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Recent Highlights

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Recent Episodes

  • BirdNote: The Swainson's Warbler Saturday, 05/26/12 8:57am Swainson’s Warbler – one of North America’s shyest birds.
  • BirdNote: Mark Twain and Tropic Birds Saturday, 05/19/12 8:57am When Mark Twain visited Hawaii in 1866, he was able to inspect a live volcano, Halema’uma’u, which he described as “a crimson cauldron.”
  • BirdNote: Tanagers - Coffee Birds Saturday, 05/12/12 8:57am This Scarlet Tanager (R), its cousin the Western Tanager (L), and your morning cup of joe have a connection.
  • BirdNote: What Do Birds Smell? Saturday, 05/05/12 8:57am What do birds smell? Among the many birds of the world, some are, without doubt, prodigious smellers.
  • BirdNote: Mistaken Identity Saturday, 04/28/12 8:57am Many birds mimic other birds. Certain pigeons sound like owls and robins and grosbeaks sound similar, as well. BirdNote explores these cases of “mistaken identity.”
  • BirdNote: American Woodcock Saturday, 04/21/12 8:57am At sunset, the male American Woodcock — a plump, robin-sized bird — walks slowly on short legs from the cover of the forest to a nearby clearing. After a few sharp calls, the woodcock takes flight.
  • BirdNote: Follow Island Girl Saturday, 04/14/12 8:57am "Peregrine" means "wanderer." And Island Girl, a Peregrine Falcon, has made the 18,000-mile round-trip journey from the high arctic of Canada to southern Chile three times.
  • Long-billed Thrasher The Bird Songs of April Saturday, 04/07/12 8:57am The month of April inspires poets, sometimes with contradictory results. Let April speak for itself. Listen to the birds.
  • BirdNote: Those Raucous Jays Saturday, 03/31/12 8:57am A raucous call and a bold flash of blue at your feeder means a jay has arrived. These daring blue dandies sound the alarm, announcing the approach of a predator. Often the loud call sends the predator packing.
  • BirdNote: Time Changes Everything Saturday, 03/24/12 8:57am Not that long ago, Passenger Pigeons filled the skies. Some flocks, with more than a billion birds, took four days to pass overhead.
  • BirdNote: Green Birds On St. Patrick's Day Saturday, 03/17/12 8:57am You'd think that with so much green in nature, many birds would wear green for camouflage and not just on St. Patrick's Day!
  • BirdNote: Northern Flicker, A Most Unlikely Woodpecker Saturday, 03/10/12 8:57am The Northern Flicker is a woodpecker, but one that hardly looks the part.

About BirdNote

AP Photo/Liu Chih-fen
A maroon oriole rests on a branch in a rain forest in Fuyuan in Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien. The forest is home to some 50 bird species.

Listen and learn about the intriguing ways of birds with BirdNote, a weeky feature airing Saturday mornings on VPR.  From New England to the tropics, migration patterns to mating rituals, BirdNote brings you into the world of nature.  You'll also hear the featured bird each week, so don't be surprised if your cat runs for the radio on Saturday mornings!

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