BirdNote Presents

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BirdNote Presents episodes

May 20, 2020 Sound Escapes: Songs of Spring
Hear Olympic National Park at Its Most Musical
32 min
May 19, 2020 Introducing Sound Escapes Season 2
For those of us sheltering in place, it’s easy to feel the walls of our homes closing in. But sound can set us free. All we need to do is listen.
In these eight episodes, you'll hear soundscapes from the wildest places on the planet personally selected by host Gordon Hempton, the Sound Tracker, from his thousands of hours of recordings.
In these difficult times, we hope that these sonic portraits can truly be an escape.
Grab your headphones, relax, and let's listen...
2 min
February 18, 2020 In the Clear: The Problem with Birds and Glass
Window collisions kill as many as 1 billion birds each year in the US. What can we do to change that?
25 min
January 07, 2020 Rachel Carson and the Veery
A story of love, birds, and wonder
26 min
December 04, 2019 Wingspan Takes Flight
The board game of the year — all about birds!
6 min
November 19, 2019 A Conversation with J. Drew Lanham
Breaking Down Barriers and Finding Home in Nature
38 min
November 14, 2019 Introducing BirdNote Presents
The home for all special productions from BirdNote
2 min
August 14, 2019 Sound Escapes: Nightfall on the Zabalo
The Zabalo River in Ecuador is teeming with life — and you can hear it.
30 min
June 14, 2019 Sound Escapes: Riot of Music
The young Samuel Langhorne Clemens - later known as Mark Twain - signed on to train as a pilot on a Mississippi riverboat when he was just 22. He quickly discovered that if he volunteered for the early morning shift, he could experience one of the most incredible musical shows there is.
27 min
May 10, 2019 Sound Escapes: Land Between the Lakes
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a massive inland peninsula, bordered by sections of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers that were permanently flooded as a part of FDR’s New Deal.

Humans changed this landscape, but now birds have claimed it - and they are flourishing.
27 min