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Birds have it going on. Many of these winged dinosaurs delight us with their song and bril­liant plumage. Migra­to­ry birds trav­el thou­sands of miles in a dis­play of endurance that would make an Olympic ath­lete gasp.

We inquire about these daunt­ing migra­tions and how birds can fly for days with­out rest. And what can we do to save dis­ap­pear­ing species? Will dig­i­tal track­ing tech­nol­o­gy help? Plus, how 19th cen­tu­ry bird-lovers, appalled by feath­ered hats, start­ed the mod­ern con­ser­va­tion movement.

Guests:

Scott Wei­den­saul – Ornithol­o­gist and nat­u­ral­ist and author of A World on the Wing: the Glob­al Odyssey of Migra­to­ry Birds.”

Kas­san­dra Ford – PhD in evo­lu­tion­ary biol­o­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Michelle Nijhuis – Sci­ence jour­nal­ist and author of Beloved Beasts: Fight­ing for Life in an Age of Extinction.”