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Our award-winning podcast celebrates the wonder of birds and bird conservation in Canada. In each episode, our host Andrea Gress is joined by expert guests to explore a new species, dive into a conservation issue, uncover fascinating research, and learn ways to help birds. Full of curiosity, birding tips, and delightful stories, The Warblers invites you to discover the amazing lives of birds in Canada.
Not sure where to start? Here are some of our favourite episodes:
- Exploring Bird Sounds with Dan Mennill
- Did a chickadee steal my hotdog? Experts answer your questions
- Birds and Cats
- The Wake-up Call: Eastern Whip-poor-will
- Are Common Loons becoming less common?
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- Are Common Loons becoming less common? · 40 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 12New research shows a worrying decline in Common Loon populations. But there’s more to the story than numbers. Matt Fuirst and Doug Tozer talk us through their findings: what’s…
- Becoming a Bird-Friendly Consumer · 41 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 11From the coffee in your cup to the seafood on your plate, the products we buy can have a surprising impact on birds and their habitats. First David Pritchard walks us through the…
- Window Collisions: an invisible threat to birds · 55 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 10From science and building design, to art and community action, there are many ways to reduce bird-window collisions. This is a significant conservation challenge, but we already…
- Tracking Semipalmated Sandpipers at the Bay of Fundy · 42 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 9The Bay of Fundy is one of Canada's best kept birding secrets. Following the ebb and flow of the tides are tens of thousands of Semipalmated Sandpipers - and just off the coast…
- The Wake-up Call: Evening Grosbeak · 23 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 8The Warblers go birding! Join Andrea Gress and Jody Allair as they search for the Evening Grosbeak. While searching the woods, they chat about how to use eBird to find a specific…
- Do field guides still matter? The latest guide to the birds of Alberta · 32 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 7With apps like Merlin and eBird, do field guides even matter anymore? David Scott and Gavin McKinnon share why they developed a brand new book: A Field Guide to the Birds of…
- The Wake-up Call: Louisiana Waterthrush and Acadian Flycatcher · 40 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 6The Louisiana Waterthrush or "Eastern Forest Dipper" exudes quiet and calm, much like the forests it's found in. Meanwhile, the Acadian Flycatcher screams "PIZZA" as it bursts…
- The Secrets of Bird Nests with Mark Peck · 50 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 5Bird nests literally come in all shapes and sizes: burrowed into a sand bank, tucked into grass, underground, high up, stretchy, sturdy, flimsy. Even the chicks are radically…
- Kinglets: flashy crests and stretchy nests · 26 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 4Overlooked and underappreciated - kinglets are one of Canada’s toughest little birds! Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets are both fascinating and unique in their own ways…
- Birds and Cats · 54 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 3With close to 9 million domestic cats in Canada, and a third of them regularly roaming outdoors, we know that birds are heavily impacted by cats. In fact, cats are considered the…
- Marsh Bird Madness · 40 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 2Some of Canada's weirdest and most wonderful birds can be found in marshes! But which ones have the marshiest adaptations?...is it the Thunder Pumper? Gwendolyn Clark helps us…
- Shorebird Conservation in James Bay, "Just you and the birds" · 29 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 1James Bay is an essential stopover site for thousands of migrating shorebirds - Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits, Whimbrels, Red Knots, and more. But this once reliable habitat is…
- Do birds have feelings? Experts answer your questions · 57 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 16It's back! We've called upon guests from across Canada to help answer your birdiest questions! Do the Northern Lights impact migratory birds? How do Surf Scoters digest whole…
- Toronto: a city of Blue Jays and Birders · 26 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 15Canada's largest city attracts a surprising diversity of bird species - and peeping at them from along the shores of Lake Ontario: countless birders. Among these birders, you'll…
- Superhero Senses - of birds! · 53 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 14Discover the unique ways that birds understand the world through their senses! Some birds have bendy beaks, some swivel their eyes, and others sense magnetic fields. Andrew…
- Trick or Tweet: Ghostly sounds, murders, and bloodsucking birds · 32 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 13In the spirit of spooky season, we bring you an eerie episode filled with spine-tingling bird facts. We debate the most haunting bird sounds, learn about blood sucking birds…
- Exploring Blackbirds with Experts Peter Burke and Alvaro Jaramillo · 52 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 12Think you know blackbirds? This episode will change the way you see them. Andrea Gress and co-host Jody Allair discuss the underrated beauty and behaviour of blackbirds with…
- Biking for Birds: athletics to inspire bird conservation · 28 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 11Migration is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the animal kingdom. What if the human body made the same trip? Athletes Timm Döbert and Leanna Carriere join us to discuss…
- Up in the clouds with Black Swifts · 34 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 10Black Swifts are also playfully known as Cloud Swifts, a suitable nickname for one of Canada's most impressive and mysterious birds. Join us above the clouds with researcher and…
- The Wake-up Call: Chestnut-collared Longspur · 35 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 9The Chestnut-collared Longspur is an icon of the Prairies – an aerial acrobatist, singing and dancing in the sky. Jody Allair shares his love for this longspur, helping us…
