Mark Bramhill

3 days ago | birdnote.org | Mark Bramhill

BirdNote®Poetry in the Parks Written by Mark BramhillMark Bramhill: This is BirdNote. Shauna Potocky, education strategist for the National Park Service, has always loved poetry, and even writes poems herself. And a few years ago, she got a phone call she was pretty excited about. Shauna Potocky:  Well it's always exciting when you get a call from the Library of Congress and the U. S.

2 weeks ago | birdnote.org | Jonese Franklin |Mark Bramhill

BirdNote®BirdNoir: The Mystery of Public Media FundingWritten by Jonese Franklin and Mark BramhillMichael Stein: This is BirdNoir. I’m Private Eye Michael Stein. When starting out to solve a mystery, remember this: follow the money. Although sometimes, that’s to find out who to thank. Like when my pal Roy called me…Roy: Hey Michael, settle a bet for me. My wife and I were listening to BirdNote this morning and she said that BirdNote is funded by donations from listeners! That can’t be right, can it?

2 months ago | birdnote.org | Mark Bramhill

Twenty years ago today, the first BirdNote Daily episode aired on the public radio station now known as KNKX - 88.5 FM Tacoma/Seattle. Since then, through thousands of sound-rich stories about the lives of birds, BirdNote has inspired people to care about the natural world and take steps to protect it.

Dec 6, 2024 | birdnote.org | Conor Gearin |Mark Bramhill

BirdNote®BirdNoir - The Mystery of the Blue BirdWritten by Conor Gearin and Mark BramhillThis is BirdNoir. I’m Michael Stein, Private Eye. [Saxophone rises]I have this friend, Danny. Talks fast, sometimes gets a little mixed up. He called me the other day — bird emergency. Danny: [on the phone] Michael, you gotta help me. There was a blue bird in my backyard — boy, I’ve never seen a bird that blue — but now he up and vanished. Gone, presto. What happened? Slow down, Danny. Run that back.

Nov 4, 2024 | birdnote.org | Mark Bramhill

Because of invasive species and climate change, many of the native birds of Hawai‘i are endangered or have gone extinct. Sam ‘Ohu Gon, Senior Scientist and Cultural Advisor for the Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i, says the bright red bird called the ‘i‘iwi holds a special place in native Hawaiian culture. The bird’s feathers appear as the red color in traditional Hawaiian featherwork. Preserving the bird means preserving the strong cultural relationship with the species.