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Episode 170: True Nature: Lean Times for Fat Fans, by Julie Zickefoose

Posted on Fri, 19 Nov 2021 | Episode Duration: 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 170: True Nature: Lean Times for Fat Fans, by Julie Zickefoose

Raw, unprocessed suet is nearly impossible to find these days, so columnist Julie Zickefoose improvises with fat scraps to keep her woodpeckers fueled.

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Episode 169: Identify Yourself: Gee-whiz Stories, by Alvaro Jaramillo

Posted on Fri, 19 Nov 2021 | Episode Duration: 14 minutes, 34 seconds
Episode 169: Identify Yourself: Gee-whiz Stories, by Alvaro Jaramillo

Bird ID expert Alvaro Jaramillo explores how sexes can differ greatly within bird species, and the interesting biology behind these differences.

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Episode 168: The Temperature Was Measured in Profanities, by Al Batt

Posted on Fri, 19 Nov 2021 | Episode Duration: 9 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 168: The Temperature Was Measured in Profanities, by Al Batt

When it comes to Christmas Bird Counts, humorist Al Batt will shiver up an earthquake in Minnesota to experience the joy that only a CBC can bring.

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The New Birder's Guide by Bill Thompson, III

The New Birder's Guide

by Bill Thompson, III
This new book for beginners portrays 300 of the most common birds in the U.S. and Canada. It includes easy-to-understand drawings and maps, great ID basics, and much more! Learn more »
The Young Birders' Guide by Bill Thompson, III

The Young Birder's Guide

by Bill Thompson, III
This lively guide is an invitation to kids to get outside and look at birds. Unlike field guides for adults, which can be overwhelming, this one provides just the right amount of information to be useful and fun! Learn more »
A Life Gone to the Birds by Al Batt

A Life Gone to the Birds

by Al Batt
Audiences around the globe have fallen in love with Al's nature stories through his newspaper columns, radio shows, and magazine articles. A Life Gone to the Birds brings together the best of those stories in a delightful collection. Learn more »
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Bird Homes and Habitats

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Hummingbirds and Butterflies

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The Bluebird Effect by Julie Zickefoose

The Bluebird Effect

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  • Complete Episode Listing
Episode 164: True Nature: Vulture Nannies, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 163: Identify Yourself: The Warbling Vireo, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 162: I took a photo of a bird I didn't see. Can I count it? by Al Batt
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Episode 161: True Nature: A Cuckoo's Farewell, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 160: The Quick Brown Field Sparrow Jumps Over the Waxwing, by Al Batt
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Episode 159: True Nature: Waking Up to Brants, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 158: Identify Yoursef: Get Ready for Warblers, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 157: True Nature: Access Is Everything, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 156: Identify Yourself: Long-eared Owls, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 155: My Little Chickadee, by Al Batt
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Episode 154: True Nature: The Naturalist's Dilemma, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 153: Identify Yourself: The Big-head Divers, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 152: Constantly Counting Chickadees, by Al Batt
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Episode 151: True Nature: Return of the Redtail, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 150: Identify Yourself: Orange-crowned Warblers, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 149: I Wanted to Have a Chat with a Chat, by Al Batt
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Episode 148: True Nature: Where the Musician Wren Sings, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 147: Identify Yourself: Online Imagery, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 146: Gulls are the Original Larophiles, by Al Batt
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Episode 145: True Nature: Once Upon a Fenceline, Part 2, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 144: Identify Yourself: Least (But Not Last) Flycatcher, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 143: If You Look at Chickens, Are You Birding? by Al Batt
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Episode 142: True Nature: Once Upon a Fenceline, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 141: Identify Yourself: Brown Warblers, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 140: A Robin Needs Three Snows on its Tail... by Al Batt
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Episode 139: True Nature: American Oxpeckers by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 138: Identify Yourself: Oh No! Not the Herring Gull! by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 137: The Day a One-winged Pelican Busted My Lip by Al Batt
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Episode 136: True Nature: Blue Jay: Vigilance and Intelligence by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 135: Identify Yourself: Identifying the Adorables... by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 134: Merry Melodies and Meadowlark Memories by Al Batt
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Episode 133: True Nature: The Divine, Underfoot: Klamath by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 132: Identify Yourself: A Change of Outfits for Shorebirds
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Episode 131: Listening to an Enchanted Stump by Al Batt
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Episode 130: True Nature: A Bird Watcher Looks at Furry Animals
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Episode 129: Identify Yourself: Into the Muck with Marsh and Sedge Wrens
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Episode 128: I Should Have Used a Bigger Hammer by Al Batt
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Episode 127: True Nature: Good Fences, Good Neighbors by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 126: Identify Yourself: Outfoxed by Sparrows by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 125: It's a Good Day When a Chickadee is Part of It by Al Batt
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Episode 124: True Nature: Tips for Deep-Winter Bird Feeding, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 123: Identify Yourself: Red Finches of Winter, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 122: The First Field Guide to My First Bird Guide by Al Batt
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Episode 121: True Nature: Cindy House: A Marvelous Specificity, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 120: Identify Yourself: Wow—the Northern Goshawk! by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 119: The Humble Birder Becomes a humble birder, by Al Batt
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Episode 118: True Nature: The Grass Lounge, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 117: Identify Yourself: Pacific Shearwaters, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 116: Shouldn't Your Bird Dog Be Bigger Than the Bird? by Al Batt
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Episode 115: True Nature: Rabbit Wars, by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 114: Identify Yourself: Summer Backyard Focus, by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 113: An Odd Whooshing Sound, by Al Batt
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Episode 112: True Nature: Pigeons, Naturally by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 111: Identify Yourself: You Can Do Dowitchers! by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 110: How Would a Winter Wren Sound in a Yellow Submarine? By Al Batt
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Episode 109: True Nature: Crepuscular by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 108: Identify Yourself: Do It Yourself! by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 107: When a Dander Got His Dander Up by Al Batt
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Episode 106: True Nature: Peg Redux: Waking Up to Jays by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 105: Identify Yourself: Sing Us a Song, Mr. Sparrow Man by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 104: Sick Birding by Al Batt
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Episode 103: True Nature: Chipmunk Tendencies by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 102: Identify Yourself: Getting It Wrong by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 101: I Couldn't See Myself Without New Binoculars by Al Batt
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Episode 100: True Nature: Frank M. Chapman by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 99: Identify Yourself: Getting It Wrong by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 98: I Don't Know Who Let the Dogs Out, But I Let the Bird In by Al Batt
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Episode 97: True Nature: Puzzle Pieces by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 96: Identify Yourself: Swifts by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 95: A Birder's List of 20 Things to Do Today by Al Batt
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Episode 94: True Nature: Morning Breath by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 93: Identify Yourself: Mergansers by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 92: Do You Know the Way to San Jose Sewage Ponds? by Al Batt
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Episode 91: True Nature: Just Birding by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 90: Identify Yourself: Nuthatches by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 89: Nobody Expects the Birdish Inquisition by Al Batt
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Episode 88: Vulture Exodus: End of December Days by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 87: Brewer's and Rusty Blackbirds by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 86: Birding with a Mouthful of Much Obliged by Al Batt
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Episode 85: True Nature: Who Kills the Killer? by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 84: ID Yourself: Going Nutty with Loons by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 83: A Gentle Pelican Breeze Blew Across the Lake by Al Batt
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Episode 82: True Nature: A Gift, Hurled from the Other Side by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 81: Identify Yourself: Take Note of Taking Notes by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 80: Why I Wear a Safety Helmet While Birding by Al Batt
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Episode 79: Larry Barth: It's the Thought that Counts by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 78: ID Yourself: Yellowlegs by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 77: Desperately Seeking Ouzel by Al Batt
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Episode 76: BinoKiller by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 75: A Birder Is as Cool as a Frozen Cucumber by Al Batt
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Episode 74: ID Yourself: Sparrows in the Buff by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 73: True Nature: Grand Canyon Solitaire by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 72: Snowy Al by Al Batt
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Episode 71: ID Yourself: Cormorants by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 70: True Nature: Birds and the Nature of Beauty by Juile Zickefoose
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Episode 69: Dude! Where's My Spark Bird? by Al Batt
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Episode 68: Identify Yourself: Brown Ducks Are Not Dull by Alvaro Jaramilo
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Episode 67: True Nature: Mentors in Disguise by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 66: Hatched on the Bayou by Al Batt
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Episode 65: ID Yourself: The Tanagers of Summer by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 64: Peg the Survivor by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 63: Ten Thousand Hours is a Long Bus Ride by Al Batt
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Episode 62: Fledglings by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 61: Saying Nothing Has an Echo by Al Batt
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Episode 60: Note to Self: Be Less Snarky by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 59: Here's Looking at You, Bird by Al Batt
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Episode 58: ID Yourself: In Praise of Patch Birding by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 57: Not an Eagle Falls... by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 56: A Little Bird Told Me by Al Batt
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Episode 55: ID Yourself: Bonies, Laughers and Littles by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 54: Fire on the Prairie by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 53: I Come in Peace, Take Me to Your Birder by Al Batt
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Episode 52: Falcons by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 51: North Bend State Park by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 50: On the Road to Hibbing, No Fibbing by Al Batt
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Episode 49: Everyday Flycatchers by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 48: Reality's Virtue by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 47: The Bird Club of the Air by Al Batt
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Episode 46: Sound Advice by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 45: Greenhouse Apocalypse by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 44: Birding with Barney Fife, the Bird Whisperer by Al Batt
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Episode 43: Bountiful Birches by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 42: Eagles by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 41: Have You Ever MBS'd? by Al Batt
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Episode 40: Not About the Birds and the Bees by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 39: North Dakota Pipit Neck by Al Batt
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Episode 38: Finding a Rare Bird by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 37: A Dove Named Frankenstein by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 36: Chickens and Buses and Grouse: Oh My! by Al Batt
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Episode 35: Complete Tern Around by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 34: July's Three-ring Circus by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 33: Shorebird ID by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 32: Wild Kingdom by Al Batt
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Episode 31: The Hunter/Gatherer/Birder Ape by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 30: Confusing Fall Warblers by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 29: A Naturalist's Rosetta Stone by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 28: Finch Fiesta! by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 27: South African Safari, Part II by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 26: Honk If You Like Geese! by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 25: South African Safari, Part I by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 24: Reference Species by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 23: Loon Rescue by Facebook by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 22: Thrush Spotting by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 21: Uneasy Rider by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 20: The White Paper on Egrets by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 19: Ten Junes on the Prairie by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 18: The Skinny on Rails by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 17: Chickadees--Tough Customers by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 16: The Name Game by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 15: Winter Birding--Dead, Until It's Not by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 14: Owls in Black and White by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 13: A Robin Goes to School by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 12: Eating Crow--and Ravens! by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 11: On Shaded Plantations by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 10: Hawking Advice by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 9: Rocking Redbelly by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 8: Five Tips to Make You Better at Bird ID by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 7: Mayhem by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 6: Warblerpalooza by Alvaro Jaramillo
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Episode 5: Birding Presque Isle County, Michigan by Jim McCormac
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Episode 4: Birding on the Run by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 3: Bold Pioneers by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 2: The Egalitarian Gardener by Julie Zickefoose
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Episode 1: My Enormous Egg by Julie Zickefoose
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