Ariana Remmel

[bird chirping] Other shorebirds shape up like this for migration, too, but none travel as far as the bar-tailed godwit.

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Eurasian Tree Sparrows still remain in a small area of the Midwest, where they're not much of a nuisance to native birds and are a local curiosity for birders.

For BirdNote, I'm Ariana Remmel.

BirdNote is supported by the Bamford Foundation and by generous listeners around the world.

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I'm Ariana Remmel.

[birds chirping] In the summer of 2026, conservation photographer Garrett Vinh visited a remote wilderness called the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

He shared this audio postcard from Teshekpuk Lake.