Tweet of the Day Podcast
Discover birds through their songs and calls. Each Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound.
Episodes to download
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Eastern Orphean Warbler
Fri 19 Dec 2014
Liz Bonnin presents the eastern orphean warbler in an olive grove near Athens.
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Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Thu 18 Dec 2014
Liz Bonnin presents the greater racket-tailed drongo of South-East Asia.
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Blue Manakin
Tue 16 Dec 2014
Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil.
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Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
Mon 15 Dec 2014
Liz Bonnin presents the Nene, or the endemic and rare Hawaiian goose.
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Morepork
Fri 12 Dec 2014
Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only surviving native owl.
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Marabou Stork
Thu 11 Dec 2014
Liz Bonnin presents the gaunt undertaker-looking marabou stork in Africa.
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Northern Jacana
Wed 10 Dec 2014
Liz Bonnin presents the northern jacana at home in Central American wetlands.
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Tue 9 Dec 2014
Liz Bonnin presents the North American black-chinned hummingbird.
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Brown Thrasher
Fri 5 Dec 2014
Chris Packham presents the brown thrasher, usually seen in North America.
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Red-necked Nightjar
Thu 4 Dec 2014
Chris Packham presents the nocturnal red-necked nightjar of the Spanish countryside.
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Atlantic (Island) Canary
Wed 3 Dec 2014
Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary, singing in the Tenerife treetops.
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Greater Rhea
Tue 2 Dec 2014
Chris Packham presents the greater rhea roaming the South American pampas.
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Mon 1 Dec 2014
Chris Packham presents the wedge-tailed shearwater of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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Madagascar Harrier-hawk
Fri 28 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the Madagascan Harrier-hawk from Madagascar.
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Great Snipe
Wed 26 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the superbly camouflaged great snipe of Eastern Europe.
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Flightless Cormorant
Tue 25 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the flightless cormorant adapted to its Galapagos world.
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Red-billed Tropicbird
Mon 24 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents a true global ocean going mariner, the red-billed tropicbird.
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Asian Crested Ibis
Wed 19 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the rare Asian crested Ibis formerly common in Japan and China.
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Rhinoceros Auklet
Tue 18 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the rhinoceros auklet - near the North American western seaboard.
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Plumbeous Antbird
Thu 13 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the Plumbeous antbird in a Bolivian rainforest.
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Common Indian Cuckoo
Wed 12 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the Indian cuckoo found across much of South East Asia.
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Southern Cassowary
Tue 11 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the roaring southern cassowary of Australia's Queensland.
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Vegetarian Tree Finch
Mon 10 Nov 2014
Chris Packham presents the vegetarian tree finch on the Galapagos Islands.
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