Archive for May 2012
BirdCallsRadio: Florence McBride
Florence McBride Popular Connecticut birdwatcher talks about how to get children excited about the outdoors, the elementary school curriculum she developed using birds as the focus, her nature movies, winning the Mabel Osgood Wright award and the joys of birding in general.
Read MoreHappy Memorial Day weekend from BirdCallsRadio
Have a great Memorial Day weekend everybody. If you’re traveling, be careful and best of luck seeing some good “road birds.” If you’re staying put, best of luck seeing great yard birds or birds in the field. Feel free to share your Memorial Day weekend sightings with BirdCallsRadio by clicking here. I’d love to hear…
Read MoreFlorence McBride next guest on BirdCallsRadio
Florence “Flo” McBride will be the next guest on BirdCallsRadio, coming up this Sunday, May 27, from 1 to 2 p.m. on 1490AM WGCH or Listen Live. Flo is a well known long time birder in Connecticut and is particularly adept at getting children involved in nature. She leads several bird walks for children at…
Read MoreBirdCallsRadio: Katie Fallon
Katie Fallon, author of “Cerulean Blues,” discusses with BirdCallsRadio her book that describes the plight of the Cerulean Warbler and the various dangers it _ and other songbirds _ face during migration, as well as on their summer and winter grounds. Mardi Dickinson talks about the Biggest Week in American Birding. Host Chris Bosak recounts listeners’ “Best Bird” stories.
Read MoreFor the Birds column: It pays to know the songs well
Here’s my For the Birds column from last week. For the Birds runs Thursdays in The Hour (Norwalk, Ct.) and Mondays in The Sentinel (Keene, N.H.). Just like birds don’t always look like field guides say they look, birds don’t always sound like field guides say they sound like. Unless it’s a very comprehensive…
Read MoreBird banding with the kids
More photos below. One day this week I brought the boys over to Birdcraft in Fairfield, Ct., to watch the expert bird banders in action. A big thanks to Judy Richardson and everyone else who was there banding and helping to educate Andrew and Will. Sure, the boys missed an hour or two of school, but…
Read MoreKatie Fallon will be next guest on Bird Calls Radio
Katie Fallon, author of “Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird,” will be the next guest on BirdCallsRadio. Cerulean Blues (Ruka Press, 2011) is a personal account by Fallon about the plight of the cerulean warbler, a beautiful, but fast-declining songbird. In fact, there are 80 percent fewer cerulean warblers today than there…
Read MoreWhat's your best bird so far this migration period?
Scarlet Tanager ©Chris Bosak All Rights Resevered For my upcoming show this Sunday (May 20) I want to continue discussing the spring migration. And why not? We’re still in the thick of what many consider to be the most exciting time of the year for birdwatching. So I want to know what your best bird…
Read MoreBirdCallsRadio: Terry Backer
Terry Backer, The Soundkeeper, talks with BirdCallsRadio about his 25 years of protecting Long island Sound. Backer has worked his entire life on the Sound and knows its importance to birds, other animals and humans.
Read MoreMost recent For the Birds column: Migration can be Fickle
Here is my most recent For the Birds column that runs weekly in The Hour (Norwalk, Ct) and The Keene Sentinel (Keene, N.H.). Also, be on the lookout tomorrow for the archive of Sunday’s BirdCallsRadio show with the Soundkeeper, Terry Backer. Thanks. …. Ah, the whims of migration. Last Friday evening I stepped into Selleck’s…
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