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What We Learned About Birds in 2025

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Solving Bird Mysteries with Forensic Ornithology

This episode is all about forensic ornithology. Specialists in this field use scientific techniques to identify bird species from trace evidence.

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Coffee and Bird Conservation

This episode is about the relationship between coffee production and bird conservation.

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The Common Loon

This episode is all about the Common Loon, Gavia immer. Also known as the Great Northern Diver.

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Awesome Things We Learned About Birds in 2021

2021 is over, yo! So it's time for the Annual Review Episode! We’ll be looking back at some highlights of bird science in the year 2021.

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Swallows and Martins

This episode is all about birds in the family Hirundinidae. These are the swallows and martins, all of which are aerial insectivores.

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Fire and Birds

Ecologists have made some fascinating discoveries about the relationships between wildfire and birds.

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Ask Me Anything About Birds - Nov 2021

This is a special episode, and the first of its kind. I'm answering questions about birds from my listeners.

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New World Vultures

This episode is about the seven bird species in the family Cathartidae: the New World vultures and condors.

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How Birds Fly

Birds amaze and inspire us with the grace and power of their flight. So just how are they able to defy gravity?

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Penguins

This episode is all about penguins—the birds of the family Spheniscidae. They're superbly adapted for a life of diving in frigid oceanic waters.

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