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From Fishing to Conservation With Alex Troutman
Wildlife biologist Alex Troutman jokes that he was always destined to be a fisherman. But Troutman family fishing trips taught Alex to appreciate bir…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Music of a City Lake
A city lake is one of the most prized places in a fast, growing environment. It’s also often difficult to distinguish all of the bird calls from each…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Rachel Carson and the Veery
Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, and her beloved friend Dorothy Freeman shared a love of nature, and especially of one bird: the Veery, a type…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Snake-Eagles Are Awesome
When a soaring Short-toed Snake-Eagle spots a delicious snake, it swoops down, grabs it with its talons, then tears off the snake’s head. Still on th…
5 months ago
Binoculars 101
A decent pair of binoculars can considerably enhance your enjoyment of birds. In this episode, birder and naturalist Dara Miles Wilson shares a crash…
5 months ago
Little Birders, Big Lessons
Brianna Amingwa, is an environmental educator, co-organizer of Black Birders Week and mom of two little bird-loving boys. For Black Birders Week, Bri…
5 months ago
Freedom Song: Harriet Tubman’s Barred Owl Call
Harriet Tubman was a heroic abolitionist in the cause to end chattel slavery. She was also an excellent astronomer and naturalist — and an expert bir…
5 months ago
How the Woodcock’s Journeys Connect Us
In this episode, Marcus Rosten shares his involvement in a study of the American Woodcock with the New York State Department of Environmental Conserv…
5 months ago
Banding Birds in South Baltimore
Masonville Cove in South Baltimore is a special place to study birds. Once a dumping ground for sediment dredged from the Baltimore Harbor, the Cove …
5 months ago
Finding Belonging with Buffalo’s Gulls
Birder and naturalist Marcus Rosten loves to watch the American Herring Gulls that flock to Freedom Park in Buffalo, New York. Once a final stop for …
5 months ago