#932 April 30, 2023
On our latest show: The first-ever Urban Birding Competition; advice for traveling birders; and Avian Audio Postcards from Virginia and Arizona.
Episodes
Talkin' Birds
Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds is a call-in show of entertaining conversation about wild birds -- attracting them to your back yard, identifying them, feeding them, and learning more about them along the way. Every week, we have contests for prizes like bird feeders and other great bird-related stuff, along with expert guests. So, whether you're an experienced birder, or you're new to birding, listen in, and be part of the show by calling in with a question, sharing some information or observations, or trying for one of our prizes. It's birdwatching--in the backyard and beyond.
Episodes
#931 April 23, 2023
On our latest show: The magic of Super Slow Motion video; the feisty Cactus Wren; and Audio Postcards from Alabama and Nebraska. Plus, do Frisbees make good bird baths?
#930 April 16, 2023
On our Latest show: A Brazilian bird brought back from the brink; Listener Audio Postcards from California and Italy; and a very colorful — and vulnerable — bird from Eurasia.
#929 April 9, 2023
On our latest show: Avian Audio Postcards from California and the Dominican Republic; a live Science Corner segment about Citizen Science projects; and Mike’s thirty-year wait for a backyard bluebird has finally ended.
#928 April 2, 2023
On our latest show: Guest Hannah Buschert tells us about an International Women’s Birding Conference in Uganda, and a big birding competition in Israel. Plus, we listen to Avian Audio Postcards from North Carolina and Florida, and the feuding Mike O’Connor and David Clapp try to make nice in a segment of Let’s Ask Mike.
#927 March 26, 2023
On our latest show: The great John Kricher tells us about his spectacular new Galápagos Islands book; we hear avian audio postcards from Ohio and Arizona; And Mike O’Connor reveals the bird/fish connection.
#926 March 19, 2023
On our latest show: Birds on the Minnesota prairie; Avian Audio Postcards from Michigan and New Jersey; and how shellfish help protect our shorelines and marshes.
#925 March 12, 2023
On our latest show: Talkin’ about Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Common Ravens, and Barred Owls — and welcoming a guest whose book illuminates the powerful healing of birdwatching.
#924 March 5, 2023
On our latest show: Why our Freya McGregor will be visiting every state in the U.S. Plus, an Avian Audio Postcard from Colorado; and some hot pepper talk with our backyard bird expert, Mike O’Connor.
#923 Feb. 26, 2023
On our latest show: How birds utilize “fright molt”; an Avian Audio Postcard from SW Florida; and big news about the Biggest Week (in American Birding).
#922 Feb. 19, 2023
On our latest show: Good news about the endangered Wood Stork; watching birds on British Columbia’s “Wet Coast”; and the challenges and rewards of being an autistic birder.
#921 Feb. 12, 2023
Something completely different on our latest show — we air a call-in to a sports podcast co-hosted by NBA legend Charles Barkley (with a bird — and Talkin’ Birds — connection). Plus, it’s Osprey vs Bald Eagle on Cape Cod, and we meet the bird sometimes called the Flying Rainbow.
#920 Feb. 5, 2023
On our latest show: the great Laura Erickson helps us make our yards bird-friendly; we get an Avian Audio Postcard from Central Florida; and we have an update on the wandering Steller’s Sea Eagle.
#919 Jan. 29, 2023
On our latest show: a bird report from British Columbia; an audio postcard from Hawaii; and a sweet success story from Singapore.
#918 Jan. 22, 2023
On our latest show: Cooper’s Hawks and. Sharp-shinned Hawks — how do they get along? Plus, a bird flu update, and a feisty Featured Feathered Friend.
#917 Jan. 15, 2023
On our latest show: A Snowy Owl Audio Postcard from Southern California; a live Let’s Ask Mike report from North Carolina; and Citizen Science projects from the Cornell Lab and National Audubon.
#916 Jan. 8, 2023
On our latest show: We hear a White-throated Nightjar from Australia; a Snowy Owl that’s arrived in Southern California; and a Science Corner report on some great Citizen Science projects.
#915 Jan. 1, 2023
On our latest show: Saving shorebirds through an Australian microlight flight; a live Christmas Bird Count report; an Avian Audio Postcard from London; and cold weather birding advice from Cape Cod.
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#914 Dec. 18, 2022
On our latest show: An Audio Postcard featuring a pair of Great Horned Owls; sweet stories about the joys of backyard birding; and a roosting pocket primer by our Mike O’Connor.
#913 Dec. 11, 2022
On our latest show: an Audio Postcard from Panama; a guest from Alabama; gifting advice from Cape Cod; and a featured bird from Australia.
#912 Dec. 4, 2022
On our latest show: The Birding Community E-Bulletin; are outside Christmas lights bad for birds; saving a bat species from extinction; and an Avian Audio Postcard featuring a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks.
#911 Nov. 27, 2022
On our latest show: An Avian Audio Postcard from British Columbia, along with a Mystery Bird from out that way, and some cool bird book gift ideas for the holidays.
#910 Nov. 20, 2022
On our latest show: An amazing bird discovery in New Guinea; an Audio Postcard from West Virginia; and birding festivals in Florida and Virginia.
#909 Nov. 13, 2022
On our latest show: Great Horned Owls in Mike’s backyard; a trilingual environmental radio show from Paraguay; and and Audio Postcard from Zealand.
#908 Nov. 6, 2023
On our latest show: a new bird migration record; a new bird species discovery; British Columbia’s battle against rodenticides; and Mike’s explanation about cardinals.
#907 Oct. 30, 2022
On our latest show, author Joan Strassmann explains the joys of Slow Birding. Plus, we meet a bird with a plume on its pileum, and Mike talks about Rhode Island Reds, and Red-billed Queleas.
#906 Oct. 23, 2022
On our latest show: 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight; a hummingbird-filled Audio Postcard; and Mike gives a thumbs down to mothballs.
#905 Oct. 16, 2022
On our latest show: The State of U.S. birds; an Avian Audio Postcard from Utah; and Mike explains bird bill-wiping.
#904 Oct. 9, 2022
On our latest show: Waiting for wintering finches; joining Citizen Science projects; and postponing an Ivory-billed Woodpecker extinction declaration.