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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. …
6 months, 2 weeks 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…
6 months, 2 weeks 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 understa…
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …
6 months, 3 weeks 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 we…
6 months, 3 weeks 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 ex…
6 months, 3 weeks 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 l…
6 months, 3 weeks 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 c…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Spark Bird: Ryan Mandelbaum and the Great Blue Heron
As a kid, science writer Ryan Mandelbaum avoided birds, thinking they were gross and kind of scary. But doing a video project in journalism school, R…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Starlings and Roman Divination
European Starlings were present in great numbers in ancient Rome. They swarmed in massive flocks or murmurations — thousands of individuals cascading…
6 months, 4 weeks ago