Field Notes

Thank you to everyone who attended "The Ultimate Bird Drawing Throwdown Showdown" – BirdNote's year-end celebration that featured an epic bird drawing battle between author and illustrator David Sibley and actor and comedian H. Jon Benjamin, along with a special live performance from

A Q&A with biologist Gordon Orians Gordon Orians is a professor emeritus of biology at the University of Washington and served as a science advisor for BirdNote for many years. He spoke to BirdNote Daily’s Managing Producer, Conor Gearin, about what makes grasslands valuable, why they're

Thank you to everyone who attended "Letters to Birds" – our captivating conversation with ornithologist, naturalist, writer and poet, J. Drew Lanham, PhD, CWB (Certified Wildlife Biologist). We hope you enjoyed hearing readings of Lanham's “Letters to Birds” scripts, exclusive new episodes

Written by guest blogger Spencer Wilken The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has not had a mascot for nearly 17 years. However, a growing number of students, faculty, community members and alumni have come out in support of a unique proposal that is anything but the “standard mascot

Join BirdNote for a captivating conversation with ornithologist, naturalist, writer and poet, J. Drew Lanham, PhD, CWB (Certified Wildlife Biologist) on Wednesday, August 9 at 3pm EST / 12pm PST . Lanham will be reading his “Letters to Birds” scripts, exclusive new episodes written for