Oct 27, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
October 27, 2026 - It's a Pledge Drive edition of *Birding With Batt* today, as Al tells tales about why sharks swim in salt water and why cities are named after water towers. And listeners show…
When they aren't scheming or plotting to overthrow the current national bird or being storytellers, swapping tales, the jays and the crows in my yard make sure a hush doesn't cover the world.
They chased a Cooper's hawk from its perch and the hawk flew like an arrow through the yard.
They're native sparrows, such as dark-eyed juncos and the birds with sparrow in their names.
So we might be seeing white-crowned sparrows, white-throated harrises, American tree sparrows, fox sparrows that are foraging on the ground.
And they use a double-scratch technique to kick away leaf litter soil, or even when we get the light snow, and expose hidden seeds and insects.
And the birds hop slightly forward while simultaneously sweeping both feet backward together to scratch at the ground or leaf cover.
And some robins join them, and I love seeing robins because they bring wonder, and they make it easy for me to enjoy the commonplace.
which people usually call AOS because it's a lot easier to spell than American ornithology ornithological society.
They published the 67th supplement to his checklist and they made some changes because otherwise they wouldn't be necessary if they didn't make some changes.
When they aren't scheming or plotting to overthrow the current national bird or being storytellers, swapping tales, the jays and the crows in my yard make sure a hush doesn't cover the world.
They chased a Cooper's hawk from its perch and the hawk flew like an arrow through the yard.
They're native sparrows, such as dark-eyed juncos and the birds with sparrow in their names.
So we might be seeing white-crowned sparrows, white-throated harrises, American tree sparrows, fox sparrows that are foraging on the ground.
And they use a double-scratch technique to kick away leaf litter soil, or even when we get the light snow, and expose hidden seeds and insects.
And the birds hop slightly forward while simultaneously sweeping both feet backward together to scratch at the ground or leaf cover.
And some robins join them, and I love seeing robins because they bring wonder, and they make it easy for me to enjoy the commonplace.
which people usually call AOS because it's a lot easier to spell than American ornithology ornithological society.
They published the 67th supplement to his checklist and they made some changes because otherwise they wouldn't be necessary if they didn't make some changes.
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