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On New Years Day 2024, this Yellow-breasted Chat was spotted by several observers in a thicket of dense brush near the Model Airplane Field in Sherwood Island State Park, Westport, CT. Chats are notoriously difficult birds to spot and we were thrilled when we spotted it after several hours and two attempts. The bird was feeding on Barberry fruit.

With the mild weather this winter, a Yellow-breasted Chat is not unexpected along the coast provided that there is enough food and shelter. Until recently this bruiser was considered a New World Warbler, but a taxonomic reshuffle has removed it from the Parulidae and placed it in it’s own family the Icteriidae.

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The Olive Warbler is one of those odd species that was lumped at one time with the New World Wood Warbler family, the Parulidae. Other birds with an identity crisis are the Yellow-breast Chat and Arctic warbler. The chat was one lumped with the Wood Warblers, but has been 86’d by taxonomists to it’s own family. The Arctic Warbler of Alaska never was a Wood Warbler as it belongs to the Old World warbler family found throughout Europe and Asia.

Today the Olive Warbler is placed outside the Wood Warblers in it’s own family. In the American Southwest, it is a sky island dweller found in southern Arizona and New Mexico where it favors montane forests of fir, pine and oak. It tends to stay high in the canopy and while I’ve seen the bird in the Huachuca’s and Mt. Lemmon and I have found it a difficult bird to get a good look at.

The color olive or olive orange on the Olive Warbler is found on the head and breast; there is a dark eye patch on the male which becomes more of an outlined smudge on the female’s face. The rest of the body is gray with two bold wing bars.

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Like the Tree Swallows, Hundreds of birders and nature enthusiasts of all stripes migrate to Cape May Island to partake in a wealth of bird related activities. Tree Swallows, fall migrants foraging over Cape May Point State Park, Cape May, NJ.

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The stunning bright Red face on this warbler immediately rules out any other warbler. Overall it has a black crown, gray back and a white rump. Male and females have similar plumage.

In the American S.E. it is a sky island dweller. It is found in dense foliage of mountainous pine oak forests in southern Arizona and New Mexico through Mexico into Central America to Honduras. It forages at all levels throughout the forest.

The Red-faced Warbler breeds in AZ and NM at higher elevations from 5600” to 9000” and nests on the ground. A short distant migrant, it leaves AZ and NM and winters in forested mountain highlands from Sinaloa, Mexico to Honduras. In Arizona it nests on the ground.

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A flash of white in the wings and outer tail feathers combined with a brilliant red belly and black feathers over all, make this energetic tropical warbler hard to miss. It breeds in tropical mountains and canyons with pines and oak forests from southern New Mexico and Arizona to Nicaragua. Note that there are other Redstart type tropical warblers that have no red in their starts either and some taxonomies have called them “Whitestarts”. Start behavior, when the warbler suddenly moves with it’s wing patches and white outer tail feathers showing, enables the Restart to flush invertebrate prey as it forages through the mid canopy to forest floor.

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Red Warbler, white cheek patch, foraging in Pine Oak forest, PN Volcán Nevado de Colima–Carretera a Nevado de Colima, Los Mazos, Jalisco, Mexico Jan 16, 2019, ©Townsend Dickinson Lis#J2O8277 All Rights Reserved.

A Red Warbler, silvery gray cheeked subspecies, was seen April 9, 2018 for one day only at Rose Canyon Lake on Mt. Lemon, AZ. According to the ABA this sighting is first verified sighting in the US. I was in SE Arizona at the time but missed it by two days. The bird shown in the accompanying photo is the white ear patch form found further south in Mexico. The Red Warbler is an endemic of humid conifer or pine-oak forests in the highlands of Mexico. The Arizona bird was hundreds of miles north of its expected range. They are small warblers, bright red, and subspecies are separated by the color of the cheek patch. The northern subspecies has a silvery gray cheek patch, and the central and southern subspecies both have a white cheek patches. Unlike most migratory warblers, male and females of tropical resident warblers like the Red Warbler look the same.

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Fan-tailed Warbler rare vagrant from Mexico foraging on ground at Taylor’s, Eastern Whitetail Canyon, Eastern Chiricahuas, Cochise County, AZ. Lis#J208344 ©Townsend Dickinson April 18, 2018 All Rights Reserved.

Over half of the New World Warblers do not venture north of USA border anytime. Some cross the border occasionally and generally cause a stir when located. One recent spring, April 2018, in Arizona, I missed a Red Warbler seen on Mt. Lemon but did connect with a vagrant Fan-tailed Warbler. This vagrant warbler was found at a private home near the Colibri Winery, East Whitetail Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona. A respectful group of birders watched the usually shy warbler cavort for some time in plain view while foraging on the lawn in a back yard. It is a year round resident that favors lowlands and foothills in Mexico through northern Central America. It is a large distinctive warbler that is gray backed, yellow-orange fronted, with a yellow crown stripe and two white spots around the eye. It forages on the ground and attends foraging army ants.

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The male Golden-cheeked Warbler is easily identified by the bright yellow face with a narrow black line through the eye, while the female is similar to Black-throated Greens. The breeding range for the Golden-cheeked Warbler is limited to the Texas Hill Country, Edwards Plateau, where is found exclusively in mixed Juniper-oak woodlands. It winters in mountainous pine-oak forests in Mexico and Guatemala. The endemic Golden-cheeked Warbler is on the Federal Endangered Species list, but without proactive land management practices to counter Brown-Headed Cowbirds and habitat fragmentation vital genetic heritage will be lost.

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The Black-throated Gray Warbler is dapper black and white and gray bird with a touch of yellow above the eye. It is a sister species to the Black-throated Green, Townsend’s, Hermit and Golden-cheeked Warblers. It winters in Western Mexico and breeds in coniferous forests in the West from New Mexico, California through British Columbia. It is a western warbler; it does not share breeding ranges, migration routes or wintering areas preferred by eastern warblers.

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The Hooded Warbler arrives on it’s breeding territories after leaving wintering areas in Mexico especially the Yucatan, adjacent Central America and islands in the Carribean. The distinctive black hooded set off by yellow face and breast feathers makes the male stand out, the lack of the prominent hood on the female can make an id more difficult. A careful study of the bird will show the large black eye, and the habit of a flickering reveal of white outer tail feathers as it forages. Breeding primarily in the South East USA, it is on the edge of it’s range in the North East for now and continuous breeding habitat loss is a concern.

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Another early spring Warbler to keep an eye out for is the Yellow-throated Warbler. This warbler generally breeds south of us and commonly winters in southern portions of the Gulf Coast States. In Southern New England the Yellow-throated Warbler is occasionally found early in the migration season. It is considered uncommon and is likely an overshoot. When a young bird heads north on their first year, enthusiasm for the first migration sometimes takes them further north of it’s birthing ground. Experienced breeders generally return to their previous breeding spot. In the grand scheme of things, these overshoots likely explain how a species expands it’s range. All it takes is suitable habitat and enough of them make the same mistake.

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The Louisiana Waterthrush is another of the expected early spring Warblers to return to the Northeast. It favors fast-moving woodland streams for breeding, and once the ice melts the stream ecosystem comes to life to provide food ahead of the general forest leaf-out. It forages on the ground near streams but will call from forest perches. It often departs early to begin migration to the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America in late July.

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The Palm Warbler winters in the South, the Bahamas, Caribbean and Yucatan. This hardy warbler comes in two flavors, the drab brownish Western Palm and the bright yellowish Yellow Palm both with a distinctive Rufous cap. Headed to the far North boreal forest clearing or bogs to breed. It is seen on migration feeding near or on the ground constantly bobbing it’s tail. Not as dependent on a full spring leaf out, it is one the first warblers encountered by birders out in the early spring. Listen for the distinctive and repetitious zhe-zhe-zhe call.

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Another first wave spring migrant is the Yellow-rumped Warbler. The Myrtle form of the Yellow-rumped Warbler is able to eat and digest berries which enables it to winter occasionally much further north than most insect eating warblers. The Yellow-rumped Warbler is very common and is found widely across North America.

In addition to the Mrytle form of the Yellow-rumped Warbler, there are at least two other form recognized which are the Audubon and Goldman’s forms. Formerly they were considered good separate species now they are considered by some authorities to be subspecies. The lumpers and splinters continue to discuss their status but I will not touch this topic and certainly won’t get into hybrid zones, cryptic hybrid zones, suture zones, species concept and warbler DNA. It does prove a point that in science nothing is ever really settled once and for all, just don’t be surprised if they become good species again.

So for now, the Myrtle Warbler, the one with the white throat is the eastern version. The Audubon form, the one with the yellow throat is the commonly found in the west. Finally the Goldman’s Warbler form, the one with a yellow throat and rich black underside is found mainly in the western highlands of Guatemala so don’t look for it at a suet feeder in North America.

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Here in East, the Pine Warbler is one of several Warblers, including Yellow-rumped and Palm expected in the early spring. Usually the first clue of it’s return is a strident and repeating wee-hu or trill call high in a nearby evergreen tree. You can track the call and with luck and skill, see a stocky, dirty yellow warbler with two white bars, stout bill and long tail. The female is drabber in the spring than the male. We feel a certain joy then, oh boy, the race is on spring migration is officially underway.

Pine Warblers are encountered regularly in Southern Florida so their migration path is shorter than most warblers. Insect eating Warblers follow the green leaf-out north with the change of seasons, the Pine can start earlier because the pines and evergreens already have their leaves on. Relatively slow moving foragers at all levels from treetops to the ground, and they consume a variety of arthropods and even pine seed. They will form pair bonds, then build nests and raise their young in pines. It seems fitting that you have to visit pines to see the Pine Warblers.

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I was surprised to observe just how many neotropic migrants were making an investment in time to forage among the Willow catkins in the spring. Apparently the Willow ranks second to the oaks for insect productivity through the year., but the birds already seemed to know this.

Willows have a long bud and flowering season and are available to a number of associated insects which feed on the abundant pollen and nectar. The insects that gather include caterpillars of moths and butterflies, leafrollers, borers, midges, gall gnats and others. Many of these insect associates have a long and evolved relationship with the Willows their attendance is not accidental. Completing the Willow associations are the many neotropic migrants who depend on the unfolding green wave feast for later breeding success.

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Another tree that seems attractive to spring migrants is the Red Maple. The colorful dangling fruit often warrants a foraging run by passing migrants.

Red Maples come to life in the spring green wave, first the red flowers pop then the fruit appears as samaras or double winged seeds, also known as spinners or helicopters. The clusters of emerging leaves and fruit host a feast of small insects including scale, aphids, beetles, loopers or inchworms.

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When spring migrant birding, I have noticed that some trees seem to attract more spring warblers than others. When I find such an association I hang around to see what else an attractive food source might bring in. The enclosed photos show several encounters that I witnessed with the Apple Tree’s expression of the green wave.

Apple tree blossoms are either pink or white and they bloom in early May in Ohio and New England. After the winter freeze, when the weather warms, the leaves appear a few weeks before the flowers. Various insects are attracted to the profusion of growth including aphids. mites, beetles, leafrollers, leaf miners, codling moths, plant and stink bugs. The developing green wave feast in turn attracts neotropic migrants, right in time, to fuel their journey on to breeding grounds.

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I trudged in the oppressive heat with my guide Daniel Aldana and the mandatory local guide to the site of the Mayan Tikal Great Plaza and iconic Great Jaguar Pyramid. Words alone cannot depict the scope of Tikal, the stone work and grandeur uncovered from the tropical forest by the archeologists. While standing near Templo II, trying to muster the strength to climb to the top to better see the nesting Orange-breasted Falcon, I noticed a couple of concession stands in the shade of trees off to the left. Parched after the falcon climb I stopped at the concession stands. The area behind the stands looked like unbroken forest on a a rock incline, and I looked for birds. Refreshed for the moment, I soon saw a Wood Thrush foraging nearby in the shrubby forest on broken limestone. This was a section of the ruins that either had not been stripped of cover or was left to grow back. The Wood Thrush moved me almost as much as the temple, here was a threatened migrant earning a living as her ancestors had for many years.

I enjoy an early spring birding walk down the Appalachian Trail portion River Road, in Kent Connecticut. There is still some gallery forest left along the Housatonic River to give one a taste of what we lost elsewhere. Cerulean Warblers and Thrushes can be heard by those who take the time to listen. I feel privileged to be a witness to a bird that has suffered at least a 62% decline from 1966 to 2015 per Cornell Lab.

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Early spring is the time birders are drawn to fields among the trees looking for a displaying American Woodcock. One of the earliest spring migrants to arrive they are usually not seen as they are secretive by habit. It is in the fields at dusk when the Timberdoodle is likely to perform is courtship activities. You may hear the repetitive nasal peent call long before you see the shadowy blob in the failing light. When conditions are right, the blob will launch into the air and at 200-300 ft. will start to descend in wide circular turns. The air rushing through the wings makes a chittering sound and the Woodcock also makes musical calls in flight. Upon completing of the courtship flight, near the spot he left a short time before and hopefully a receptive female, he will resume the peent calls.

It feeds on earthworm, is cryptically colored and spends its life hidden on the ground. When one is lucky enough to observe the bird in daylight, the first things noticed are the long bill, big feet and eyes on the side of the head. Soon however you will note that the bird has a distinctive bobbing walk as constantly hunts for earthworms. Many including Arthur Cleveland Bent, Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr., Willam H. Marshall and Bernd Heinrich have commented on this behavior but no one seems absolutely certain of the reason for this. One suggestion is that this bobbing walk helps the woodcock locate earthworms with its feet. Another theory is that the bobbing walk would make it harder for a predator to catch.

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It’s a treat to see this distinctive subspecies of the Savannah Sparrow. The Ipswich Sparrow breeds on Sable Island, NS, and winters along the sand beaches of the Atlantic Coast. Here, two birds take shelter out of the wind, among bent American Beachgrass stems. The Beachgrass provides food for the sparrows and mitigates dune erosion.

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The snowball Hoary Redpoll stood out from the rest the distant flock of Redpolls at Sherwood Island SP, Westport CT. We spent several hours, on two days, observing the flock of approximately 20 Redpolls, all were Common except for one clearly identified as a Hoary Redpoll. Currently the Common and Hoary Redpolls are each considered “good” species but their genetic similarity is noted but for now I ticked a new species.

The flock of 20 Redpolls were first seen foraging on the ground in the damp tundra like vegetation along side a gravel path that lead to the east end of Sherwood Island. They took flight soon after and continuous observation found their pattern.

The flock first circles foraging area in flight and then lands in nearby tree. Taking flight again the flock either lands on ground to forage or flies to another tree. Once on the ground they forage for a few seconds or a few minutes, and often flush for no apparent reason. Redpolls seem to be flushed by moving walkers, with or without dogs. They tolerated however close approaches by observers who stand fast or move slowly on the oblique.

It was difficult to determine at first what the Redpolls were doing on the ground.

Considering that the air temp was around freezing and the was 15-20 mph north wind, there appeared to be no new spring growth and the damp area they were foraging on had been covered by snow only days before. While foraging, they did not appear to take grit.

They were foraging on patches of low growing of green vegetation. While probing they could be seen repeatedly pulling up and consuming slender green shoots and denser brown stems that may have held seeds. The vegetation has not been identified to date. The plants grew a quarter to half an inch off the ground, could tolerate being covered by snow and damp muddy conditions, and much foot traffic.

Unfazed by the cold, the little songbird’s restless comings and goings are fueled by almost constant feeding. They may eat more than 40% of its body mass every day in the winter. A special, expandable pouch in its throat allows it to store seeds gathered quickly. At some point later in the day the Redpolls can process the consumed forage in a warmer, sheltered spot over the course of several hours.

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Lis#D7F9894-Jun 10 2012- ©Townsend Dickinson- Piping Plover, alert adult near chicks foraging in intertidal zone on sand bar at Milford Point, Milford, CT.

I do not remember why we visited Milford Point, on this late Sunday afternoon, June 10, 2012. The excuse probably was let’s go out for some fresh air and maybe see what birds were around, and maybe some prayers that the Point was not crawling with beach goers. We parked in the lot at CAS Milford Point and walked out to the sand bars on Long Island Sound. It was simply a lovely day, not much wind, and sun beamed dancing points on the blue sound waters.

My wife Mardi was with me, and luckily this Sunday we had the point almost to ourselves. I wondered off, closer the shore to see what was there. I had zero expectations as spring shorebird migration was winding down and there were only a few Semi-palmate Sandpipers in sight. I did notice a solitary Piping Plover eying me from afar. I know that the Milford Point Sandbar is one of few places they nest in Connecticut.

Milford Point has been one of my favorite destinations in Connecticut. The first time I came here alone, I used Nobel Proctor’s 25 Birding Areas in Connecticut to find the place. There were hundreds if not thousands of post breeding season terms roosting on the outer sand bar; I’ve not seen such a large group since that day. The undeveloped point was being considered for condos, and one could just walk the sand road past the houses. Luckily for birders, the McKinney National Wildlife Refuge came along. The sand bar at the mouth of the Housatonic River has changed substantially over the years and the exact place I made these photos is gone as storms migrate the sand.

Lis#D7F0137-Jun 10 2012-©Townsend Dickinson- Piping Plovers, alert adult with chick, in intertidal zone on sand bar at Milford Point, Milford, CT.

So here I was, with my camera gear as usual and there were almost no shorebirds to photograph. I was content to hunker down in the sand to observe and soak in the salt air. Soon I realized that the adult Piping Plover, that I had seen earlier, was not only watching me, but was keeping an eye on foraging chicks further out in the now uncovered intertidal zone. The late light was pretty, the tide was falling and chicks were darting around on the exposed flats. The chicks are precocial, they can run about and forage on their own shortly after hatching.

Lis#D7F0077-Jun 10 2012-©Townsend Dickinson- Piping Plovers, chick forages in beach debris, intertidal zone on sand bar at Milford Point, Milford, CT

I wished initially that they were closer, but I also knew that I was not going to chase them. My anxiety about causing them harm left me anchored to the sand. However all things, and Piping Plovers, come to those who practice patience. Gradually the birds, young and old, decided that I was just another harmless hunk of beach debris and their tolerance and gradual foraging behavior brought them closer. I began to take photos, taking care not make any sudden movements. Over the course of the next hour, from approximately 6:25 to 7:30, I made this series of photos. There appeared to be chicks from two sets of parents; one set with a larger, older chick, wandered into the foraging area, but did not linger.

Lis#D7F0388-Jun 10 2012-©Townsend Dickinson- Piping Plovers, two chicks forage in intertidal zone on sand bar at Milford Point, Milford, CT

The Piping Plover is a protected species, federally listed as a threatened and endangered. Recently the USFWS estimate the world population at 8000. I usually avoid the point during the nesting season when Plovers, Least Terns and American Oystercatchers try to raise young on the bar. I do not want to be the one who causes a failure, but mostly I stay away for my safety and safety of others. I suffer fools poorly and am often tempted to point out the failings of others at my peril. Dogs, foxes, gulls, night herons, skunks, storms, tides, and clueless people are all threats to breeders on open sand beaches. Only people should know better.

Lis#D7F0427-Jun 10 2012 ©Townsend Dickinson – Piping Plover, chick forages in intertidal zone on sand bar at Milford Point, Milford, CT

The frailty of this tiny chick, foraging with all the wisdom of its ancestors leaves me choked with emotion. I was in awe of its presence and felt blessed to have been a witness as it pursued its life business. Eventually the light failed and the bugs became more aggressive and it was over. This was an unplanned for adventure, but I was happy to accommodate the circumstances. I left with a clean conscious; I was not the one who bothered the birds this day. I also felt humbled that they allowed me to share the beach and a brief glimpse into their lives.

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Encounters Kentucky WarblerThis is the first of a series of short photo essays BirdCallsRadio is pleased to bring you from our guest photographer Townsend P. Dickinson.

I will share on BirdCallsRadio some images from my field work on wood warblers. My warbler work goal has been to document photographically everyday behaviors including foraging, body care, migration, sleeping, wintering and quiet spells. My plan for this series is to pick a neat bird which maybe a warbler and share photos and recollections of my close encounter.

Kentucky Warbler, spring trans-Gulf migrant, foraging on lawn, Convention Center, South Padre Island, TX

I’m kicking the series off with the Kentucky Warbler. I’ve had a few noteworthy encounters with this bird over the years. In early April in the late 1980’s, I encountered a Kentucky within the brick walls of Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. I was there to photograph spring migrants in this well-known migrant trap. I had a borrowed Canon 500mm lens and had a film camera, but the rig proved frustratingly inadequate to grab a photo of the Kentucky Warbler hopping around on the ground. The warbler was oblivious to me and the dozens of birders looking at migrants all over the inner courtyard of the Fort, but the bird’s foraging habits proved too much for my equipment.

The bird would hop several feet to a likely foraging location, would forage at that location and then suddenly would hop several feet to another location. This hop, forage, hop again routine, was repeated over and over again, in what was for me, a frustrating cycle. I stalked the bird around inside the walls of the Fort and my photo cycle was move the rig, set-up the shot, focus, bird hop, and then click, too many time to count. It was a perfect ballet of move, set, focus, hop, click, I was the one out of sync. These were the days of no auto focus lens, no image stabilization either and each click cost $.50 cents for a Fuji Film ASA 100 chrome. I abandoned this opportunity when the futility became apparant, but never forgot my frustration. Many years later, as the photo from South Padre Island (see below) may attest, modern photo technology enabled me to finally catch the ground foraging Kentucky in mid hop. You simply can not imagine how pleased I was with that photo.

︎ This male Kentucky Warbler is calling in a potential breeding site, but this site is north of its current breeding range. The current breeding range extends from New Jersey west to Kansas and Oklahoma and south to Texas and back east to Florida. There appears to be gradual shift of the breeding range to the north but whether this is due to warming, a return to an ancestral breeding range or another factor is uncertain. Overshoots are how warblers can expand their breeding range. A certain number of birds, usually inexperience first year birds do overshoot breeding grounds on spring migration. Given the right circumstances, this genetic gamble, which drove this bird to migrate to this site, hoping to get lucky, may enable the Kentucky to extend it’s range today or in a hundred years. The habitat seems appropriate; all that is needed is a female. It is likely that this bird is a first year male, as most experienced birds return to scene of their last successful breeding site.

Lis#J2O1864-Mar 22 2019-©Townsend Dickinson- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa, winter, foraging above ant swarm, forest floor, sitio arqueológico Tikal (Templo VI), PN Tikal, Petén, Guatemala. All Rights Reserved.

︎ Kentucky Warblers usually migrate to the same location for the longer tropical portion of their life cycle. They defend these overwintering sites from other Kentucky Warblers. Here the Kentucky Warbler pauses in its fast paced foraging near a large tropical leaf on the forest floor while looking for prey. The warbler is attending an army ant swarm unseen below in the tropical forests of the Tikal Lowlands, Guatemala. This was my second sighting of a Kentucky following such an ant swarm just hours apart on the same day. The Kentucky spends an average of 6 months of it’s life here foraging low in the forest. The non-breeding range, is generally lowland tropical forests and second growth foothills from Mexico, Central America, and extending as far south as Venezuela and Colombia.

3.︎Do birds silently scream whoopee to themselves when they hop, I hope so? Here a Kentucky Warbler is foraging on the lawn of the Padre Island Convention Center, Padre Island, Texas. This bird is likely a trans-gulf spring migrant, and is busy foraging to replenish low fat reserves. Migrants crossing the Gulf of Mexico in the spring generally will fly well inland by daybreak, but adverse conditions ground migrants all along the Texas coast from Brownsville to High Island. I observed this bird for close to an hour as it foraged on the lawn. It foraged almost exclusively on the lawn and would hop frequently several feet to the next area of interest. I was impressed by big feet and long legs that propelled the grand hop.

4.︎ This Kentucky Warbler, a female, is on spring migration too. The Magee Marsh, Ohio migrant trap provides shelter and sustenance, and she is foraging in leaves on forest floor. She has a beak full of invertebrate gathered while burrowing in and under leaves. She may be an overshoot; a sighting of Kentucky Warbler generates much excitement on the boardwalk. Most Ohio breeders are found further south, but few Kentucky Warblers do breed in southern Ontario.

︎ The 2020 Bent of River Kentucky Warbler called often throughout the day from various perches at this location. The loud calls from a trail in the forest just above the Bent of River, Audubon Connecticut Center Barn made it very accommodating to numerous observers. eBird shows that he was seen most days between May 24 and June 13. It was last reported on eBird June 13 so it was reported for 21 days at this site calling enthusiastically for a mate.

I will note that this bird did not seem to mind that ornithologists, using modern mtDNA data have moved it from the genus Oporonis warblers to a more suitable Genus the Geothlypis Yellowthroats. I do hope that the Connecticut Warbler does not mind being alone now. The Kentucky’s secretive nature did kind of make sense to me as an Oporonis considering how infrequently one sees a Mourning, MacGillivray’s or Connecticut during migration.

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Mardi Dickinson, BCR Host, reports LIVE from the 13th Annual Jamaica Bay Shorebird Festival that is held at the Gateway National Recreation Area unit of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge within the U.S. National Park Service; talks with many people that flock here to witness the spectacular yearly occurrence of the fall shorebird migration.

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Bernd Heinrich, A Naturalist, Biologist and Writer Joins BCR host Mardi Dickinson to talk about his lastest book "A Naturalist at Large" and the back-story about the early influences on his interest in science and natural history.

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Brian K. Wheelerhas been studying, painting, and photographing birds of prey throughout the United States and Canada for more than fifty years. His latest books ‘Birds of Prey of the West” and its companion volume, “Birds of Prey of the East”, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published.

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Dale Rosselet, VP for Education with New Jersey Audubon since 1983 joins Mardi Dickinson for an in depth conversation on all statewide and center-based programming efforts for the organization.

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Frank Gallo, Author & Birder stops by and talks with host, Mardi Dickinson on his newly released book on Birding in Connecticut and getting people outside to enjoy nature.

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Viginia Rose, initiated Birdability on birding for the mobility challenged, talks with host, Mardi Dickinson about to getting mobility challenged people out in the parks and enjoying nature, by way of birding; and in turn, to make birding more accessible.

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Kimberly Kaufman, Executive Director of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory is our second guest in a continued featured series called “Women In Conservation”, talks with host Mardi Dickinson about her passion in the natural world and lifelong contributions to wild birds and conservation.

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Mardi Dickinson, BCR Host, reports LIVE from NW Ohio on the Biggest Week 2018 Moments talks with many world travelers that flock here to witness the spectacular yearly occurrence of spring migration of songbirds on so many levels!

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Bonnie Paton Moon, author and a daughter of the late Wally and Marion Paton of Paton’s Birders Haven now in perpetuity called Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds stops by with an update.

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Sheri L. Williamson is a lifelong naturalist, co-founder and co-director of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, and author of A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America in the Peterson Field Guide Series. She lives near the Mexican border in Bisbee, Arizona with her husband and colleague Tom Wood and their dependents: a geriatric parrot, a rescue dog, three pampered pet chickens, and hundreds of freeloading wild birds.

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David Toews Ph.D. flys by to talk with host Mardi Dickinson about Warbler Hybrids & Genomics. The dynamics of hybridization, the patterns of genomic divergence, and understanding the genetic basis for phenotypic differences.

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 BirdCallsRadio reports LIVE from the Biggest week in American Birding 2018 on a keynote panel about five Women Birders Big Year that include; Lynn Barber, Laura Erickson, Laura Keene, Nancy McAllister and Yve Morrell.

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Luke Tiller stops be to talk with host Mardi Dickinson about the witness of raptor migration and his experience counting raptors in North America, Europe and the Middle East.

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                      Benjamin Van Doren and Kyle Horton stop by to talk with host Mardi Dickinson about an exciting new project called BirdCast. They both developed and recently launched live migration maps, an incredible tool built upon, of a computer model of weather and bird migration.

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Janet Moore and Janet Stein who discovered a Red Warbler on Monday, April 9, 2018at Rose Canyon Lake, Mt. Lemon in PimaCounty SEAZ, flys by to talk with host Mardi Dickinson in detail about finding this Mega Rarity in SEAZ.

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David La Puma is the Director of NJ Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory, avid birder, ornithologist and conservationist stops by to talk with host Mardi Dickinson about the World Series of Birding 35th Anniversary, CMBO/New Jersey Audubon, CMBO ongoing Research.

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David Lindo is a broadcaster, writer, speaker and tour leader and lives in England when he is not traveling the world. BirdCallsRadio caught up with David in Spain to talk with host Mardi Dickinson about Urban Birding and specializes in unlikely birding sites around the world.

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Ashli Gorbet is a wildlife biologist and ornithologist stops by to talk with host Mardi Dickinson about female role models, black-throated Grey Warblers, mentoring, bird banding, ABA Standards & Ethics Committee.

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Seabrooke Leckie freelance writer and naturalist who became interested in moths and stops by to talk with BirdCallsRadio about her lastest book series, Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America.

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Corrie Folsom-O'Keefe is the Bird Conservation Program Manager for Audubon Connecticut joins Host Mardi Dickinson to talk about Piping Plovers, shrub land birds, IBA's, Wild Life Guards, Being a pilot and Civil Air Patrol.

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Hob Osterlund is the founder of Kauai Albatross Network and author of the book Holy Moli, Albatross and Other Ancestors; joins BirdCallsRadio to talk about the Laysan Albatrosses on Kauai.

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Scott Weidensaul, Author and Naturalist stops by to talk with BirdCallsRadio™ about his life-long work and projects on conservation and the natural world.

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Stephen Kress, Vice President for Bird Conservation of the National Audubon Society, Executive Director of the Seabird Restoration Program, Project Puffin; stops by to talk with BirdCallsRadio about his life-long work in seabird conservation, management, and habitat restoration.

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Noah Strycker, Birder and Author stops by BirdCallsRadio to talk about his adventures to become the first person to see half the world's birds in one year with a backpack!

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Floyd Scholz, Master Bird Carver stops by BirdCallsRadio to talk about his life long work, techniques and his love of the natural world that inspired his fascination with large crested eagles.

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Ken Elkin stops by BirdCallsRadio to talk about his program he Co-developed called Bird Tales for people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

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Sidney Gauthreaux Ph.D., leading radar ornithologist talks about using radars to quantify Trans-Gulf of Mexico bird migration.

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Jim Fowler, one of the world’s most recognized naturalists, has presented information about wildlife and wild places to the American public on television for more than 40 years. Jim Fowler talks with Host, Mardi Dickinson about his adventures through the years.

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The Connecticut Bird Atlas will map all species found in the state during both breeding/nesting and nonbreeding/non-nesting seasons. Bird Calls Radio talks with Chris Elphick to clarify this important Breeding Bird Survey project.

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Bird Calls Radio reports on the Westport CT Christmas Bird Count by joining a field party on count day.

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Helen Hays has directed, since 1969, the ongoing Tern Research project on Great Gull Island designed to study and preserve this major colony for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, which gained control of the Island in 1949. Today, Great Gull Island tern colony makes this the largest such colony of Roseate’s in the Western Hemisphere.

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Paul Baicich, Co-Author of The Crossley ID Guide Waterfowl stops by to talk with BirdCallsRadio on saving waterfowl and wetlands, wing cut outs, food and conservation.

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Mark Garland is the Director of the Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project, and teaches week-long birding programs in Cape May for the Road Scholar program. Mark talks to Bird Calls Radio on location at Cape May Point about his love and facination with monarchs.

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Richard Crossley, Author of the newest Crossley ID Guide Book Waterfowl is back to talk about his fourth book in this series.

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Lucas Stephenson is our first guest in a new series called "Pay It Forward" on this episode and talks to BirdCallsRadio about his 11 years of birding and travel adventures as a young birder.

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Mike Parr, President of the American Bird Conservancy, Part 2 in Washington DC stops by again to continue our conservation on recent concerns involving conservation and migration of wild birds.

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Pete Dunne with Kevin Karlson on their lastest book,"Birds of Prey". Known both for their lifelong devotion to wildlife conservation and protection of all living birds, joins BirdCallsRadio live on location to talk with us.

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Mike Parr, President of the American Bird Conservancy in Washington DC stops by to talk about some of the recent concerns involving extinction, migratory birds and threats.

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Victor Emanuel is our fifth guest in this series called "For The Record, Legacy Interviews" on our 100th Episode, talks to BirdCallsRadio about his 69 years of birding and travel adventures.

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Debi Love Shearwater is our fourth guest in a series called "For The Record, Legacy interviews", talks to BirdCallsRadio about her passion for pelagic trips, the natural world and lifelong contributions to wild birds and conservation. Debi is a world traveler well known for establishing Shearwater Journeys inc, a company which has offered pelagic trips from California since 1976.

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Joel Greenberg, Author of "A Feathered River Across the Sky, The Passenger Pigeon's Flight To Extinction." stops by to share the incredible story of the Passenger Pigeon from billions to none and help fill in bits that are important, but not specically mentioned.

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Chris Elphick, Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at University of Connecticut stops by to talk about The Saltmarsh Sparrow life and habitats in marshes across New England.

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Twan Leenders assumed the position as President and CEO of Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History RTPI in 2012. Guided by Peterson’s example, Leenders actively studies natural history and strives to make nature accessible to everyone.

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Deborah Rivel and Kellye Rosenheim are Co-Authors of the book “Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island.”. Get the inside scoop on birdwatching in Manhattan and the surrounding areas with insider tips!

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Greg Miller has been birding for over 50 years and have birded in all 50 states and much of Canada. I love to get outside and go find birds. Every trip out is an adventure!

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Laura Erickson is our first guest in a new series called "Women In Conservation", talks to BirdCallsRadio about her passion in the natural world and lifelong contributions to wild birds and conservation.

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Kenn Kaufman is our third guest in a special series called "For The Record, Legacy interviews", talks to BirdCallsRadio about his passion in the natural world and lifelong contributions to wild birds and conservation.

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Mardi Dickinson, BCR Host is reporting LIVE on location from Northwest Ohio, where spring migration for songbirds is in full swing and where we are attending the Biggest Week Birding Festival.

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Joan Collins is President of the New York State Ornithological Association and Editor of New York Birders. She is also Vice-President of Northern New York Audubon, past President of High Peaks Audubon Society, and past member of the Board of Directors for the Audubon Council of New York State.

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Patrick Lynch is an author or co-author of eight books published by Yale University Press, including his latest book this year 2017, “A Field Guide to Long Island Sound.” A comprehensive guide to the environmental history, natural environments, plants, and animals of the Sound.

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Deborah Cramer, Author of The Narrow Edge A Tiny Bird, An Ancient Crab & An Epic Journey., stops by BirdCallsRadio to talk about her newest book.

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Lisa White, Executive Editor of Nature and Field Guides at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing in Boston Mass stops by to talk about the world of publishing.

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Pete Dunne, well-known birdwatcher and author is our second guest in our new series called "For The Record, Legacy interviews", talks to BirdCallsRadio about his lifelong contributions to conservation.

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Tom Stephenson & Scott Whittle Co-Authors of The Warbler Guide Book & App are flying by to talk about Warblers, new techniques and a special announcement.

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Patrick Comins, Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon Connecticut stops by to talks about Straford Point CT and many other topics.

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Chandler S. Robbins summarized the highlights of his 60 year career, but without doubt there are accomplishments that have had a profound impact on world wide conservation and modern ornithology.

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Katie Fallon is the author of the nonfiction books Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird (University Press of New England, forthcoming March 2017) and Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird (Ruka Press, 2011). Katie’s essays have appeared in a variety of literary journals and magazines, and her essay “Rebirth” (published in River Teeth, Fall 2013) was listed as a “Notable” in Best American Science & Nature Writing 2014.

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A Conversation with our next guest Judith "Judy" Davis who was the first person to identified the Great White Pelican that landed on Sanibel Island, Florida from Sunday, February 28, 2016 till Monday March 1, 2016.

Judy is a retired educator of New York State and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Judy has been a birder since Jr Audubon in 1947. She has been Volunteer at .J N. Ding Darling for 18 years that includes roving or guiding along Wildlife Drive, helping with biological surveys and helping new volunteers with bird Identification especially shorebirds including painting signs which luckily are being replaced.

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Bonnie Paton Moon, Daughter of the Late Wally and Marion Paton and Larry Morgan “Ambassador For The Birds,” Stewart & Caretaker for the property of Paton’s Birder Haven; are the next special guests on BirdCallsRadio WORLDWIDE, Internet Streaming & BCR iTunes. Come join us for Part 1 of this extraordinary interview.

In 1974, Wally and Marion Paton, life-long gardeners, naturalists bird-lovers began to plant flowers and install water features on their property in Patagonia Arizona. They put up hummingbird feeders and had great success, attracting Violet-crowned Hummingbirds along with even rarer species like the Cinnamon Hummingbird and Plain-Capped Star-throat. When the couple realized birders were crowding outside their fence to get a better view, the Paton’s opened the gate and welcomed them inside. So began this conservation story of two dedicated naturalist that lives on as a testament to their vision.

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Dorian Anderson Biking For Birds joins host Mardi Dickinson on location in southern Connecticut in a impromtu interview together as he takes a short break to refuel and rest from biking and birding fundrasier. This is the first leg of Dorian’s Journey across the county. We will get into the birds Dorian has seen, type of equipment and gear he has onboard to situations Dorian has encountered plus much more.

Biking for Birds is a year-long environmental odyssey aimed at protecting wild birds and their habitats. During this twelve-month endeavor, which commenced January 1 from Cape Ann, Massachusetts., geneticist Dr. Dorian Anderson, a Philadelphia native, hopes to see and photograph 600 species of birds while pedaling his bike 15,000 miles across the country.

To further eliminate a carbon footprint during his travels, Dr. Anderson will not have a support vehicle to assist him; everything he needs will be carried on Dorian’s back and his bicycle. This Big Year permutation will certainly add an unprecedented level of adventure to the endeavor, and it should set a new standard for environmentally sustainable travel.

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Due to continuous power outages along the East Coast, today’s BirdCallsRadio episode will be available by clicking on the link below.

Today’s show features an interview with Gail Eleanor McNab, an ABA Birders’ Exchange international intern and Betty Petersen, Director of Birders’ Exchange, to learn about this important bird conservation program from both who have first-hand knowledge of the subject from two different views.

McNab describes herself as an “Outgoing, friendly, hardworking, Creole woman.” She was born in Belize and her love of the outdoors started at a young age as she followed her five brothers around outside, playing sports and exploring nature.

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Bill Thompson III, co-publisher and editor of “Bird Watchers Digest,” discusses his magazine and also his new book “The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America” in this episode of BirdCallsRadio that originally aired on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.

A prolific writer of birds and nature, he also wrote “Bird Watching for Dummies” and several other books. He also spreads the word about birding through his blog — Bill of the Birds — and a podcast entitled “This Birding Life.”

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Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman took a break from their New England book-signing tour on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, to do a live, in-studio show with BirdCallsRadio.

We discuss extensively the Kaufmans newly published book “Kaufman Field Guide to

Nature of New England.” What’s in the book? Why was all this included? Why was it designed the way it was? Were there difficulties or challenges encountered while working on the book? Are there more books coming? All this and more is included in the interview.

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Phil Donahue discusses his Purple Martin colony and accompanying websitewww.gazebophil.com in this edition of BirdCallsRadio, with host, Mardi Dickinson, which originally aired on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012.

Listen as this iconic TV personality describes his passion for Purple Martins. Donahue, along with his wife Marlo Thomas, has a large Purple Martin colony at their home.

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Dunne is the Chief Communications Officer of New Jersey Audubon and Director of the Cape May Bird Observatory. He is also the Founder of the World Series of Birding, held annually in New Jersey.

Listen to this show as he discusses writing, birding, the responsibility birders have in spreading the word about their hobby.

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Julie Brown, monitoring site coordinator for Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA), talks hawk watching on BirdCallsRadio in this archive that originally aired Sept. 30, 2012.

Brown discusses hawk watching basics, raptor biology, the work of HMANA, and the upcoming HMANA annual conference at Audubon Greenwich.

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Joy M. Kiser and Amy T. Montague discuss Kiser’s book “America’s Other Audubon” and the artwork of Genevieve Jones on this BirdCallsRadio archive, which originally aired Sunday, Sept. 23. “America’s Other Audubon” is about the life of artist Genevieve Jones, an amateur artist who did the artwork for “Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio.”Jones was inspired by the works of John James Audubon and died of typhoid fever before completing the project. Her family completed the work in her honor. Montague, the Director of the Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center, discusses the exhibition “Nests, Eggs, Heartbreak & Beauty,” which opens Sept. 30 and runs through Jan. 13. The exhibition features Jones’s rare 19th century book.

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Dave Magpiong and Dr. J. Drew Lahnam were the guests this past Sunday on BirdCallsRadio. The conversation, which centered around diversity in the birding community and the Focus on Diversity conference, was so interesting we needed extra time to finish it.

So here is about 13 more minutes of bonus BirdCallsRadio with Magpiong and Lanham. Special thanks to Mardi Dickinson and Jill Camerota for doing the bonus audio.

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Dave Magpiong and Dr. J. Drew Lanham discuss diversity among birdwatchers and the upcoming Focus on Diversity II conference on this episode of BirdCallsRadio, which aired originally on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012.

Focus on Diversity II, which will take place on Oct. 13, at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington, Minnesota. The objective of the conference is to “promote effective outreach to more diverse audiences with birding opportunities, outdoor recreation, and conservation messages.

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Betty Petersen, director of the Birders’ Exchange, discusses her work and her birding travels on BirdCallsRadio. This episode originally aired on Sept. 9, 2012.

Take a listen to this archive as Betty talks about the Birders’ Exchange, a program of the American Birding Association whereby donated new and used equipment is collected and distributed to ABA colleagues working to conserve birds and their habitats throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Betty has traveled extensively in the Neotropics to distribute the equipment and has plenty of fascinating stories to tell about the people who receive the materials and the conservation work they do.

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Wildlife artist Sean Murtha and his son Brendan talk about art, birding together and conservation on BirdCallsRadio. Sean is a well-known artist and his website — seanmurthaart.com — features several of his works. He has a particular interest in Long Island Sound, along whose shores he was born.

In 2011 Sean was honored with an “Award of Excellence” by both the Artists for Conservation and the Society of Animal Artists.

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Joe Schnierlein of the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk talks about Long Island Sound, Osprey, seals, whales, white alligators, the ouzel and more during this BirdCallsRadio show, which originally aired on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012.

Joe Warren of Wild Birds Unlimited discusses southward migration and how to attract the birds to your yard. Host Chris Bosak talks about shorebirds and red-breasted nuthatches.

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Debi Love Shearwater, pelagic bird tour leader of Shearwater Journeys inc. and inspiration for a character in the movie The Big Year, was the latest guest on BirdCallsRadio. Debi discusses pelagic birding off the coasts of all 7 continents, with a particular focus on northern California _ where she is based _ and Antarctica. She also talks about The Big Year and what that has meant for birding.

Early in the show, Joe Warren talks about southward migration and what to do to attract the migrants to your yard. Host Chris Bosak reads from an old book whereby Roger Tory Peterson wrote the first chapter. Chris and co-host Mardi Dickinson also discuss what birds have been seen in the area recently and their experience with pelagic trips.

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The authors of “Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Gateway to a Million
Shorebirds,” will be the next guests on BirdCallsRadio. Dr. Lawrence Niles, Dr. Joanna Burger, and Dr. Amanda Dey have worked extensively with the birds _ especially shorebirds _ of the Delaware Bay and have written a fascinating and exceedingly informative book about the area and its importance to birds.

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Kim Todd, an associate professor at Penn State Behrend and author of “Sparrow,” was the latest guest on BirdCallsRadio, which originally aired Sunday, July 29, 2012. Listen as Kim describes the interesting history of the House Sparrow, its introduction to the United States and its impact on the native wildlife in the U.S.

Kim previously authored “Tinkering with Eden,” a book about the introduction of exotic species to the U.S. ecology.

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BirdCallsRadio archive show featuring Wayne Petersen as guest on July 22, 2012. Petersen is the director of the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Important Bird Area (IBA) program. He was also the field ornithologist for Mass Audubon for 15 years before taking on his current role.

Listen as he discusses the IBA program and what it takes for a property to be considered an IBA. He also talks about seabirds and some of his state’s IBA properties off shore.

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BirdCallsRadio archive with nature photographer Lloyd Spitalnik as the guest. Lloyd discusses his photo book “Visions: Earth’s Elements in Bird & Nature Photography,” as well as nature photography in general, the equipment he uses and how he captures some of his amazing shorebird photos. He also discusses Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and its annual shorebird festival.

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Show featuring Chuck Westfall, technical advisor for Canon USA. Westfall shares knowledge about Canon’s line of cameras for nature photographers, from beginners to advanced. Point and shoots have come a long way for photographers, some with a reach of more than 800mm. Canon also continues to improve their high-end camera bodies and lenses as well. Listen as Westfall describes what’s new. It’s a must listen for anyone interested in nature photography.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring guest Kelly Fuller, Wind Campaign Coordinator for the American Bird Conservancy. Wind energy is a hot topic among the birding community. No doubt we need to find alternate and renewable sources of energy, but it must be done in a bird- and wildlife-friendly way. Listen as Fuller explains what “bird-friendly” means when it comes to wind power. Proper placement of the wind mills is crucial. Fuller also explains a new lawsuit filed by American Bird Conservancy against the federal government regarding how information is shared among the government and those in the wind power industry.

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show featuring naturalist and wildlife illustrator Jen Brumfield. Listen as we have a lively discussion with Jen about her illustrations, birding in northern Ohio, getting children involved in nature, “extreme birding,” and a host of other topics.

Jen is known for her enthusiasm for birding and that certainly comes through in this interview/discussion.

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BirdCallsRadio archive featuring Eric Powers as the guest. Powers is a biologist and founder of Your Connection to Nature (www.yc2n.com). He conducts programs with schools on Long Island Sound whereby teachers hatch Northern Bobwhite eggs and Powers broods them and eventually releases them to control the tick population in local parks.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring John Marzluff and Tony Angell, authors of “Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans,” which was recently released by Free Press on June 5, 2012. Listen as the authors discuss in detail crows, other corvids, and some of the amazing stories associated with these amazing and interesting birds.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring Greg Hanisek as the guest. Greg is an editor and nature columnist for The Republican-American, a daily newspaper in Waterbury, Connecticut. He has been birdwatching for more than 50 years and is a well-known and active birder in the state. Greg is an active participant in bird surveys in CT, is the editor of the Connecticut Warbler (the newsletters of the Connecticut Ornithological Association) and is a member of the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring an with Florence “Flo” McBride. Listen as this popular Connecticut birdwatcher describes how she gets children excited about learning about nature and birds. She even does her “Blue Jay rap” — twice. Nice!

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Show featuring Katie Fallon, author of “Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird,” by Ruka Press. Katie discusses the plight of the Cerulean Warbler, a beautiful blue warbler that is declining rapidly. Katie went to South America to visit the birds’ winter habitat. She discusses in this interview the various challenges the birds face on their winter and summer homes, as well as on their migration routes. She also tackles mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia and encourages consumers to drink shade-grown coffee.

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Featured Soundkeeper Terry Backer, who has devoted much of his life to preserving and protecting Long Island Sound.

Terry, who is also a state Representative in Connecticut, talks about important initiatives that will protect the Sound, what the Soundkeeper organization (now 25 years old) has done over the years to protect the Sound, and, of course, birds. Terry has been fishing and shellfishing on Long Island Sound nearly all his life and offers an interesting perspective on the waters.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring special guests Michael Moccio and Patrick Dugan. Michael and Patrick were instrumental in preserving a section of Cove Island Park in Stamford, CT, at Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary. What was once a brush dump is now a wildlife sanctuary with habitats such as fields, woods, beaches and brushy areas. Check out the archive to find out how they did it.

Patrick is also known for his bird imitations and he does several during the show. Be sure to check that out, too. He even does his famous winter wren call.

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Derek Lovitch show, originally aired Sunday, April 29, 2012. Derek talks to BirdCallsRadio about his new book, “How to be a Better Birder,” published by Princeton University Press. He also discusses the Whole Bird and More approach to bird identification, using radar and weather to find more birds, conservation and special moments at Bradbury Mountain in Maine.

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Show with Kenn Kaufman. It originally aired on Sunday, April 22, 2012. Kenn is one the most recognized birders in the U.S. and is the author of several books on birds. He is also the founder of the Kaufman Field Guides published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company of Boston.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring Julie Zickefoose, wildlife artist, wild rehabilitator, naturalist and author of “The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds,” a recent Oprah Book club “Book of the Week.”

Julie discusses her book, as well as reads a passage from the book and describes some of the artwork. She also discusses a variety of other topics related to nature. You don’t want to miss her discussion about barn swallows and a black rat snake!

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BirdCallsRadio show with Julian Hough as the special guest. Julian discusses wildlife photography and art, as well as birdwatching tips, the Ct Avian Records Committee, and coming to America from England and meeting up in Cape May, N.J., with folks such as Richard Crossley, Pete Dunne, and Kevin Karlson.

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Show with renowned wildlife photographer Kevin Karlson. He is also the co-author of The Shorebird Guide. His latest book, Birding by Impression, is due out soon.

Listen as Kevin describes the concept of birding by impression, a more holistic approach to birdwatching. Kevin also talks about The Shorebird Guide and the plight of the Red Knot.

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BirdCallsRadio show with naturalist Mary Warren of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area in Ohio. Magee Marsh has been named a Top 10 spot for birdwatching in the United States.

Listen as Mary discusses bird migration, other wildlife, Magee Marsh, and how she became a naturalist late in life and encourages others to follow their dreams. Mary also discusses the importance of getting kids involved in the outdoors.

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Here is the archive of Sunday’s show with Richard Crossley, author of The Crossley ID Guide. Richard reflects on the feedback he has received on his unique book since the last time he was guest on Bird Calls Radio back in April 2011. He also discusses several other books that will follow.

Richard also talks about a Global Bird Initiative, Pledge to Fledge, whereby birdwatchers will bring along non-birders for a day in the field looking at birds. Richard is interested in getting more people involved with birdwatching and this is just one way he is helping to do that.

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Bird Calls Radio show with James Currie, host of Birding Adventures TV. Listen as Currie talks about birding around the world, having his own birding TV show (he actually has two), mingling with locals, “other” wildlife, finding and taping an extremely rare hummingbird in South America, bagging “golden birds,” and plenty of other topics.

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Show featuring young birder Benjamin Van Doren. The show originally aired live on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Benjamin is a senior at White Plains High School in Westchester County, N.Y.

He has already studied and researched birds extensively and has participated in birdwatching events such as the World Series of Birding. His research on nocturnal migration and morning flight in migrating birds has earned him a finalist position for the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search award. The winner earns a $100,000 prize.

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Jayne Neville, founder and owner of the Mount Vernon Songbird Sanctuary in Southington, Conn.

Jayne is a wildlife rehabilitator who specializes in songbird rehabilitation. She has nursed to health thousands of birds, such as swifts, hummingbirds and woodpeckers. Listen as she describes the feeling of rehabilitating one of these precious birds and releases them into the wild. It’s a fun and lively interview.

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Bird Calls Radio show, in case you missed it. In this show, Milan Bull discusses the recently released 2012 State of the Birds Report. Bull is the senior director of conservation and science and also one of the founders and editors of the report. This year’s report focused on “Where is the Next Generation of Conservationists Coming From?” We discuss the findings at length.

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Dr. John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, speaks at length about the Great Backyard Bird Count in this archive of the Feb. 12, 2012, BirdCallsRadio show. If you have any questions about the Great Backyard Bird Count, give this show a listen and you’ll be well informed at the end.

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Bird Calls Radio show with Pete Dunne, renowned birder and author.

Dunne is the Chief Communications Officer of New Jersey Audubon and Director of the Cape May Bird Observatory. He is also the Founder of the World Series of Birding, held annually in New Jersey.

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Bird Calls Radio show with Kimberly Kaufman as the special guest. Kimberly is the executive director of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory in NW Ohio. She is also a conservationist and wife of renowed birdwatcher Kenn Kaufman.

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Twan Leenders, reptile expert and conservation director for Connecticut Audubon. We discuss snakes, turtles, living in a tropical tree house and, of course, birds.

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Featuring an interview with Clay Taylor of Swarovski Optik NA. Clay discusses optics, digiscoping, butterflies, birding festivals and other topics. It’s a fun interview.

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Tom is the author of “This Fine Piece of Water: An Environmental History of the Long Island Sound.” We discuss the Sound, its importance to birds, the challenges it faces, its fertility heyday, and what lies ahead for it. Tom is also doing communications work with CT Audubon.

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Bird Calls show with Jeffrey A. Gordon, American Birding Association president, as the guest. What does the ABA have in store for 2012? What advances did it make in 2011? How does one fashion a career in birding and become the president of a major birdwatching organization?

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Dennis Varza, age 59, of Fairfield, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2013. Born in Bridgeport, son of the late Victor and Marie Broderick Varza. Dennis had been a Fairfield Town resident for most of his life. Dennis graduated from Shippensburg State College in Pa and did his graduate work at LSU where he earned a MS in Zoology and went on to the University of Oklahoma where he studied aquatic ecology. He had worked for many years as a contract biologist for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection setting up programs to protect Piping Plovers and Least Terns plus many other projects.

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Bird Calls Radio show with live updates from the Christmas Bird Counts around the state. First we checked in with the Westport Circle boat crew of Towny Dickinson and Larry Flynn, then Brian O’Toole of the Greenwich/Stamford Count stopped into the studio for a live update, then we heard from Scott Heth of the Lakeville/Sharon Count in northern CT, then finally Twan Leender of the Litchfield Hills Count. It’s a fun, hectic show with lots of great information.

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Our first guest was Denise Savageau, conservation director for the Town of Greenwich. We discussed Greenwich’s IBA’s (including Great Captain’s Island), the importance of clean water and a ton of other environmental issues. Mardi Dickinson, Westport Christmas Bird Count compiler, talks about the annual Christmas Bird Count. I also introduce a few new features to BirdCallsRadio.

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Judy Richardson, master bird bander and regional director for CT Audubon. Richardson also owns a property in Costa Rica and bands birds there, too.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring Al Levestin.

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Catherine is an artist and birder who is doing a Big Year of sorts, as she explains during the show. She has seen more than 500 bird species this year and is also concentrating on studying and drawing birds. Her favorite birds? Sparrows. Why?

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Bird Calls radio show featuring an interview with “The Big Year” author Mark Obmascik. He discusses the movie, the book, the characters in the book and his own passion for birdwatching.

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John Fitzpatrick, director of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. John is a significant figure in birdwatching and bird conservation in America.

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Bird Calls radio archive with Patrick Comins _ director of bird conservation for Audubon Connecticut. Patrick discusses protecting land for birds and how that process happens. He also discusses the importance of protecting space and the politics involved. Patrick also talks about what’s next in terms of conservation and also discusses birding in general.

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Gilman has more than 30 years experience as a naturalist and has traveled around the globe looking at and helping bird populations. He also knows the Audubon Greenwich grounds well enough to know when certain bird species will appear — to the date.

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Bird Calls radio program with master carver Floyd Scholz. We discuss how to get into carving birds, how to sell art, how he got interested in nature and how he plays a banjo while riding a unicycle. Very interesting interview.

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Bird Calls radio program that was done live at the annual Oyster Festival in Norwalk. (Click above.) Jenny Dickson, a biologist with the Connecticut DEEP, was the guest and spoke about a variety of topics, such as bats, moose, and, of course, birds, birds, birds.

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Bird Calls radio show featuring Luke Tiller, the official hawk watcher at Audubon Greenwich’s Quaker Ridge Hawk Watching area.

Tiller talks about hawk watches, the Young Birders Club, birding in England (his native land) and other topics about birds. Here’s the list of links that Luke mentions on the show.

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The show features an interview with Don Riepe, guardian of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City. He discusses a variety of topics, such as shorebirds, shorebird identifications, tromping through the woods as a kid and how to get kids involved in the outdoors these days.

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Bird Calls Radio show with long-time birder Terry Wood.

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Bird Calls Radio show with long-time birder Richard Soffer. He started birdwatching in the 1940s and has an interesting historical perspective on the hobby. He also birded Sherwood Island extensively and talks about those experiences. His collection of more than 1,400 rare bird books has been donated to Amherst, his alma mater.

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The guest is Susan Snider, president of Friends of Norwalk Islands, a new nonprofit group whose mission it is protect and educate people about the Norwalk Islands. Snider is also the former director of Norwalk Seaport Association. Snider attended the annual conference of National Wildlife Refuge System.

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Bird Calls radio show with special guest Joe Zeranski, co-author of Connecticut Birds. Joe talks about the history of birds in Connecticut and the writing of the book.

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I speak with Wayne Roberts, regional director of Ducks Unlimited and Joe Warren of Wild Birds Unlimited. Joe talks about feeding birds in the summer and helping baby birds that fall out of the nest. Wayne discusses Ducks Unlimited and ducks in general.

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Guest Keith Tomlinson talks about his experiences with birdingpal.org, both as a guide and as a visitor being guided. Here is the archive of the Saturday, July 2, Bird Calls radio show.

I talk about red, white and blue birds, as well as turtles. Joe Warren of Wild Birds Unlimited in Darien, CT, and Bedford Hills, N.Y. talks about bats and bat boxes.

As always thanks for listening.

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The show features a fascinating interview with Dara Reid, founder and director of Wildlife in Crisis, a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Weston. Did you know her facility receives as many as 100 phone calls per day during the early summer regarding injured or abandoned wildlife.

Joe Warren of Wild Birds Unlimited in Darien (CT) and Bedford Hills (NY) talks about a trip to Texas where he saw millions of bats.

At the beginning of show, I talk about the birds I’ve been seeing in my yard, including chickadees, nuthatches and titmice with youngsters. I also talk about a listeners favorite bird, the blue jay.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring Jennie Mortonsen as guest.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring Richard Crossley as guest. Crossley talks about his newly released Crossley Guide and how he got the thousands of photographs needed to accompany the guide. He also talks about getting the next generation involved in birdwatching.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring John Moeling of the Norwalk Land Trust. He discusses the importance of perserving land, getting kids out in nature and the Norwalk Land Trust.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring David Park as guest. Park is a kayaker and author of “Kayaking In and Around the Norwalk Islands.”

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BirdCallsRadio show with Westport’s Tina Green as guest. Green talks about birding Sherwood Island, volunteering and finding the Fork-tailed Flycatcher at Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary.

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BirdCallsRadio with Frank Gallo of Connecticut Audubon as the guest. Gallo talks about his team’s Big Day, which set a Connecticut record for most bird species seen in one day.

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BirdCallsRadio show with Margaret Ardwin, naturalist at Earthplace (formerly Westport Nature Center) as guest. Ardwin talks about universal trail design, getting children involved in the outdoors and Earthplace.

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BirdCallsRadio show with Townsend P. Dickinson, nature photographer and warbler expert. Towny discusses wood warbler migration and other topics related to warblers.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring Bill Wilson, founder of Birds and Beans coffee, as the guest. Bill describes how and why he founded the bird-friendly coffee and the importance of drinking bird-friendly coffee.

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BirdCallsRadio show featuring Connecticut birder Frank Mantlik as guest. Frank is one of the top birders in the state and his “state list” tops all others. Listen as Frank describes how to see the various birds in Connecticut.

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BirdCallsRadio program featuring Larry Flynn as the guest. Larry is a master wildlife conservationist in Connecticut and leads bird tours for the Norwalk Seaport Association.

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Here is the first BirdCallsRadio program ever. It aired on March 19, 2011, on WSTC/WNLK AM radio in Norwalk, Conn. The special guest is Milan Bull, conservation and science director Connecticut Audubon.

He discusses, among other things, the 2011 Connecticut State of the Birds report.

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