Talkin' Birds

On our latest show: A new plan to save species from extinction; The “Hot Rock” sparrow; and hummingbird feeding fact and fiction.

On our latest show: a salute to the mighty kingbirds; how hummingbirds avoid collisions; and good news and bad news as we wrap up Plastic-free July.

On today’s show: Avian Audio Postcards from New York and California; a summer birding essay from Minnesota; and special Plastic-free July guest, Dana Ripper from the Missouri River Bird Observatory and BeyondPlastics.org.

On our latest show: We listen to Mexican Jays, Great-tailed Grackles and Lesser Goldfinches; Mike O’Connor talks about the plucky (and polygynous) House Wren; and Highland Electric Fleet’s Amy McGuire tells us how her company is helping to clean up toxic pollution-spewing school buses.

On our latest show, we revisit how to create a Homegrown National Park, with Doug Tallamy; we hear some cool birds from Oregon and British Columbia; we get oriole-feeding advice from Mike O’Connor; and we celebrate the start of Plastic-free July.

On our latest show: the beautiful but belligerent Mute Swan; avian audio postcards from Colorado and Canada; and the hosts of the Bird Joy podcast.

On our latest show: Avian Audio Postcards from Texas and Massachusetts; a colorful eider that summers … and winters in Alaska; and we learn about keeping our drinking water safe.

On our latest show (#990 June 16): Bird reports from Wisconsin, Florida, and Costa Rica...and a rufous-backed bird from the Southwest.

On our latest show (#989 June 9): Dorian Anderson’s 18,000-mile bike birding adventure; listener audio postcards from Maine and Italy; flamingos across America; and more bird feeding myths busted by Mike O’Connor.

On our latest show: the (Not from) Nashville Warbler; why AI and birds may not mix; and Kenn Kaufman's new John James Audubon book

On our latest show: Chris Harbard tells us about the upcoming Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival; we learn about an under-appreciated mimic; we listen to audio postcards from Ohio and Georgia; and Mike O’Connor busts some myths about backyard bird feeding.

On our latest show: The "spurious" oriole; Jody Allair on how to help migratory birds; and Mike O'Connor on appreciating ants.

On our latest show: Listening to birds from southern Italy; learning about bird-friendly gardens with author Jen McGuinness; and talking about the “Necklaced Warbler.”

On our latest show: We talk about an unusual goldfinch; we listen to audio postcards from Dauphin Island, Georgia, and the Dominican Republic; we learn about fascinating bird behavior from our Mike O’Connor; and we bop along to Dr. Sean Anderson’s “Plastic Pollution Rockabilly Song.”

On our latest show: Do birds sing in their sleep? — a Science Corner report. Plus, listener audio postcards from the Great Dismal Swamp, and the Pocosin National Wildlife Refuge; and backyard birding observations from Al Batt in Minnesota and Mike O’Connor on Cape Cod.

On our latest show: The warblers that use nest boxes; the Biggest Week in American Birding; highlighting Earth Day; and a groovy member of the cuckoo family.

On our latest show: renowned birdsong expert Don Kroodsma and his new book that comes alive with song. Plus, nest box advice from backyard bird expert Mike O’Connor; and an Eastern Bluebird-themed Audio Postcard.

On our latest show: Birding and Plirding (and Plishing) in South Carolina; Audio Postcards from California and Mississippi; and was there really a roadrunner on Cape Cod?

On our latest show: a final(?) Flaco the Owl update; avian audio postcards from Vermont and Massachusetts; and the Wonderful World of Woodpeckers with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Kevin McGowan.

On our latest show: Birds in the Sierra Nevada foothills; saving the Greater Sage-Grouse; fighting plastic pollution with water filters; and Mike O’Connor on Red-headed Woodpeckers, and the right way to deal with insects on your trees.

On our latest show: Another Audubon group changes its name; we listen to Fish Crows from Florida; we feature the largest shorebird in North America; and Mike O’Connor weighs in about birds on wires. Hear it here: Talkinbirds.com/archive

On our latest show: Shooting one owl to save another owl; audio postcards from Georgia and Florida; Al Batt’s Blue Jay observations; a Science Corner penguin piece; and Mike O’Connor’s woodpeckers-pecking-on-your-house advice.

On our latest show (#975  March 3):  A Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-owl update: audio postcards from California and New Zealand; Mike O’Connor’s thoughts on the benefits of bird feeding; and a salute to the Father of Modern Conservation, Aldo Leopold.

On our latest show: ABA Big Year superstar Gino Ellison wows us about how many species he ID’d in a single year. Plus, we meet one of the most spectacular birds in North America, and Mike offers a listener some help with his pigeon problem.

On our latest show: David Clapp visits the Sax-Zim Bog in Minnesota; we listen to audio postcards from North Carolina and Connecticut; and we talk about an Audubon controversy.