
The Bird Brief
A global rundown of newly published avian research and newsworthy bird stories in just 5 minutes.
Podcasting since 2024 • 16 episodes
The Bird Brief
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S2 E11: Owl Paparazzi and Birds Emitting Bioluminescence
Today we are going to learn about Birds of Paradise species that emit bioluminescence, the owl papparazzi creating a frenzy around owls during the recent owl irruption near the Great Lakes, and why you should be protecting your hearing right no...
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S2 E10: Machine Learning Is For The Birds
Today, we are going to talk with Zan Aslett, a remote sensing scientist and geophysicist with deep expertise in analyzing large datasets—like those 18,300 hours of recordings scientists used to uncover why birds call out during their seemingly ...
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Episode 10
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S2 E9: Why do solitary songbirds call when migrating at night?
Welcome back to the Bird Brief, this is Stephanie Jenkins Aslett, avian ecologist. Today let’s dive into songbird migration and how their seemingly solitary nocturnal travel is more cooperative and social than we thought!Stories:<...
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S2 E8: Hummingbird Torpor, Airports as Bird Migration Hubs, and Vulture Doomsday
Welcome back to the Bird Brief, this is Stephanie Jenkins Aslett, avian ecologist. Today let’s dive into what’s driving bird strikes at airports, hummingbirds and their psychic torpor, and black vultures creating literal doomsday for high schoo...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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S2 E7: A Bird Police Squads that Fights Drones, and the Oldest Living Bird!
Welcome back to the Bird Brief, this is Stephanie Jenkins Aslett, avian ecologist. We are starting 2025 off right with stories of a raptor police squad in India, the oldest living bird, and how the Bald Eagle just become the US national bird (w...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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