Bird News

Humming birds flying backwards, returning migrants, woodpeckers vandalizing car mirrors... May is an exciting time for birds and birders. Vern Laux shares his unique expertise with Mindy Todd and listeners on the monthly Bird News program. 

Spring bird migration is at its peak.  On the Weekly Bird Report, Nantucket ornithologist Vern Laux says that singing Carolina wrens, pine warblers, and ospreys can be seen throughout the Cape and Islands.

Spring is really here! Vern and Mindy discuss the season's highlights from the world of birds. Bald eagles, more woodcocks, the birdsong that may have inspired Beethoven, and lots of nesting and breeding behavior... On the importance of bird calls: Vern says he does 90% of his birding by listening. And did you know that birds have local accents?

Keep your eyes to the sky - and an ear to the radio! Another one-hour edition of Bird News returns this Saturday at 11am.  Join Mindy Todd, Vern Laux, and guests for a discussion of springtime birding.

Call in with your questions and sightings, 866-999-4626, or email us at birdnews@wgbh.org.

Be sure to check in with Bird News on Facebook - great photos, bird quizzes, sightings, and more! It's your birding community online.

Bird News debuts as a monthly, one-hour show with Mindy Todd and Vern Laux. A discussion of alcids, lots of listener calls, and special guest Sandy Komito, who holds the Big Year record with 745 species seen.

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