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Red-headed Woodpeckers excavate cavities in large, dead trees called snags. Yet, over much of the Red-head's range, snags are frequently cut down a...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
As darkness descends on a May evening, the voices of many birds go quiet. But for some birds, especially those known as nightjars, the music is jus...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In this episode of BirdNoir, Private Eye Michael Stein gives a word of advice to Ollie, an up-and-coming gumshoe. Ollie thinks he has heard his fir...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Waterfowl like this Muscovy duckling spend up to 30 days in the egg, so they’re able to walk, swim, and feed themselves as soon as they hatch. We c...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Some birds have always called nocturnally, but other species are relative newcomers to the nighttime music scene, specifically in urban areas. Bird...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Seabirds have no problem drinking sea water. The salt they take in is absorbed and moves through their blood stream into a pair of salt glands abov...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When you think of habitat, think of home. For a jay that lives in the forest, the forest is its habitat – where it finds food, water, shelter, and ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Unlike many shorebirds, Willets breed inland. When nesting is done, they migrate south to both Atlantic and Pacific coastlines in the U.S. and Cent...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Sometimes in spring or summer, you might see a fledgling songbird. Like a toddler, it’s unsteady, awkward, and learning the ropes. And you might wo...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When migratory birds fly through populated areas at night, buildings with lights on can cause them to become disoriented. And birds don’t see clear...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In shallow waters off the coast of Massachusetts, ocean predators come from far and wide to hunt. Humpback whales join Great Shearwaters and many o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Nocturnal Long-eared Owls tuck up in dense stands of trees across North America and temperate Europe and Asia. They may form communal roosts up to ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Fruit-doves are forest-dwelling doves of the South Pacific found on island groups like the Philippines and New Guinea. There are 54 species of frui...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Today is World Migratory Bird Day, which recognizes the incredible journeys birds make, the challenges they face, and how we can help them on their...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When you provide places for migratory birds to rest and refuel, you’re helping them complete their long journeys and reach their destination safely...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Every BirdNote episode starts with a solid grounding in research. When we play a bird sound for you, first we make sure you're hearing the right sp...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
BirdNote shows begin in many ways: a great listener question, witnessing a cool bird behavior, or a new scientific discovery. But there’s one commo...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Whether you know your neighborhood inside-out or you just moved and are getting to know the area, BirdNote adds another dimension to how you unders...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When a new generation of birds hatches, they copy the songs they hear from nearby adults. A young bird’s first attempts aren’t perfect. But like an...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
A bird of prey in the American Southeast takes grace to an utterly new level. It's the Swallow-tailed Kite. A sleek raptor with a deeply forked tai...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Gulls seem so much a part of the sea that we often just call them "seagulls," a colloquial title for these graceful, ubiquitous creatures. Twenty-t...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Parrots are among the smartest of birds. But are they clever enough to know each other by name? Research conducted by ornithologist Karl Berg sugge...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
May in an Eastern hardwood forest, and the chorus of spring birdsong is nearing its peak. The Carolina Wren, a year-round resident, has been singin...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Poet Craig Santos Perez grew up on the island of Guam, and later moved to Hawai‘i where his children were born. Both are places that once flourishe...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Dave visits with one of the world's foremost experts on sharks, Dr. David Ebert. Dave is the Director of the Pacific Shark Research Center at San J...
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- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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