BirdNote Daily

BirdNote Daily episodes:

• 04.24.2024

  Green-winged Teal by the Millions

  Tiny ducks with wings that gleam like emeralds.

  
• 04.23.2024

  Great Tinamou, Eerie Voice in the Jungle

  A flightless bird strides across the jungle floor.

  
• 04.22.2024

  Hawai‘i as a Model for Conservation

  Connecting Hawaiian culture and tradition to conservation ecology.

  
• 04.21.2024

  How Cliff Swallows Build a Nest

  They’re experts at constructing a sturdy home!

  
• 04.20.2024

  Creating Bird Habitat at Home

  Reducing your lawn can make space for native plants!

  
• 04.19.2024

  The Secret to Singing Like a Cardinal

  These birds have serious vocal chops.

  
• 04.18.2024

  Recognizing a Stranded Loon

  Loons sometimes mistake wet pavement for open water.

  
• 04.17.2024

  Aplomado Falcon

  Species Recovery Projects Are Working!

  
• 04.16.2024

  Lee Ann Roripaugh: String of Beads

  Capturing the beauty of cranes in a traditional Japanese poetic form.

  
• 04.15.2024

  Why a Gorget Glitters

  Like a tiny knight in shining armor!

  
• 04.14.2024

  How Birds Survived the Asteroid

  Getting by on the ground may have helped.

  
• 04.13.2024

  White-tailed Hawks on the Texas Coastal Plain

  A large hawk that can float like a kite.

  
• 04.12.2024

  Spark Bird: John Kessler and the Music of Birds

  BirdNote’s longtime senior producer on becoming more aware of bird sounds.

  
• 04.11.2024

  Burrowing Belted Kingfisher

  A bird that dives into the water and nests in the ground ... huh?

  
• 04.10.2024

  Aviary: Bird Echolocation to the Rescue

  Using a bird’s surprising ability for a daring rescue mission.

  
• 04.09.2024

  Birds Dress for Spring

  'Tis the season when birds spiff up their wardrobes!

  
• 04.08.2024

  Lyrebirds Shift the Earth

  Australian mimic birds reshape their environment.

  
• 04.07.2024

  House Wren – Little Brown Dynamo

  House Wrens are intensely busy birds.

  
• 04.06.2024

  Mockingbirds Mimic Frogs

  The crooners — or croakers — of the bird world.

  
• 04.05.2024

  High Island, Texas

  Not an island and not very high.

  
• 04.04.2024

  Poetry Month: Susan Nguyen

  How birds defy our expectations.

  
• 04.03.2024

  A Hawk That Hunts in Packs

  Harris’s Hawks work together to tackle their prey!

  
• 04.02.2024

  Two Wings and a Tail

  A Wilson's Snipe takes to the air!

  
• 04.01.2024

  An April Fool's Birdsong Quiz

  Only one of these three birds is real!

  
• 03.31.2024

  Flying with Birds and Bats

  There’s more than one good way to fly!

  
• 03.30.2024

  The Warbler That Loves Pines

  A bird that sings year-round.

  
• 03.29.2024

  Listen for Tapping

  Spring means birds are carving out holes in trees!

  
• 03.28.2024

  Using Sound to Bring Rails Back into Wetlands

  Recordings help rails recognize a restored wetland as a good habitat.

  
• 03.27.2024

  BirdNoir: A Dark and Stormy Night

  Where do birds go when it rains?

  
• 03.26.2024

  Birds on the March with Army Ants

  Antbirds need to follow ants to find food!

  
• 03.25.2024

  In the Dark with Boreal Owls

  These nocturnal predators are specialized for hunting in northern forests.

  
• 03.24.2024

  Do Penguins Blush?

  Blushing or Flushing?

  
• 03.23.2024

  Songs and Calls – They're Not the Same

  A whole vocabulary for listening to birds!

  
• 03.22.2024

  Keeping Wood Storks on the Road to Recovery

  Protecting the majestic storks’ wetland habitats.

  
• 03.21.2024

  Everybody Knows a Mallard

  The duck with the beautiful green head!

  
• 03.20.2024

  Janet Ng on Becoming a Wildlife Biologist

  Reflecting on a career focused on studying wildlife populations.

  
• 03.19.2024

  Geese Aloft: Flock Voices of March

  Geese are on the move northward in late winter and early spring.

  
• 03.18.2024

  Flying Dinosaurs: Leaping and Gliding

  More than one type of dinosaur had feathers and limbs like wings.

  
• 03.17.2024

  Bird Seed

  What to feed, what not to feed.

  
• 03.16.2024

  Tune Up Your Ears – East

  It's spring, and the birds are revving up!

  
• 03.15.2024

  Jacana, aka Lily-trotter

  Those long toes are made for walkin’.

  
• 03.14.2024

  Create Bird Habitat at Home with Native Plants

  Native plants are the building blocks of a healthy, diverse habitat.

  
• 03.13.2024

  Reddish Egret - Lagoon Dancer

  An elegant member of the heron family!

  
• 03.12.2024

  Birding 101: Learning How to Strike Out

  A bad day of birding can still teach you a lot!

  
• 03.11.2024

  Rainwater Basin

  A stopover in Nebraska is a great thing for birds!

  
• 03.10.2024

  Sandgrouse: Desert Water-carriers

  An incredible adaptation that was once considered a myth.

  
• 03.09.2024

  The Nasally Fish Crow

  It sounds like an American Crow with a cold!

  
• 03.08.2024

  Introducing Aviary, the Shapeshifting Bird Superhero

  Meet a superhero who draws on the superpowers of real birds.

  
• 03.07.2024

  Tree Swallows Spend the Winter

  They are typically the earliest species of swallow to arrive north.

  
• 03.06.2024

  Using Birdsong to Check a River’s Health

  Birds can tell us a lot about the environment.