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The Music of Birds Migrating in the Night
Ornithologist Bill Evans has helped us better understand the sounds that birds make as they migrate at night. Known as nocturnal flight calls, many species can be identified based on their signature …
Published on 11 hours ago
There's a BirdNote for that!
Do you have a question about birds? BirdNote’s Content Director Jonese Franklin says that when people bring her bird queries, she often finds the answer in a BirdNote Daily episode. Over the last 20 …
Published on 1 day, 11 hours ago
Helping BirdNote Continue Its Journey
When you provide places for migratory birds to rest and refuel, you’re helping them complete their long journeys and reach their destination safely. In a similar way, BirdNote also relies on your gen…
Published on 2 days, 11 hours ago
Bird Books with BirdNote
For many of us nature nerds, books and birds go hand in hand. That’s why BirdNote brings you conversations with award-winning writers about how birds inspire their work. This week, we are asking you …
Published on 3 days, 11 hours ago
BirdNote Helps You Get to Know Your Neighborhood
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 understand the place you live — by understanding the birds…
Published on 4 days, 11 hours ago
The Multiplier Effect
This summer, the U.S. Congress revoked more than $1 billion in previously allocated funding for public media. Because BirdNote provides its shows to stations for free, a gift to BirdNote has a multip…
Published on 5 days, 11 hours ago
Darwin's Birds
The finches of the Galapagos Islands are famous in the history of evolutionary theory. But Charles Darwin spent four years studying other birds as well, as the Beagle circumnavigated southern South A…
Published on 6 days, 11 hours ago
Henry David Thoreau and the Wood Thrush
In June 1853, Thoreau wrote of an enchanting encounter with the Wood Thrush: "This is the only bird whose note affects me like music. It lifts and exhilarates me. It is inspiring. It changes all hour…
Published on 1 week ago
Raptors in the Mojave Desert
Desert raptors get most of their water from eating prey animals. Biologist Blair Wolf explains, “if you think of any insect or a mouse or something like that, they’re maybe 75% water.” Those animals …
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Sitting in the Catbird Seat
Longtime baseball announcer Red Barber often described a player in a winning situation as "sitting in the catbird seat." So what is "sitting in the catbird seat"? And what is a catbird? The Gray Catb…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago