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Two Wings and a Tail
The Wilson's Snipe lives in marshes and muddy areas, where it probes for worms and other squirmy delights. But when spring comes, it takes to the air…
2 years, 6 months ago
An April Fool's Birdsong Quiz
In this April Fool’s Day quiz from BirdNote, we play the sounds of three birds — only one of which is real. See if you can tell which one, and let us…
2 years, 6 months ago
Flying with Birds and Bats
Bats and birds have evolved very different ways of flying. Birds have stiff feathers projecting from lightweight, fused arm and hand bones; bats have…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Warbler That Loves Pines
The Pine Warbler is one of the few warblers that make appearances at bird feeders. They live year round in pine forests of the southeast U.S. and sev…
2 years, 6 months ago
Listen for Tapping
Woodpeckers are our most familiar bird carpenters, but other birds also chip out nests in trees and wood structures. Nuthatches — like this Red-breas…
2 years, 6 months ago
Using Sound to Bring Rails Back into Wetlands
Rails are secretive marsh birds, and they’re on the decline. But a researcher playing their recorded calls over a loudspeaker could help bring them b…
2 years, 7 months ago
BirdNoir: A Dark and Stormy Night
In this episode of BirdNoir, Private Eye Michael Stein gets a call from his friend Billy, a mail carrier. Billy says he hasn’t seen a single bird on …
2 years, 7 months ago
Birds on the March with Army Ants
As thousands of army ants march through a rainforest in Panama looking for food, countless insects try to escape. Antbirds follow the ants, waiting f…
2 years, 7 months ago
In the Dark with Boreal Owls
Boreal Owls are highly adapted to hunt in long hours of winter darkness. Uniquely, one ear opening in the skull is set high and the other much lower,…
2 years, 7 months ago
Do Penguins Blush?
Humboldt Penguins living along the Pacific Coast of Chile and Peru are adapted to cold. But on land, temperatures rise to 100+ degrees, and penguins …
2 years, 7 months ago