love/birds

Join us as we sing the praises of Fall Migration as well as the appearance of a new friend in our backyard. Episode photo is of a Barred Owl. All bird photos and sound by Bill Michalski. Links: Bill color-changes: https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/birds/david-sibleys-id-toolkit/david-sibley-what-the-changing-colors-of-a-songbirds-bill-mean/amp/ and https://pages.vassar.edu/sensorye

Bill and Tassy have returned from their summer vacation to report on the birds they saw from the peaks around Golden and Estes Park, Colorado. Episode photo is the Emo-J (Stellar's Jay) who performed for us in Rocky Mountain National Park. Links: Missouri Conservationist: https://mdc.mo.gov/conmag New Sibley book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215722/what-its-like-to-be-

Bill and Tassy recount a recent birding session at Little Creve Coeur Marsh, where they saw the requisite birds as well as an abandoned pavilion filled with...snakes. Episode photo is a molting American Goldfinch male, taken by Bill Michalski. Links: Bluebird boxes: https://extension2.missouri.edu/g9429 Double-crested Cormorant dries its feathers: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/

Tassy and Bill record an account of their quick (due to rain) birding outing and the seemingly magic circle of conifers that yielded four new bird sightings in a matter of minutes. Episode photo (Cedar Waxwing) and bird sounds captured by Bill Michalski *Actual* Wax on the Wings: https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/02/27/waxwings-really-have-wax-wings/ Spruce Budworm: https://www.

Bill and Tassy come to you from beside a firepit, birds and nature all around, to discuss a whopping eight species... and tick protection. Episode photo (Eastern Kingbird) and bird noises captured by Bill Michalski. Our social-distancing-appropriate Air BnB: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/19979397?source_impression_id=p3_1589462383_mQl7g5fubEOPg3%2F5&guests=1&adults=1 Former St Louis

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

Bill and Tassy broadcast from their backyard and are joined in the (somewhat drunken) revelry by a fiesty Northern Flicker (species featured in episode pic). Birds discussed: 1) Barn Swallow https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow/overview 2) Northern Cardinal https //www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/northern-cardinal 3) Solitary Sandpiper https://www.allaboutbirds.org/gui

Tassy and Bill recount their first birding venture to St Louis's Forest Park and talk about Tassy's somewhat *original* approach to communicating with our feathered friends. Episode photo is a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. All bird sounds and photography recorded by Bill Michalski. Lesley the Bird Nerd: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDjdXwT-KrFPsqOSg4KL8Nw Birds discussed: 1) Blue Jay

One sparrow might not make a Spring, but five sure do! Tassy and Bill recount their most recent birdwatching trip and talk about some antics of their backyard wildlife, including an update on those feuding robins from episode one. Featured birds include: 1) White-Throated Sparrow: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-throated_Sparrow/overview 2) Fox Sparrow: https://www.allabo

Bill and Tassy recount the last birding outing of their vacation, an exciting trip to Tower Grove Park where they saw a few titillating new species. All bird sounds recorded by Bill Michalski.