Mark Bramhill

Oxford

Host, Welcome to Macintosh Podcast at Freelance

Senior Audio Producer at BirdNote

I put birds & beeps on the radio • Producer @EnthusiastFM @BirdNoteRadio @MacintoshFM • Creator of the Yoga Emoji 🧘‍♀️ • @[email protected]

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International Dawn Chorus Day

1 week ago | birdnote.org | Mark Bramhill

BirdNote®International Dawn Chorus DayWritten by Mark BramhillThis is BirdNote. The first Sunday of May is International Dawn Chorus Day, a day to appreciate the beauty of birds’ dawn songs. Each morning, right as the sun begins to rise, birds sing forth in a symphony of song. [Dawn Song] ML516838 Marsh Dawn North Dakota The timing of these early morning concerts may be related to the weather.
Puffin Bills Glow

2 weeks ago | birdnote.org | Mark Bramhill

BirdNote®Puffin Bills GlowWritten by Mark BramhillThis is BirdNote. Puffins are known for their flashy bills, striped in black, white, and vibrant yellow and orange, like a giant piece of candy-corn. They shed and regrow the bill’s colorful outer layer each year, likely donning their best attire to help attract a mate. But there’s more to their bills than meets the eye — well, the human eye, anyway.
Poetry in the Parks

3 weeks 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.
BirdNoir: The Mystery of Public Media Funding

1 month 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?
BirdNote Celebrates 20 Years

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.
BirdNoir – The Mystery of the Blue Bird | BirdNote

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.
Sam ‘Ohu Gon on Protecting the ‘I‘iwi

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.
Spark Bird: Chidi Paige and the Yellow Warbler

Oct 29, 2024 | birdnote.org | Mark Bramhill

BirdNote®Spark Bird: Chidi Paige and the Yellow WarblerWritten by Mark BramhillMark Bramhill: This is BirdNote. Chidi Paige grew up in Nigeria, and while she studied zoology, she was not an expert on birds. So, when she moved to the United States and got a job running a youth STEM program at the Newark Museum in New Jersey and had to teach lessons on bird identification, she was in for a challenge. Chidi Paige: So here I was, brand new to the country, going through a lot of culture shock.
Bird Facts Stranger Than Fiction

Sep 27, 2024 | birdnote.org | Mark Bramhill

BirdNote®Bird Facts Stranger Than FictionWritten by Mark BramhillMark Bramhill: This is BirdNote. Novelist Kira Jane Buxton has written several books about a pet crow navigating a post-apocalyptic world. But while the premise is outlandish, her writing is full of real-world bird and animal behaviors:Kira Jane Buxton: I was so endlessly fascinated doing the research. I would read and read and read and get so excited.
BirdNoir: A Dark and Stormy Night

Mar 27, 2024 | birdnote.org | Gregg Thompson |Mark Bramhill

BirdNote®BirdNoir: A Dark and Stormy NightWritten by Mark BramhillMichael Stein: This is BirdNoir. I’m private eye Michael Stein. [Rain, a crack of thunder; brooding saxophone jazz]Michael Stein: It was storming that night — a hard rain, hammering on the roof, when my phone rang. [Old fashioned phone rings briefly]Postman Billy: Michael, I’ve got a missing bird — well, birds, actually. Michael Stein: It was my friend Billy, the mail carrier.