Winging it

In this episode listeners will learn what code breaking and brood parasitism it. They will also learn what other things drive evolution and how they drive evolution. This will provide context to what code breaking is and why parasitism is important to study evolutionarily.

Nearly a century ago the United States was home to two parrots, the Carolina parakeet,and the Thick-billed parrot. Human causes and general disinterest drove these two toextinction. Despite this there is much that can be learned from these two birds.

During this podcast you will learn a couple of things. The first is how urbanization is affecting owls in general. The second thing you will learn is how urbanization has affected specifically the Barred Owl and how it has adapted to meet these changes. The last thing is things that can be done to help […]

Oil is something that is used for many different reasons in the world today. Very few know the lasting effects this fossil fuel has on birds and many other animals. This podcast will inform the listeners about the short- and long-term effects that oil has on birds. They will also learn about where it comes […]

The listener should learn three things: an example of how building lights at a local level can affect birds flight disruption, how/ why birds crash into buildings, and the beacon effect. We talked about the Nascar Hall of Fame museum as a great example of how large reflective windows and lights being emitted from it […]

Our listeners will receive information on how fires can impact bird species. You will hear a story of a little bird living in a forest who gets displaced by a spreading wildfire and the struggles he faced from being displaced such as flying a long distance to find a new place to call home and […]

In this podcast, we will be exploring the effects that urbanization has on birds. We will begin by looking into behavior changes, specifically those concerning bird song, migration, and interactions with humans. Then, we will look into phenotypic changes, with a focus on pollution, and these will include feather pigmentation and immune systems. Finally, we […]

It is fair to say that 2020 has been a difficult year, especially in terms of the endless hurricanes we have encountered. But these hurricanes have not only impacted humans, but birds as well. Join Ola and Aaron as they discuss how increased hurricane frequency impacts the Veery specifically and what changes they are forced […]

During this podcast the listener will learn the importance of vultures as ecosystems engineers, and what the world would look like if we didn’t have them cleaning up carrion. We focus on how promoting public awareness is a useful method of vulture conservation, and how organizations such as the Carolina Raptor Center have been using […]

Listeners will be introduced to the history of Raptor killings in Scotland for the profit of grouse moor owners. They will learn what grouse moors are and why the owners benefit from from killing raptors. They will learn what this has done to the population of raptors in Scotland and what is being done to […]