red skin called a wattle. But what are wattles for? Birds can’t sweat, s...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Many jays, including this California Scrub-Jay, store food for sustenance in harsher seasons. An individual bird may cache nuts, insects, and even ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Red Warblers only sing on sunny mornings during the breeding season — so hearing their song is as good as checking the weather forecast. Weighing l...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
A fine woodworker has a chest full of tools, each designed for a specific task. Birds also have highly refined tools-their bills. The size and shap...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The Red-backed Fairy-Wren, a tiny songbird living the Australian scrublands, is highly territorial and promiscuous. The male can’t be sure the eggs...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
If a young American Robin survives its first winter, its chances of survival go up. But robins still don’t live very long. The oldest robins in you...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
"When BirdNote’s Executive Director Nick Bayard joined BirdNote, he knew it would involve sharing the joy and wonder of birds with our listeners, b...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Listeners are always curious about the origin of BirdNote's theme song. In this show, learn how Grammy-Award winning artist Nancy Rumbel and the Bi...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
"BirdNote is an independent nonprofit organization, and this week, we’re asking you to support BirdNote with a donation at birdnote.org. But today,...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
It takes a lot to bring you the rich sounds of birds yodeling, cooing, and screeching to you each day. It's a meticulous process of researching, wr...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
