Episode #22 – Waterfowl

Join me today as we lean about the Canada Goose, the Mallard and the Wood Duck. All of these waterfowl are early migrators and can easily be identified by sight and sound!

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Episode #21 – British Invasion

Join us this time as we hear the European starling and the house sparrow. These are two of our most common “invaders”, which are non-native species.

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Thank you for listening and supporting WREN Radio!

Episode #20 – Game Birds

Today we will learn the calls of game birds including the wild turkey, the bob-white and the ruffed grouse.

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Blog Action Day: Climate Change is not for the Birds!

This year the Blog Action Day (www.blogactionday.org)  topic is climate change.   Of course it comes as no  surprise that birds are affected by climate change. We know this to be true as 40 years of data from the Audubon Christmas Bird count reveals changes in the wintering range of almost all North American birds.  While the average change is 35 miles, some of these range changes are over 100 miles .

Climate change- yet another threat to our precious bird life.  For more information from the National Audubon please visit: http://birdsandclimate.audubon.org/

Here is a graph from the Audubon article of  movement of  winter ranges for 20 species  http://tinyurl.com/yk85yw5

Episode #19 American Kestrel

Let’s listen to one of most beautiful falcons!

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WREN Radio has upgraded

We have recently upgraded both the software that runs WREN Radio and the plugin we use to deliver the podcasts and provide a player here on the site.

The RSS feed has NOT changed and the iTunes settings have not changed but we wanted to let you know just in case something odd happens with your feed subscriptions.

Just let us know if we need to go ruffle the feathers a bit!

Episode #18 – Parking Lot Pals

Take a summer evening stroll with me through a parking lot and listen for the chimney swifts and the common nighthawk

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Episode#17 Summer Songsters

Let’s kick off the summer with a walk in the field to hear the indigo bunting, the yellow warbler and the yellow-breasted chat. Kick off your shoes, grab your binoculars and let’s go!

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Episode #16 – Warbler Walk

Today we listen in on three warblers:  the black and white, the black-throated green and the yellow-rumped warbler.  Take a stroll with us through the woods!

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