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Avian Navigation: How Birds Find Their Way
Jan 18, 2026👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ This is Episode 128. How does a bird travel thousands of miles across the globe only to return to the exact same backyard or nest site year after ye...
Random Bird Thursday: A Fire-Loving Songbird Adorned with Black Oil Drops
Jan 08, 2026In each Random Bird Thursday (RBT) episode, the goal is to highlight a bird species that probably isn't going to get featured in a full-length podcast episode. These are birds we might overlook, even ...
What We Learned About Birds in 2025
Jan 03, 2026👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ Episode 127 of The Science of Birds is Ivan Phillipsen’s annual review of fascinating ornithology stories from 2025. Learn about a handful of stando...
Random Bird Thursday: A Worm-slurping Mud-runner From Siberia
Dec 12, 2025In each Random Bird Thursday (RBT) episode, the goal is to highlight a bird species that probably isn't going to get featured in a full-length podcast episode. These are birds we might overlook, even ...
Herring Gulls
Dec 04, 2025👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ In this episode—which is number 126—Ivan Phillipsen heads to the seashore to explore the iconic Herring Gulls whose calls define the soundscape of c...
Random Bird Thursday: A Species with an Executioner’s Axe for a Face
Nov 28, 2025In each Random Bird Thursday (RBT) episode, the goal is to highlight a bird species that probably isn't going to get featured in a full-length podcast episode. These are birds we might overlook, even ...
How Birds Breathe: The Avian Respiratory System
Nov 18, 2025👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ This is Episode 125. Host Ivan Phillipsen takes listeners inside the amazing respiratory system of birds. He starts by grounding the topic in famili...
Random Bird Thursday: A Sparrow-sized Drummer from the Neotropics
Nov 06, 2025In each Random Bird Thursday (RBT) episode, the goal is to highlight a bird species that probably isn't going to get featured in a full-length podcast episode. These are birds we might overlook, even ...
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Oct 31, 2025👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ This is Episode 124. Host Ivan Phillipsen takes you on a tour of Mimidae—the New World family that includes mockingbirds, thrashers, catbirds, and t...
Random Bird Thursday: A Fatally Fearless Bird That Seems to Swallow Basketballs
Oct 09, 2025In each Random Bird Thursday (RBT) episode, the goal is to highlight a bird species that probably isn't going to get featured in a full-length podcast episode. These are birds we might overlook, even ...