Sat, Mar 16, 2019
In this premiere episode, Bronx native and bird-lover Jason Ward visits Central Park - "the best place in North America to see migrating birds" - where he joins thousands of warblers and compares the unique sound of a rose-breasted grosbeak to the squeak of rubber soles on a basketball court.
Sat, Mar 23, 2019
Jason's younger brother, Jeffrey, is also a birder, and when they head to Central Park together, their competitive instincts get triggered. In the midst of spotting turkey vultures and cedar waxwings, the duo discuss their "spark" birds and compare notes on what it's really like to bird while black.
Sat, Mar 30, 2019
Jason visits New York's AMNH, where collections manager Paul Sweet gives him a special, behind-the-scenes look at one of the largest avian assortments in the world, which includes specimens of the extinct passenger pigeon, as well as parrots, owls, and Jason's favorites, peregrine falcons.
Sat, Apr 20, 2019
Dr. Drew Lanham is a poet and a professor of wildlife ecology who writes and speaks about his love for the outdoors, and about being a birder of color. Drew and Jason discuss how people with different experiences can "find common cause in a bird," as they observe mute swans and yellow-rumped warblers.
Sat, May 18, 2019
"You're just a dude standing by a bush, making weird mouth noises." Jason and Jeffrey join The Birdist blog's Nicholas Lund and writer and cartoonist Rosemary Mosco for a Christmas bird count in Maine, where they spot great blue herons, American tree sparrows, and large men with firearms.
Wed, Jul 31, 2019
Every spring, scores of migrating warblers and other songbirds descend on northwest Ohio-followed closely by their biggest fans: serious birders. While visiting Magee Marsh, Jason meets power couple Kimberly and Kenn Kaufman and finds out what brought them to birds, and to each other.