| Learning the Birds Archive |
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 Pileated Woodpecker - Meet a bird often confused for Woody Woodpecker: the Pileated Woodpecker..
(aired 06/30/09) |
 Graveyard Hummer - Ruth is spooked by a graveyard Hummingbird.
(aired 06/23/09) |
 House Wren - We explore the nesting habits of the House Wren, a small bird with a large voice.
(aired 06/16/09) |
 Vermillion Flycatcher - We meet a flycatcher colored like a firecracker, a rare visitor to the southern High Plains.
(aired 06/09/09) |
 Upland Sandpiper - The Upland Sandpiper may be the bird most likely to be nesting at your local airport.
(aired 06/02/09) |
 Black-necked Stilts - We meet a shorebird on stilts this episode. The improbably proportioned Black-necked Stilt has longer and thinner legs than any other shorebird.
(aired 05/26/09) |
 Buffleheads - If koalas are cuter than the average bear, then Buffleheads are the most adorable ducks in the pond!
(aired 05/19/09) |
 Snowy Plover - Take a Killdeer, shrink in size, remove one necklace and you might have yourself a Snowy Plover!
(aired 05/12/09) |
 Terns - If Jonathan Livingston Seagull had a kid brother, it might just be a tern.
(aired 05/05/09)
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 Ospreys - fish-eating ospreys, often confused in air for gulls, hunt near shallow water and fly with a crook in their wings.
(aired 4/28/09) |
 The Elusive Memberbird - Ruth tracks down the Elusive Memberbird, an endangered native bird in a threatened habitat.
(aired 4/21/09) |
 Long-Billed Curlew - Ruth investigates a shorebird of outrageous proportions.
(aired 4/14/09) |
 Prairie Chickens - Ruth joins her neighbors in a search for leks, ancient grassy dance-floors where Prairie chickens perform an outrageous mating display.
(aired 4/7/09) |
 Passenger Pigeons - We explore how a bird that once darkened the skies of North America became extinct in under fifty years.
(aired 3/31/09) |
 Wilson's Phalarope - We straighten out the confusion of phalarope plumage today on Learning the Birds.
(aired 3/24/09) |
 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers - Today's birds lead am unusual lifestyle that includes sap wells and community service.
(aired 3/17/09) |
 Swans - Learn why this graceful bird must assume a most undignified position, and discover why Mute Swans are not mute.
(aired 3/10/09) |
 Kinglets - Kinglets are the second-smallest bird in North America. Named for their royal crowns, they often keep their crowns well-hidden.
(aired 3/3/09) |
 Cardinals - We find out why Cardinals rule
(aired 2/24/09)
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 Titmice, So Nice! - Ruth talks up the Titmouse, a bird too adorable for words.
(aired 2/17/09) |
 Red Finch Reverie - Ruth figures out how to tell one red finch from another.
(aired 2/10/09) |
 Northern Pintails - We meet a duck called the Prairie Canary
(aired 2/3/09) |
 The Fog Lark - The Marbled Murrelett (MUR-let) is a seabird that nests in the tallest branches of the old growth forest Maria Mudd Ruth's book Rare Bird tells the remarkable story
(aired 1/27/09) |
 Pinyon Jay - The Rocky mountain Pinyon Jay, is the Blue Jay's round-headed cousin. We learn about Pinyon Jay society today.
(aired 1/13/09) |
 Chickadees - We meet the small boy of winter, the very tame and cheerful Chickadee.
(aired 1/6/09) |
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