Richard Thompson: Guitar Man, Bird Fan
Acoustic … or electric? It’s the fundamental decision that guitarists make before they compose, perform … or just noodle around while watching television. The English musician Richard Thompson has it...
View ArticleThe Song of the Bird
Kent Tritle, perhaps the only choral director who also lives with a Moluccan cockatoo, has assembled a flock of fine-feathered choral works for today’s program. We hear bird-loving Bela Bartok’s songs...
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The Starling That Dared To Be Different
You've seen them. We've all seen them.Loic Poidevin//Nature Picture Library/CorbisHundreds of starlings are sitting side by side by side — up on a power line yakking, preening — when all of a sudden,...
View Article5-Boro Birding
Despite its urban landscape, New York City has many opportunities for bird-watching. Paul Sweet, collection manager in the department of ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History, talks...
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Migrating Birds Make Pit Stop in Central Park
Bird watchers in New York will be busy this week as migrating birds traveling north along the "Atlantic Flyway" make a pit stop in New York City. Central Park is known as a migrant trap: birds flying...
View ArticleWeekend Staff Picks: Trucks, Birds & Sitars
Here are some of the events our WNYC colleagues are checking out around town this weekend.DARNELL JEFFERSON, Office Services: Darnell is looking forward to the seasonal arrival of the food truck rally...
View ArticleTailing the Rarest Bird in the World
In 1990, when Cambridge scientists set out on an expedition in Ethiopia, they recovered the wing of an unknown species of bird. Over 20 years later, their mysterious discovery led Vernon R.L. Head,...
View ArticleTaking Wing with the Rarest Bird in the World
This is a rebroadcast of an interview that originally aired on March 16, 2016. In 1990, when Cambridge scientists set out on an expedition in Ethiopia, they recovered the wing of an unknown species of...
View ArticleEpisode 72: Goonswarm Takes Over, Trump/Nixon, and Birding with Jonathan...
A veteran of Watergate compares Nixon with Trump, the man who may be his political heir. And, in an online videogame set in space, upstarts stage a coup against establishment insiders. Plus, Jonathan...
View ArticleAnonymous Data, Birding Basics. July 26, 2019, Part 1
The Science Friday Book Club is buckling down to read Jennifer Ackerman’s The Genius of Birds this summer. Meanwhile, it’s vacation season, and we want you to go out and appreciate some birds in the...
View ArticleBook Club Birds, Amazon Burning. August 23, 2019, Part 1
“Bird-brain” has long been an insult meant to imply slow-wittedness or stupidity. But in reading Jennifer Ackerman’s The Genius of Birds, SciFri Book Club readers have been learning that birds often...
View ArticleSpring Sounds, Luxury Ostrich Eggs, ISeeChange. April 10, 2020, Part 2
Enjoying Spring From QuarantineYou may be trapped inside, but outside, it’s bird migration season. Flowers are blooming from coast to coast, and even the bees are out getting ready for a year of...
View ArticleSpeaker Corey Johnson; What Do Antibody Tests Tell Us?; Census History;...
Coming up on today's show: New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson talks about the NYC budget and the plans negotiated with City Hall to close miles of city streets to cars to make more room for...
View ArticleProducer Picks: The Bird Way
[REBROADCAST FROM MAY 21, 2020] Jennifer Ackerman discusses her latest book, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think. This segment was picked by our producer Blakeney.
View ArticleChristmas Bird Count, Black Birders Week, Science Diction: Vaccine. Jan 1,...
Where Did The Word ‘Vaccine’ Come From?As we head into 2021, there’s one word on all of our minds: Vaccine. It may be in headlines right and left these days, but the word was actually coined more than...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Owl-Watching
The pandemic has drawn more interest to NYC's birds, especially this winter's owls. With (socially-distanced) crowds gathering each evening in Central Park to catch sight of a rarely-seen-there snowy...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Face Masks; West Farms Health Profile; Owl-Watching
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Face Mask Best Practices (First) | West Farms 10460: A Community Health Profile (Starts at 26:19) | The Ethics of Owl-Watching...
View ArticleThe Hot Ducks of Winter
WNYC's Kate Hinds says winter is the perfect time to catch up on your duck watching. Speaking with Weekend Edition Host David Furst, she tells us where to find buffleheads, northern shovelers and...
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