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Information for Arizona birders including summaries of research and analysis related to bird conservation and protection. Introductions to common Arizona birds, Arizona birding hotspots, governmental and non-profit agencies charged with bird conservation.
Podcast host Mike Ameigh is a retired professor/academic administrator with the the State University of New York. He holds a PhD in Public Communication from the Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University.
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- Final Episode (218) - November 26, 2025 · 36 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 218Please note: Due to post surgery recovery from an elbow fracture to my dominant arm I am unable to continue production of the podcast at this time. Full recovery is expected by…
- Episode 217 - November 19, 2025 · 35 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 217Lesser Snow Geese, once a rarity in Arizona and western North America more broadly have rebounded from the brink of extinction as a result of adaptation to modern agricultural…
- Episode 216 - November 12, 2025 · 37 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 216A brief explanation of how birds are 'smaht.' Kettles of hawks, vultures and other large birds of prey are passing through Arizona headed for South America in migration. What is…
- Episode 215 - November 5, 2025 · 35 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 215A report by the Arizona Field Ornithologists on gaps in data regarding resident bird species in Arizona. These bird information 'gaps' are being addressed by volunteers and…
- Episode 214 - October 29, 2025 · 30 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 214A report on concerns about possible effects of aerial drones on raptors. Arizona Game and Fish Department's continuing work on installation of wildlife crossovers and underpasses…
- Episode 213 - October 22, 2025 · 37 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 213A report on research regarding shorebird use of the Colorado River Delta by millions of shorebirds in migration. Highlights from the Northern Arizona Audubon Society August…
- Episode 212 - October 15, 2025 · 29 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 212The Crested Caracara, a desert scavenger and sometimes breeder in Arizona's Sonoran Desert, was spotted recently in Canada. Locals say it has been observed repeatedly and may be…
- Episode 211 - October 8, 2025 · 32 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 211A report on the release of five more California Condors at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona. This is the fifth year that new endangered condors have been…
- Episode 210 - October 1, 2010 · 35 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 210A recent study by the Nature Conservancy confirms that thinning of forests here in the Southwest is good for trees and the wildlife sustained by them, including birds. An Audubon…
- Episode 209 - September 24, 2025 · 35 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 209Arizona Game and Fish Department statement encouraging the public to not feed wildlife. Doing so has the potential to spread diseases and encourage dangerous encounters with…
- Episode 208 - September 17, 2025 · 31 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 208A report on new research showing that Arizona Bald Eagles are expanding their ranges to include regions of the Northwestern United States. A description of how birds conform to…
- Episode 207 - September 10, 2025 · 35 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 207A report on the Colorado River Oxbow Bridge collapse August 8, 2025. The bridge connected Cibola, Arizona to Palo Verde, California in the vicinity of the Cibola Wildlife Refuge…
- Episode 206 - September 3, 2025 · 37 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 205Arizona Game and Fish Department is receiving reports of coyotes and other canids with Canine Distemper, an infectious and sometimes fatal disease that, while not a threat to…
- Episode 205 - August 27, 2025 · 33 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 205Scientists have discovered that plants and animals, primarily insects but including birds, communicate by exchanging information through sound. This development has upended…
- Episode 204 - August 20, 2025 · 31 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 204Recently ornithologists have determined that Black-capped and Mountain Chickadees, both familiar to Arizona birders, are interbreeding in the state altering certain behavioral…
- Episode 203 - August 13, 2025 · 36 mnt · Musim 4 Episode 203Birds are classified scientifically using a system devised by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus during the 18th Century. That system, titled Systema Naturae in Latin, has been…
- Episode 202 - August 6, 2025 · 29 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 202Birding web cams are growing in popularity, and some ornithologists think they may soon begin to make significant contributions to bird science. Bird of the episode: Band-tailed…
- Episode 201 - July 30, 2025 · 32 mnt · Musim 4 Episode 201A report on progress being made in documenting bird species found in underbirded area of Arizona. Bird of the episode: American White Pelican. Birding hotspot: Coon Bluff in the…
- Episode 200 - July 23, 2025 · 44 mnt · Musim 4 Episode 200An in-depth look at the Bald Eagle, native to North America and historically considered to be the epitome of avian dominance. But it is a complicated story that may not be so…
- Episode 199 - July 16, 2025 · 32 mnt · Musim 4 Episode 198Report on a movement to reconsider rules - or lack of them - regarding extraction of water from Arizona aquifers as wells in some parts of the state run dry. A report on the…
