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The Secret to Singing Like a Cardinal

Northern Cardinals have vocal abilities that surpass even the most accomplished human singers....

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Recognizing a Stranded Loon

Loons are built for life in the water – so much so that their legs don’t work well on land....

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Aplomado Falcon

Aplomado Falcons were once widespread residents of the American Southwest, but by the 1950s,...

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Lee Ann Roripaugh: String of Beads

When writer Lee Ann Roripaugh visited the annual staging grounds of Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska,...

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• 3 días

Why a Gorget Glitters

A hummingbird's brilliant throat feathers are called a "gorget," a term applied in past centuries...

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• 4 días

How Birds Survived the Asteroid

The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago wreaked worldwide ecological damage,...

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• 5 días

White-tailed Hawks on the Texas Coastal Plain

The White-tailed Hawk thrives in the grassy plains of the Texas Coastal Plain, where many...

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• 6 días

Spark Bird: John Kessler and the Music of Birds

John Kessler served as BirdNote’s senior producer for over 18 years. But before BirdNote existed,...

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• 7 días

Burrowing Belted Kingfisher

The Belted Kingfisher dashes through the air, warning intruders with its rapid-fire, rattling...

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• 8 días

Aviary: Bird Echolocation to the Rescue

In this episode featuring Aviary — the shapeshifting bird superhero — the surprising abilities of...

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• 9 días

Birds Dress for Spring

It's spring! And for many birds, a time to look their best to attract a new mate. This American...

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• 10 días

Lyrebirds Shift the Earth

Beavers are well known as ecosystem engineers in North America. In Australia, lyrebirds play a...

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• 11 días

House Wren – Little Brown Dynamo

House Wrens dart from perch to perch and sing almost nonstop. They’re one of the most thoroughly...

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• 12 días

Mockingbirds Mimic Frogs

The avian world is full of mimicry artists, but Northern Mockingbirds take it to a new level. Not...

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• 13 días

High Island, Texas

Each spring, millions of songbirds migrate north from the tropics to nest in North America. It...

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• 14 días

Poetry Month: Susan Nguyen

For National Poetry Month, we’re sharing contemporary writers’ work about birds. Poet Susan...

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• 15 días

A Hawk That Hunts in Packs

Most raptors are solitary birds, but Harris’s Hawks of the southwestern U.S. live and hunt in...

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• 16 días

Two Wings and a Tail

The Wilson's Snipe lives in marshes and muddy areas, where it probes for worms and other squirmy...

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• 17 días

An April Fool's Birdsong Quiz

In this April Fool’s Day quiz from BirdNote, we play the sounds of three birds — only one of...

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• 18 días

Flying with Birds and Bats

Bats and birds have evolved very different ways of flying. Birds have stiff feathers projecting...

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• 19 días