Apr 30 2020 18 mins
Bill and Tassy recount their latest bird sightings and then wax poetic about the benefits of birding during the Coronavirus shutdown. Etiology of "Sitting in the Catbird Seat": https://grammarist.com/idiom/sitting-in-the-catbird-seat/ Colbert Report opening (watch to the end for a Star-Spangled Bald Eagle making a Red-tailed Hawk call): https://vimeo.com/8605534 Our friend Kevin's pictures (hawk stalking a squirrel): https://www.instagram.com/p/B_dj2cJjLRI/?igshid=11oacvk9av7de Birds discussed: Rose-breasted Grosbeak: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rose-breasted_Grosbeak/overview Blue-headed Vireo: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/blue-headed-vireo Red-tailed Hawk: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/overview Baltimore Oriole: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Baltimore_Oriole/overview Episode photo is a Baltimore Oriole, photo by Bill Michalski. All cat and bird sounds recorded by Bill Michalski.