Poet Craig Santos Perez grew up on the island of Guam, and later moved to Hawai‘i where his children were born. Both are places that once flourished with unique and diverse bird life, but because of invasive species and climate change, have seen so much loss and extinction. In this episode, he shares poetry that explores his relationship with lost and endangered wildlife and that reflects on the future his daughter will inherit.More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/craig-santos-perez-and-last-safe-habitat" target="_blank">BirdNote.org</a>. Want more BirdNote? <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for <a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank">BirdNote+</a> to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Poet Craig Santos Perez grew up on the island of Guam, and later moved to Hawai‘i where his children were born. Both are places that once flourished with unique and diverse bird life, but because of invasive species and climate change, have seen so much loss and extinction. In this episode, he shares poetry that explores his relationship with lost and endangered wildlife and that reflects on the future his daughter will inherit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More info and transcript at &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/craig-santos-perez-and-last-safe-habitat" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote.org&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want more BirdNote? &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank"&gt;Subscribe&lt;/a&gt; to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for &lt;a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote+&lt;/a&gt; to get ad-free listening and other perks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank"&gt;tax-deductible gift&lt;/a&gt; makes these shows possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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Poetry that reflects imaginatively on extinction and loss.


Craig Santos Perez and the Last Safe Habitat

In this episode of BirdNoir, the private eye gets a call from H. Jon Benjamin about unusual Wild Turkey behavior. A male turkey (known as a “tom”) won’t leave his car alone. He keeps tapping his beak on the car. Then the turkey starts circling the house and looking in all the windows. The private eye reveals how things look from the turkey’s perspective, which points the way to a possible solution.More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/birdnoir-wild-tom-turkey" target="_blank">BirdNote.org</a>. Want more BirdNote? <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for <a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank">BirdNote+</a> to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode of BirdNoir, the private eye gets a call from H. Jon Benjamin about unusual Wild Turkey behavior. A male turkey (known as a “tom”) won’t leave his car alone. He keeps tapping his beak on the car. Then the turkey starts circling the house and looking in all the windows. The private eye reveals how things look from the turkey’s perspective, which points the way to a possible solution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More info and transcript at &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/birdnoir-wild-tom-turkey" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote.org&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want more BirdNote? &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank"&gt;Subscribe&lt;/a&gt; to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for &lt;a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote+&lt;/a&gt; to get ad-free listening and other perks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank"&gt;tax-deductible gift&lt;/a&gt; makes these shows possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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Why won’t this turkey leave the car alone?


BirdNoir: The Wild Tom Turkey

Morning is a great time for birding – that’s the peak of singing and foraging activity for many species. But it’s not the only time to experience birds. Some species, such as American Robins, sing for much of the day. Daytime predators such as hawks and cormorants are active in the middle of the day. Some birds such as Common Nighthawks sweep the sky for insects at dusks. And owls come awake at night.More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/birding-101-finding-birds-any-time-day" target="_blank">BirdNote.org</a>. Want more BirdNote? <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for <a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank">BirdNote+</a> to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Morning is a great time for birding – that’s the peak of singing and foraging activity for many species. But it’s not the only time to experience birds. Some species, such as American Robins, sing for much of the day. Daytime predators such as hawks and cormorants are active in the middle of the day. Some birds such as Common Nighthawks sweep the sky for insects at dusks. And owls come awake at night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More info and transcript at &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/birding-101-finding-birds-any-time-day" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote.org&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want more BirdNote? &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank"&gt;Subscribe&lt;/a&gt; to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for &lt;a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote+&lt;/a&gt; to get ad-free listening and other perks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank"&gt;tax-deductible gift&lt;/a&gt; makes these shows possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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Morning isn’t the only time to see and hear birds.


Birding 101: Finding Birds Any Time of Day

Birds like finches, chickadees and Northern Cardinals love sunflower seeds, but each species uses a different strategy to extract the meat. When a finch plucks a sunflower seed from the feeder, it uses its tongue to maneuver the seed lengthwise into a groove on its beak. As it closes its beak, a slight back and forth action slices open the hull, and a small sideways movement husks the seed, while the tongue may help extract the kernel. But chickadees lack the heavy duty, seed-slicing beak of a finch. Instead, they hammer and chip the hull open with the tip of the bill to extract the goods.More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/beak-meets-seed" target="_blank">BirdNote.org</a>. Want more BirdNote? <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for <a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank">BirdNote+</a> to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Birds like finches, chickadees and Northern Cardinals love sunflower seeds, but each species uses a different strategy to extract the meat. When a finch plucks a sunflower seed from the feeder, it uses its tongue to maneuver the seed lengthwise into a groove on its beak. As it closes its beak, a slight back and forth action slices open the hull, and a small sideways movement husks the seed, while the tongue may help extract the kernel. But chickadees lack the heavy duty, seed-slicing beak of a finch. Instead, they hammer and chip the hull open with the tip of the bill to extract the goods.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More info and transcript at &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/beak-meets-seed" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote.org&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want more BirdNote? &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank"&gt;Subscribe&lt;/a&gt; to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for &lt;a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote+&lt;/a&gt; to get ad-free listening and other perks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank"&gt;tax-deductible gift&lt;/a&gt; makes these shows possible.&lt;/p&gt;
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How do different birds extract the meat from the shell?


Beak Meets Seed

Birding is often best in the least likely places. At sewage treatment plants, watch for ducks and gulls - and raptors keeping watch over them all. Another place might be your local landfill or dump. The Brownsville, Texas dump was, for years, the only place in the US you could find this Tamaulipas Crow. For a more sedate birding adventure, visit a cemetery. Especially in rural areas and in the Midwest, cemeteries are often repositories of native plants, and thus magnets for migratory birds, which find food – and cover – in those green oases.More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/unlikely-places-go-birding" target="_blank">BirdNote.org</a>. Want more BirdNote? <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for <a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank">BirdNote+</a> to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Birding is often best in the least likely places. At sewage treatment plants, watch for ducks and gulls - and raptors keeping watch over them all. Another place might be your local landfill or dump. The Brownsville, Texas dump was, for years, the only place in the US you could find this Tamaulipas Crow. For a more sedate birding adventure, visit a cemetery. Especially in rural areas and in the Midwest, cemeteries are often repositories of native plants, and thus magnets for migratory birds, which find food – and cover – in those green oases.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More info and transcript at &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/unlikely-places-go-birding" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote.org&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want more BirdNote? &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email" target="_blank"&gt;Subscribe&lt;/a&gt; to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for &lt;a href="https://birdnote.supercast.com/" target="_blank"&gt;BirdNote+&lt;/a&gt; to get ad-free listening and other perks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your &lt;a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote" target="_blank"&gt;tax-deductible gift&lt;/a&gt; makes these shows possible.&lt;/p&gt;
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A landfill? A sewage treatment plant? A cemetery? Where are you taking me?

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