Bird Calls

Airs Tue., Aug 11, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. We’ll listen to and discuss my all-time favorite bird songs as well as my least favorite bird songs and why. Call in and tell us your favorite bird song. I’ll also profile the Kentucky Warbler. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Tue., Sept 1, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. Our guest will be Dr. Bruce Beehler, an ornithologist and research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. We’ll discuss his books, travels, and field work in a remote jungle of Indonesia that led to the discovery of an undescribed species of bird. I’ll also profile the Blue Grosbeak. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Tue., Sept 1, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. Our guest will be Dr. Bruce Beehler, an ornithologist and research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. We’ll discuss his books, travels, and field work in a remote jungle of Indonesia that led to the discovery of an undescribed species of bird. I’ll also profile the Blue Grosbeak. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Tue., Aug 11, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. We’ll listen to and discuss my all-time favorite bird songs as well as my least favorite bird songs and why. Call in and tell us your favorite bird song. I’ll also profile the Kentucky Warbler. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Tue., July 7, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. Our guest will be nature cinematographer, Tim Barksdale, with Birdman Productions in Missouri. We’ll talk about his extensive travels filming stories about nature that change people’s lives. I’ll also profile the Dickcissel. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Tue., July 7, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. Our guest will be nature cinematographer, Tim Barksdale, with Birdman Productions in Missouri. We’ll talk about his extensive travels filming stories about nature that change people’s lives. I’ll also profile the Dickcissel. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Tue., June 9th, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. Our guest will be Jim Wright, a prize-winning journalist from New Jersey who wrote a new book on the Peregrine Falcon published earlier this year. I’ll also profile the Common Nighthawk. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Tue., May 12, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. Our guest will be Grant Sizemore, Director of Invasive Species Programs with the American Bird Conservancy. Grant, the owner of an indoor cat named Amelia, runs the Cats Indoors program which is a topic we’ll discuss on the show. I’ll also profile a species of warbler called the Northern Parula. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Tue., May 12, 6 p.m. Join us Tuesday for the next episode of Bird Calls. Our guest will be Grant Sizemore, Director of Invasive Species Programs with the American Bird Conservancy. Grant, the owner of an indoor cat named Amelia, runs the Cats Indoors program which is a topic we’ll discuss on the show. I’ll also profile a species of warbler called the Northern Parula. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Tuesday August 12, 2025, at 6 p.m. On this episode, Dr. Sara Wyckoff, wildlife veterinarian with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Austin, joins host Cliff Shackelford to discuss avian flu. Cliff profiles the Yellow-breasted Chat.