BirdNote is pleased to announce our new executive director, Nick Bayard (he/him). Nick comes to us most recently from the City of Tacoma’s Office of Equity and Human Rights, where he led strategy and policy development for racial equity in hiring and governance. He also brings strong
Listen to the BirdNote Daily about sculptor and musician Walter Kitundu's special relationship with Patch, the Red-tailed Hawk. Sculptor and musician Walter Kitundu first became enraptured by birds in 2005 when a Red-tailed Hawk flew four feet above his head. He named the bird Patch, after
The stereotype for bird families is a monogamous male and female raising their chick or chicks together. Seabirds such as the Atlantic Puffin do usually mate for life, and many songbirds are serially monogamous, choosing a new mate each year. But research over the years has shown that the
When I see an American Kestrel on a telephone wire, scanning the surroundings for its lunch, my mind does funny things with the bird’s size. Especially when it’s silhouetted against a bright sky, the bird’s falcon-shaped features look large and imposing. But when the kestrel swoops down
Celebrate the wonders of bird migration with this series of BirdNote Daily episodes written by science reporter Ariana Remmel. Coinciding with fall migration, these stories touch on some of the most mind-boggling and awe-inspiring aspects of the epic biannual journeys that some birds take
