The Warblers by Birds Canada | Podcast Guru

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Our award-winning podcast celebrates the wonder of birds and bird conservation in Canada. In each episode, our host Andrea Gress is joined by expert guests to explore a new species, dive into a conservation issue, uncover fascinating research, and learn ways to help birds. Full of curiosity, birding tips, and delightful stories, The Warblers invites you to discover the amazing lives of birds in Canada. Not sure where to start? Here are some of our favourite episodes: - Exploring Bird Sounds with Dan Mennill - Did a chickadee steal my hotdog? Experts answer your questions - Birds and Cats - The Wake-up Call: Eastern Whip-poor-will - Warblin' about Warblers

Recent Episodes

Becoming a Bird-Friendly Consumer

From the coffee in your cup to the seafood on your plate, the products we buy can have a surprising impact on birds and their habitats. First David Pritchard walks us through the impact of coffee and why he started Birds and Beans, Canada's first bird-friendly coffee company. Then Dr. Silke Nebel, Birds Canada's Vice-President of Key Conservation Initiatives, helps us understand the impact of beef, seafood, and lumber. Silke also shares fascinating insights into greenwashing, and why regulati...

41 MIN

Window Collisions: an invisible threat to birds

From science and building design, to art and community action, there are many ways to reduce bird-window collisions. This is a significant conservation challenge, but we already have the tools and knowledge to make a difference. Our guests bring two different backgrounds and areas of expertise. We start by exploring the science: how monitoring is done, which windows are problematic, and what the numbers tell us about the scale of this issue. Then Brendon Samuels helps us understand how polic...

54 MIN

Tracking Semipalmated Sandpipers at the Bay of Fundy

The Bay of Fundy is one of Canada's best kept birding secrets. Following the ebb and flow of the tides are tens of thousands of Semipalmated Sandpipers - and just off the coast, the rocky islands are alive with nesting terns, razorbills, puffins and more! Lucas Berrigan and Avery Nagy-MacArthur join us to explain why this region is so magical for Semipalmated Sandpipers, and how the Motus Wildlife Tracking System has been essential in understanding how and why birds move through the are...

41 MIN

The Wake-up Call: Evening Grosbeak

The Warblers go birding! Join Andrea Gress and Jody Allair as they search for the Evening Grosbeak. While searching the woods, they chat about how to use eBird to find a specific species, discuss nerdy fun facts about Evening Grosbeaks, and encounter a variety of forest loving birds - from Western Tanagers to Pacific Wrens. Jody also shares why Birds Canada picked the Evening Grosbeak as the 2026 Avian Ambassador - what makes this species worthy of some extra love. Read Jody's blog on E...

22 MIN

Do field guides still matter? The latest guide to the birds of Alberta

With apps like Merlin and eBird, do field guides even matter anymore? David Scott and Gavin McKinnon share why they developed a brand new book: A Field Guide to the Birds of Alberta. Backed by their love of birds, this episode is full of birding adventure stories from the boreal forest to the Rockies to the prairies, along with interesting insights about writing a field guide - a massive undertaking that is still worth the effort. Get a copy of A Field Guide to the Birds of Alberta, so...

32 MIN