Hello, Tweeters! Happy New Year!

Last week, BirdNote aired:
* Paul Bannick and the Polar Bears
--an interview with the photographer/naturalist
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=1559
* Why Birds Stand on One Leg
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=970
* As the Crow Flies - and other sayings w/birds
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=421
* Toucan - Tropical Icon
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=529
* "A Big Year" in Birding
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=986
* A New Year Dawns -- sounds around the world
from Gordon Hempton, The Sound Tracker
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=526
* A Swirl of Snow Geese, the words of Barry Lopez
--with a link to an amazing video of the birds
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=539
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Check out the photos accompanying next week's shows:
http://bit.ly/5ONUOd
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BirdNote is a two-minute audio program, airing on several public radio
stations and available by podcast: http://tinyurl.com/y24e8n. You can
listen to the mp3, see a photo, and read the transcript on the website.
All episodes are in the archives.
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Ellen Blackstone
mailto:ellen at 123imagine.net
http://www.birdnote.org
Seattle, Washington