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BirdCallsRadio™worldwide is a weekly radio show about the wonderful world of wild birds and nature. Worldwide topics range from bird sightings, birding tips, conservation, wildlife, and getting children involved with nature outdoors. Forward thinking guests join the show to add expertise on topics involving nature and conservation topics worldwide.

Episodes

BCR 176: Nancy Grant, Binge Birding

Nancy Grant, a working journalist, field naturalist and author of Binge Birding, Twenty Days with Binoculars. A solo road trip from Kentucky through multiple states and then all along the Texas Gulf Coast looking at birds turned into an almost 4,000 miles adventure.

Aug 28, 201953 min

BCR 175: Jason Guerard, BSBO Outreach Director

Jason Guerard is the Outreach Director for Black Swamp Bird Observatory and Events Coordinator for The Biggest Week in American Birding stops by to talk with Mardi Dickinson about exploring the woods on his family farm to his life in NW Ohio.

Aug 06, 201959 min

BCR 174: Nate Koszycki, Pay It Forward

Nate Koszycki is BirdCallsRadio’s 2nd guest in a featured series called Pay It Forward™ on this next episode and talks with us about his knowledge and passion for birds since the age of 6, along with bird identification, distribution, and conservation.

Jul 23, 201932 min

BCR 173: Wayne R. Petersen, Legacy Interview

Wayne R. Petersen, Director of the Massachusetts Important Bird Areas, Massachusetts Audubon Society and our 8th guest in our featured series called “For The Record, Legacy Interviews.”

Jul 09, 20192 hr 51 min

BCR 171: Nancy McAllister, Mom's Big Year

Nancy McAllister of Mom's Big Year sits down with Mardi Dickinson to talk about her journey of birding the U.S. Through young children, a husband and two unexpected new jobs and healing after a family tragedy.

May 14, 201933 min

BCR 168: BirdGenie App

Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle Co-Developers of BirdGenie App sit down with Mardi Dickinson for an exclusive talk on this new App that helps identify birds by their songs.

Apr 23, 201956 min

BCR 167: Nancy Langston, Sustaining Lake Superior

Nancy Langston, author of Sustaining Lake Superior, An Extraordinary Lake in a Changing World sits down with Mardi Dickinson on the interconnected histories of the watershed, human, forest and bird health -- all in the context of climate change.

Apr 16, 20191 hr 12 min

BCR 162: Dale Dyer, Birds of Central America

Dale Dyer an ornithological illustrator who has been painting birds for twenty five years, sits down with Mardi Dickinson and talks about his book Birds of Central America, painting and his love of birds.

Mar 12, 201958 min

BCR 161: David & Tammy McQuade, Florida Birding

David and Tammy McQuade chats with Mardi Dickinson about SW Florida Birding, rare and unusual birds, birds in the lower 48 states, big years and pelagic birding in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mar 05, 201945 min

BCR 160: Stephen Moss, Naturalist & Author

Stephen Moss is a naturalist, broadcaster, television producer and author sits down with Mardi Dickinson talks about his book “Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names", and the historic origins.

Feb 26, 20191 hr 11 min

BCR 158: Mike Jacobs, Former Publisher, Grand Forks Herald

Mike Jacobs is a former Publisher of the Grand Forks Herald Newspaper sits down with host Mardi Dickinson about the region’s birdlife of North Dakota since his youth. Life on the western rim of the Red River Valley and continues to write a column called, "Always In Season".

Feb 12, 201941 min

BCR 157: David Ringer, Chief Network Officer, National Audubon

David J. Ringer, Chief Network Officer of the National Audubon sits down with host Mardi Dickinson about the health, vitality, capacity, diversity, and strength of Audubon’s vast distributed network. In addition to David's defining influences and what got him into birds and the natural world.

Feb 05, 20191 hr 7 min

BCR 156: Patricia González, Red Knots

Patricia M. González is a Scientist, field ornithologist, studying migration of Red Knots through the America, flies by to talk with Mardi Dickinson.

Jan 29, 201957 min

BCR 155: Katrina van Grouw, Author & Illustrator

Katrina van Grouw, author & natural history Ilustrator of The Unfeathered Bird and Unnatural Selection, sits down to talk with Mardi Dickinson about her books and being a self-taught scientist with a passion for evolutionary biology and its history.

Jan 22, 201938 min

BCR 154: Chidi Paige, BirdWiser Inventor

Chidi Paige, who is a scientist and an educator. She is passionate about hands-on science education and learning through play. Chidi is the inventor of the game called BirdWiser™, a suit of fun educational games, fly’s by to talk with BirdCallsRadio.

Jan 15, 201937 min

BCR 153: Daniel Lewis, Bird Evolution in Hawai'i

Daniel Lewis, Author of Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai'i, flies by to talk with BirdCallsRadio about an environmental history of extinction and survival among the Hawaiian avifauna.

Jan 08, 201953 min

BCR 152: Donald Kroodsma, Birdsong

Donald Kroodsma Ornithologist, Scientist and Preeminent expert in the art and science of listening to Birdsong. Please join us on New Year's Day 2019 for this exciting conversation.

Jan 01, 201958 min

BCR 151: Jeff Wells, Boreal Songbird Initiative

Dr. Jeff Wells is the Science and Policy Director for the Boreal Songbird Initiative. He has earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading bird experts and conservation biologists. Join us Christmas Day for this episode.

Dec 25, 20181 hr

BCR 150: John Kricher, The New Neotropical Companion

John Kricher, Author of numerous books and his most recent book The New Neotropical Companion (2017), a third edition of John’s successful book, A Neotropical Companion joins BCR for this epic conversation.

Dec 18, 20181 hr 3 min

BCR 149: Michael DiGiorgio, Artist

Michael DiGiorgio is a nationally recognized artist and has been painting birds since the age of five. Michael began to study bird paintings from the late Don Eckelberry in 1979. Committed to painting from life he has traveled extensively to create field sketches and fine art of birds, plants, and habitats. Michael is currently illustrating plates for Birds of South America vol.3 with Robert Ridgley and Guy Tudor. Please join BirdCallsRadio for this extraordinary conversation....

Dec 11, 201849 min

BCR 148: Chris Rimmer, Bicknell's Thrush

Chris Rimmer is the Founding Executive Director of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. His recent work has focused on conservation research of Bicknell’s Thrush at both ends of its migratory range, from New York and New England to the Dominican Republic and Cuba.

Dec 04, 201849 min

BCR 147: Patrick Lynch, Cape Cod

Patrick J. Lynch is an author or co-author of nine books published by Yale University Press, including his latest book in 2018, “A Field Guide to Cape Cod.” Including Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Block Island & Eastern Long Island . A comprehensive guide to the environmental history, natural environments, plants, and animals of Cape Cod and it’s nearby Islands.

Nov 28, 201843 min

BCR 146: Juliana Barrett, Climate Change & Coastal Management

Juliana Barrett is with the University of Connecticut Sea Grant College Program and the Department of Extension. Her work focuses on climate change adaptation and coastal habitat management working with Connecticut’s municipalities, NGO’s and state and federal partners.

Nov 06, 201828 min