Talkin' Birds

On Our Latest Show: Bird sound ID with the updated Merlin app; a likely cause of the recent bird illness outbreak; and Mike O’Connor has some thoughts about bees.

On our latest show: Wild bird rehab; a mockingbird vs. cat audio postcard; an update on a mysterious bird illness; and a conservation salute to a surprising electric car adopter.

On Our Latest Show: bilingual birding in California; a continent-conquering collared-dove; and some much needed good conservation news.

On Our Latest Show: Birding the Black Belt; a mystery bird illness over the east and midwest; and a surprising recipient of our Conservation Salute of the Week

On Our Latest Show (#840 7/11): Thomas Jefferson’s favorite bird; an avian audio postcard from Arizona; and the importance of Plastic-free July

On our Latest Show: House Wrens, Habitat Heroes, Duck Stamps, and Summer Tanagers

On Our Latest Show: saving birds north and south; the spectacular Glossy Ibis; and our Mike O’Connor hosts Great Crested Flycatchers in his backyard.

On Our Latest Show: The tea-drinking “Ground Robin”; Pride Month in the birding world; and hummingbird feeding advice from backyard birding guru Mike O’Connor.

On our latest show (#835 6/6): World Swift Day; Black Birders Week; and an FDA warning about Cicadas.

On our latest show: what neonics are doing to bees...and birds. Plus, we meet our smallest vireo, and Mike explains why this is a great time for backyard birds.

On Our Latest Show: Bird Banding in Thunder Bay, Ontario; Tree Swallows nesting in the Talkin’ Birds Garden; Chimney Swift towers going up in Ohio; and a Conservation Salute to the State of Washington.

On our latest show: Sebastian Moreno tells us about Latino Outdoors; we celebrate a milestone for Bird Names for Birds; we listen to an Osprey Audio Postcard; and Mike explains the problems with puddles.

On our latest show (#831 5/9): Spring Migration talk with the great Kenn Kaufman; the “best bird mom”; a cicada explosion; and cautious optimism about climate change.

On Our Latest Show (#830 5/2): Dawn Chorus Day; martins on the move; and a new discovery about how birds keep warm in cold weather.

On Our Latest Show: Finch expert Matt Young explains the winter finch explosion; Mike O’Connor offers oriole observations; and a southwestern bird visits the northeast.

On Our Latest Show: A new mobile game for IDing birds; spring birds in Minnesota; and the problem with worms.

On Our Latest Show: The Biggest Week in American Birding; an Audio Postcard from a Gulf Coast birding hotspot; and more excellent advice from our backyard bird feeding expert Mike O’Connor.

On our latest show: Watching Swallow-tailed Kites on an Alabama farm; controlling the grackles trying to take over your bird feeders; and some good conservation news from an unexpected source.

On Our Latest Show: Tree Swallows in the Talkin' Birds Garden; good news about Bald Eagle populations; and encouraging survival news about a southern woodpecker.

On Our Latest Show: The Bird DIva explains Slow Birding; Mike reports on some bird courses and videos; we get an Audio Postcard from Alabama; and we report on a conservation effort in Maine.

On Our Latest Show (#823 03/14) Dr. Richard Holland sheds light on how storm-blown migrating birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to find their way back to their route. Plus, good news for birds from Washington, D.C.; and good bird feeding advice from backyard bird expert Mike O’Connor.

On Our Latest Show (#822 3/7): How to know if you’re a birder; how squirrel-chasing hot pepper affects birds; and another milestone for Wisdom the Albatross. Hear it here: Talkinbirds.com/archive

On our latest show (#821 2/28): Owl expert Denver Holt; backyard bird guru Mike O’Connor; and intriguing bird observations from listeners.

On our latest show (#820 2/21): The fight to save the Seaside Sparrow; an audio postcard from an unusual birding spot; and backyard bird expert Mike O’Connor’s answer to a listener’s birdbath question.

On Our Latest Show (#819 2/14): We meet “The Butterball”; backyard bird expert Mike offers advice about birdhouses; and the great David Clapp provides some insight about this winter’s finch irruption.

On Our Latest Show (#818 2/7): a Common Grackle Audio Postcard; a Conservation Salute to Norwegian car buyers; and pre-Valentine’s Day bird romance talk from our Mike O’Connor.

On Our Latest Show: How birds cope with the cold; how Harris's Hawks hunt; and how Birding Tools can enhance your birdwatching.

On our latest show: how and why birds blink; how one birder’s adventure made him rich; a Conservation Salute to a footwear company; and a Sandhill Crane Audio Postcard.

On our latest show (01/17 - #815): Scientific illustrator and artist Liz Clayton Fuller; a Snowy Owl’s close encounter with a Bald Eagle; and will there be Crested Caracaras in Cleveland?

On Our Latest Show: “America’s Amazon”; the Bird of the Year; brisk backyard bird bathing; and the cascading calls of the Canyon Wren.

On our latest show: The Birding Life in South Africa; the fierce Northern Shrike; and why native plants are so important for birds.

On our Latest show (#811 12/20): The Wonderful World of Owls with the Cornell Lab’s Kevin McGowan; solving the mystery of the Partridge in a Pear Tree; and will a Major League Baseball team become known as the Crows?

On Our Latest Show (12/13 #810): A nutcracker with a magical memory; the Zero Waste Project; and ideas about what to buy — and not buy — for the birdwatcher and nature lover on your list.

On Our Latest Show: An amazing study about bird communication; a Conservation Salute to some young students from Portugal; and more bird books for the holidays.

On our Latest Show: birder, blogger, and author Faraaz Abdool joins us from Trinidad and Tobago; Mike O’Connor checks in from Cape Cod (with good bird feeder advice); and our Freya McGregor sends us an audio postcard from Talledega National Forest in Alabama.

On our latest show (#807 11/22): owl stories from New York City and Cape Cod; a bird with a twisted bill; and superstar conservationist and birder Tykee James

On Our Latest Show: Bird-friendly wine; Purple Finch vs House Finch; good news for West Texas birds; and a Carolina Wren audio postcard from Alabama.

On Our Latest Show: “The Crossbill Guy,” Matt Young, explains the winter finch explosion; Susan Richmond reviews two books about the human/bird connection; and Mike talks about tails.

On Our Latest Show: the wonders of New Guinea with naturalist and ornithologist Bruce Beehler, the owl the call "The Flame," and some ideas about why birds do that bill-wiping thing.

On Our Latest Show: the strange-sounding Lagopus lagopus; a screech-owl audio postcard; the return of the gynandromorphs; and another winner in our Make Your Own Swag Contest

On our latest show: Pine Siskins on parade; the jay that will land on your hat; Birdability Week; and our first Make Your Own Swag Contest winner.

On our latest show: Fantastic flights of winter finches; Rick Wright on The Future of Birding; Mike O’Connor on crazy bird names; and the State Bird of California.

On Our Latest Show: A winter finch forecast, good news about bird song from San Francisco, and our new Make Your Own Swag Contest that could win you a pair of Vortex Razor UHD binoculars.

On Our Latest Show: We meet the Great Shearwater; hear about an effort to convince Amazon to cut back on plastic; and talk to Mike O’Connor about peanuts and comfort squirrels.

On our latest show: legends of the Burrowing Owl; the new Peterson Guide to Bird Behavior; and cold weather gets blamed for a big bird die-off in the Southwest.

On our latest show: Bird Love; attracting hummingbirds in autumn; a slightly lesser goldfinch; and keeping your bird seed bug-free.

On Our Latest Show: Migration, and how it works; the category-defying Yellow-breasted Chat; and how to deal with hawks attacking your feeder birds.

On Our Latest Show (#795 Aug. 30): An 1800 mile trip for a small songbird; an audio postcard from John James Audubon Park; cardinals that look like tiny vultures; and Red-winged Blackbirds on the attack.