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.