Michael Stein

BirdNote A River of Raptors Over Veracruz

In September, migrating hawks, turkey vultures, and kestrels flood the skies above Veracruz State in eastern Mexico. Michael Stein shares an excerpt from Scott Weidensauls book Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds, as he witnesses hundreds of thousands of raptors on this migration.

BirdNote A River of Raptors Over Veracruz

BirdNote on Burrowing Owls

BirdNote on Burrowing Owls

BirdNote: Mockingbird

BirdNote: Mockingbird

BirdNote Whooping Cranes

BirdNote Whooping Cranes

BirdNote: Why Dippers Dip

BirdNote: Why Dippers Dip
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BirdNote ® – Snail Kite – Bird of the Everglades

The Florida Everglades are home to a bird called the Snail Kite. It eats only one type of snail and is endangered because its wetland habitat has been altered.

BirdNote ® – Snail Kite – Bird of the Everglades
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BirdNote © Willow Ptarmigan

The Willow Ptarmigan is a handsome bird that nests up on the Alaskan tundra. But it has a downright silly laugh of a voice.

BirdNote © Willow Ptarmigan
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BIRDNOTE®/SPRING RAINS REFRESH THE DESERT

Every year, the spring rains bring life, and birdcalls, back to the California desert.

BIRDNOTE®/SPRING RAINS REFRESH THE DESERT
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BirdNote® How Birds Sing So Loud

Although it’s a mere 5 and a half inches long, thanks to some remarkable anatomy, the Carolina Wren has one of the loudest voices in the forest.

BirdNote® How Birds Sing So Loud
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BIRDNOTE®/Urban Birds Change Their Tune

To make themselves heard in noisy city gardens, urban birds sing higher and faster.

BIRDNOTE®/Urban Birds Change Their Tune
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BirdNote © Sage Grouse

Broad areas of sagebrush in the west are being displaced by agriculture, threatening the impressive mating displays of the male Greater Sage-Grouse and the species existence.

BirdNote © Sage Grouse
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BirdNote® The Early Bird

Early rising birds may have the best chance of snaring an unwary worm, but birds that sleep later may well have a longer life.

BirdNote® The Early Bird
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Far out in the Pacific Ocean, nearly a million Layson Albatrosses have set up their nesting colonies on Midway Atoll.

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Bird Note-Migrating Geese

Bird Note-Migrating Geese
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BirdNote® Kipukas and Akis

A grove of trees on the slopes of an active volcano in Hawaii is home to a rare and beautiful bird.

BirdNote® Kipukas and Akis