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November 14, 2020

time to feed–and count–the birds: project feederwatch, with cornell’s emma greig

A FLOCK OF ROBINS visited my garden recently for a three-day-long field day. By the time they decamped, I was down about 40 mature winterberry..

October 10, 2020

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deepening our nature connections, with julie zickefoose

ONE OF THE WAYS many of us have been getting through the last seven months is by taking comfort in the outdoors, in all that..

May 22, 2020

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‘what it’s like to be a bird:’ a conversation with david sibley

IF YOU’RE A BIRD PERSON, as I am, you may feel as if you know this week’s podcast guest, because one of his field guides,..

April 25, 2020

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miraculous bird nests (vs. wily nest predators), with brett degregorio

I AM MAD FOR birds, so much so that I’ve been looking expectantly lately at the interactive migration maps on the Birdcast.info website, and browsing..

February 7, 2020

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how conservation starts in your yard: doug tallamy on ‘nature’s best hope’

‘NATURE’S BEST HOPE’ is the title of University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy’s new book, and the subtitle reads like this: “A New Approach to..

January 4, 2020

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the miracle of migration: what i learned about birds’ movements in 2019

THOUGH I MOSTLY stay put these days, no longer inclined to move very far beyond my home range, apparently I’m intensely curious about the subject..

November 23, 2019

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in a time of bird decline, counting and feeding them, with emma greig of feederwatch

RESEARCH ON BIRD POPULATIONS published in fall of 2019 was alarming: 29 percent of all birds in the U.S. and Canada have vanished since 1970,..

September 7, 2019

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‘saving jemima: life and love with a hard-luck jay,’ with julie zickefoose

LIKE WRITER, ARTIST and wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose, I am particularly fascinated and also often startled by the interface of birds and people. Her latest..

May 4, 2019

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pure awe: spring bird migration, with kenn kaufman

THE SPRING MIGRATION is on, so birds and their travels were the subject of my recent conversation with Kenn Kaufman, author of the recent book,..

April 6, 2019

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getting to know sparrows, with rick wright

I’VE WATCHED BIRDS for decades, but in one matter, the matter of sparrows, I mostly took the lazy route, simply marking down “sparrow” in my..

March 14, 2019

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bluebird boxes: be a good landlord

THE NEIGHBOR WHO HANGS BAGS of giant homegrown shallots on my gate also has rules and regulations. “Bluebird Rules and Regulations,” to be specific, as..

October 12, 2018

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better birding and fascinating sparrows, with kathryn schneider

FOR A LOT OF US GARDENERS, our connection to birds perhaps started with, or maybe even still centers on, putting up the bird feeder. Kathryn..

August 19, 2018

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how birds find their food, with ellen blackstone of ‘birdnote’

I SPENT much of the summer transfixed by this year’s pair of phoebes who nested on the back porch as usual, and from a favorite..

August 9, 2018

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spider, feather, frog: 3 little notes on gender (and wonder) in nature

I GOT ON A BIT of a gender kick recently on Instagram, and I blame it on a spider (and a turkey, and a frog)—and..

April 22, 2018

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cleanup week 4: manna from heaven amid meteorological havoc

IT’S TRYING SO HARD, the lawn is, to find its inner green. I’m trying so hard, I am, to find my inner gardener. Each of..

FROM THE WEEKLY PODCAST

smarter fall (and spring) cleanup, with doug tallamy

WHEN I TALKED to Doug Tallamy in February around the publication date of his latest book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” I didn’t want to go on and on about the advice in it regarding smart fall cleanup, which is one of the ways I know I’ve dramatically shifted the way I manage my own garden compared to 10 or even five years ago. But we were looking ahead to spring then, not fall.

I’m grateful that Doug returned to the podcast in autumn to do just that. Want to plan your most ecologically minded garden cleanup ever, and understand the consequences of each potential action you can take—including next spring?

The subtitle of University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy’s recent book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” is “A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard.” Meaning: The choices we make all year-round, including the very important one of how we clean up, can help counteract an overdeveloped, fragmented landscape that puts the food web to the test. You and I are nature’s best hope, and I’m glad Doug joined me again to help us learn to support it.

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