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August Molt

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2025/08/07

By August, many birds have just completed the intense rigors of nesting and raising young and now undergo a complete molt. Molt is a cyclic process of feather growth. As new feathers grow in, they push the old ones out. Why molt? Because feathers wear out. Songbirds that migrate long distances need

Restoration Ecology: The Birds and the Trees

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2025/08/06

Meet your co-host, Anika Hazra! Anika is a former restoration ecologist turned science communicator, and in this episode, she’s teaching us all about her past work life. Restoration ecology is a less popular method of conservation that holds a lot of potential and Anika walks us through restoration

Voces y vocabularios: La exquisita melodía del zorzal

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2025/08/05

Algunos consideran que el canto del zorzal moteado ( Hylocichla mustelina) es el más hermoso de América del Norte. Otros escogen el canto del zorzal cola canela ( Catharus guttatus). Y hay quienes prefieren el canto del zorzal de anteojos ( Catharus ustulatus). ¿Cómo logran estos zorzales, como el

Delhi’s Jain Bird Hospital is Free

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2025/08/04

At Charity Birds Hospital, a small staff takes care of approximately 2,600 birds at a time, providing antibiotics, medicine, food, and a safe place to rest for injured or sick birds. The hospital is run entirely on donations, mostly from the Jain community, which follows the philosophy, “live and

Canyon Spectacle - Swakane Canyon

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2025/08/03

Canyons, whether large or small, can host a spectacular variety of birds! Consider Swakane Canyon, in central Washington State. It cuts west from the Columbia River into the Entiat Mountains for nine miles, while gaining nearly 3,000 feet. Steep slopes wall in the canyon floor, several hundred yards

A Drive Along a Bar Ditch

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2025/08/02

In the rural Southeast, roadside ditches – known as “bar ditches” – carry on for miles. The term bar ditch probably comes from their construction, when dirt was "borrowed" to build up the road. The ditches are full of water and full of life, these narrow wetlands. Herons stalk the shallow water

Biomimicry with Billy Almon

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2025/08/01

For as long as humans have been solving problems, we’ve looked to nature for inspiration. In some cases we’ve even imitated other organisms in our inventions through a process called biomimicry, says Billy Almon, a futurist and biomimicry expert. Billy discusses how the Wright brothers modeled their

Dreading the Terns

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2025/07/31

In June of 2022, Adé Ben-Salahuddin worked as a volunteer research assistant on a tiny island off the coast of Maine at a Common Tern breeding colony. Every once in a while, the colony would suddenly go dead silent as all the adult terns took flight and dove over the rocky cliffs, returning soon

Biomimicry, Birds and Beyond with adrienne maree brown

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2025/07/30

On this season premiere episode, meet your new co-host, Billy Almon! Billy is an astrobiofuturist (which you’ll hear more about later), and one of his passions and expertise is in the art of biomimicry. Billy lays out the history of this ancient process, how it's been instrumental in connecting

Patos que silban

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2025/07/29

Silbando mientras vuelan, los pijijes alas blanca ( Dendrocygna autumnalis) – o patos silbones de ala blanca – son aves acuáticas espectaculares, con picos y patas de color rosa brillante, cuello y lomo castaños, y partes inferiores negras. Aunque la mayoría de los patos silbadores viven en los

Breeding Birds of the Northern Great Plains

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2025/07/28

Migratory birds connect the Northern Plains with many parts of the Western Hemisphere. Lark Buntings, Baird’s Sparrows, Upland Sandpipers, and many other birds winter from Central to southern South America. But their reproduction depends on the bounty of the prairie spring. Disrupting any part of

The Secretarybird: Eagle on Stilts

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2025/07/27

The Secretarybird of sub-Saharan Africa looks like a slim eagle set on the long, slender legs of a crane. Secretarybirds can fly but prefer to hunt on foot, walking over 20 miles a day and dispatching their prey with powerful kicks of their taloned feet.

On the Trail of the Bobwhite

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2025/07/26

The Northern Bobwhite — many call it just the Bobwhite — has an unmistakable call, which is also the source of its name. The species is native to the US, east of the Rockies. But Northern Bobwhites have been released into the wild as game birds in many locales in the West.

Hummingbirds Help Mites Hitch a Ride

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2025/07/25

Mites are tiny critters related to spiders and ticks. Because they are typically no larger than a grain of salt, many mite species rely on larger animals to survive. In the neotropics, hummingbird flower mites freeload off an existing partnership. This group of mites feeds on nectar and pollen, but

Sleeping on the Wing

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2025/07/24

Some swifts and frigatebirds stay aloft for months. But for a long time, scientists did not know if the birds might be sleeping on the wing. A 2016 study provided answers. Tiny devices attached to the heads of frigatebirds revealed fascinating information: the birds did sleep while aloft, most often

Season 7 of Bring Birds Back Coming Soon!

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2025/07/23

Bring Birds Back, is back... and we’ve got two new co-hosts, Billy Almon and Anika Hazra! They'll be sharing their own personal knowledge and passions with you, while also interviewing world-renowned faves like J. Drew Lanham, adrienne maree brown, and Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali – to name a few. We’re

Perlita azul gris: Un pequeño pájaro con una gran...

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2025/07/22

La menudita perlita azulgris (Polioptila caerulea) de apenas unos 10 centímetros se encuentra en gran parte de Estados Unidos y México, y también en algunas regiones del Caribe. Busca activamente insectos pequeños en árboles y arbustos para comer, a menudo quedando suspendida en el aire por un

River Rapids, Dippers and Ducks

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2025/07/21

Powerful currents and rocky terrain make for a dangerous place to swim. But for birds like the American Dipper and Harlequin Duck, whitewater rapids and fast-flowing streams offer all the comforts of home.

Insects Are Essential

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2025/07/20

Insects sustain our ecosystems, as a food source and pollinators of 90% of all plants. But their numbers have dropped by half in the last 50 years, so it is now critical to help foster insects. One concrete way to help is to grow native plants that provide food and shelter for insects like

The Eyes of an Owl

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2025/07/19

Peer into an owl's face – there is something almost human about its large, forward-facing eyes. The Great Gray Owl, which stands two feet tall and weighs 2 and 1/2 pounds, has eyes larger than those of most humans! Enormous eyes enable owls to see in near darkness. An owl's retinal anatomy is

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