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Katie 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…
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Migration continues in full force (listen to this informative archive on migration)
Every day more and more warblers and songbirds are showing up on their annual journey to their breeding sites. Some will continue northward, some will remain with us and raise their families here. No doubt, it’s an exciting time of year for birdwatchers. Many would consider the spring songbird migration to be the most exciting…
Read MoreDerek Lovitch will be next guest on BirdCallsRadio
Maine birder and author of “How to be a Better Birder,” Derek Lovitch, will be the next guest on BirdCallsRadio, coming at you 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday at 1490 WGCH or Listen Live. In “How to be a Better Birder” (Princeton University Press), Lovitch describes the Whole Bird and More approach, which enables birders…
Read MoreBirdCallsRadio: Kenn Kaufman
Kenn Kaufmann Well-known author and birdwatcher joins BirdCallsRadio to discuss migration, Kingbird Highway, shade-grown coffee, northwest Ohio, the Biggest Week in American Birding and other topics. Joe Warren of Wild Birds Unlimited talks about safflower. Host Chris Bosak talks about the Eastern Towhee.
Read MoreKenn Kaufman will be next guest on BirdCallsRadio
Kenn Kaufman, renowned birdwatcher and author of several books on birds as well as field guides, will be the next guest on BirdCallsRadio, coming up this Sunday (April 22) from 1 to 2 p.m. on 1490 WGCH in southern Connecticut and nearby New York or Listen Live worldwide. The American Birding Association recently presented Kenn with its…
Read MoreBirdCallsRadio: Julie Zickefoose
Julie Zickefoose Author, naturalist and artist, discusses with BirdCallsRadio her book “The Bluebird Effect,” her artwork, her band, migration and a variety of other bird topics. She reads an excerpt from her book. Host Chris Bosak talks about the Carolina Wren. Joe Warren of Wild Birds Unlimited talks about when to put out hummingbird feeders.
Read MoreJulie Zickefoose will be next guest on BirdCallsRadio
Be sure to tune in Sunday, April 15th 1 to 2 p.m. as BirdCallsRadio features a special live interview with Julie Zickefoose. Julie is a popular wildlife artist, naturalist, writer, and author of Letters from Eden: A Year at Home, in the Woods, and The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds, a recent pick for…
Read MoreBirdCallsRadio: Julian Hough
Julian Hough Wildlife artist and photographer talks to BirdCallsRadio about birdwatching tips, photography tips, the CT Avian Records Committee and coming to America from England. He also describe in detail some of his bird photographs.
Read MoreMaster Bird Conservation Program a big success
I recently completed the “classroom” portion of the Master Bird Conservation Program, a terrific program put on by National Audubon Connecticut. The free course included four days of instruction, which culminated this week with field trips to Bent of River and Stratford, and now the participants (myself included) need to complete 20 hours of volunteer…
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Crossley ID Guide winner announced
And the winner is … Charlotte from Vermilion, Alberta, Canada. Charlotte (I’m withholding her last name online) won the autographed copy of the Crossley ID Guide. Yes, BirdCallsRadio has an international flair. What can I say? Remember, the contest was open to birders 18 years and younger. Congratulations to Charlotte. We hope there’s a new life-long…
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