Bird Whistler

The World

Patrick Dugan likes to go birding. But he doesn’t have to use high tech smartphone apps to attract birds. All Dugan has to do is put his lips together and blow. Producer and naturalist Laurie Sanders has a profile of Patrick Dugan, bird whistler extraordinaire.

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