#1,028 Mar. 9, 2025

On our latest show (#1,028 Mar. 9): An Audio Postcard from Key West, Florida; advice about pet fur and bird nests; and a hawk that acts like a heron. Hear it here: Talkinbirds.com/archive

On our latest show: Fright molt explained; birding’s Biggest Week; and a true harbinger of spring.

On our latest show: Rosy Tucker tells us about the marvelous Hog Island Audubon Camp; Mike O’Connor offers an update on why birds rotate their eggs; and we meet the cold-defying Gray-headed Chickadee.

On our latest show: World Migratory Bird Day; an audio postcard from Tennessee; and advice for pigeon problems.

On our latest show: a live Whooping Crane report, and a homemade suet recipe from David Clapp; and advice concerning pet fur and nesting birds from Mike O’Connor.

On our latest show: the silently gliding Short-eared Owl; Mike’s advice on helping birds find your feeders; and the first-ever Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon.

On our latest show: a bird that fits right in with the big snowfalls in unlikely places; a Science Corner report on birds communicating during nighttime migration flights; and Mike’s explainer about mixed flocks.

Here's our sort of mid-January installment with a guest making us think we shouldn't complain about the temperatures around here -- she's in Denver, where it was 3-below this morning. On our latest show: We meet the “Chick Chick” from way up north; we learn about what plastic pellets are doing to our oceans; and we get Mike’s advice for your backyard suet plans.

On our latest show: A rare sighting in an Audio Postcard from Arkansas; a preview of the big San Diego Bird Festival; and Mike O’Connor’s thoughts about hummingbirds up north in January.

On our latest show (#1,019 Jan. 5): an audio postcard from the Columbian Amazon; an important Wood Thrush tracking project; and Mike O’Connor’s thoughts on the European Starling.