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Dirty Bird Podcast

Dirty Bird

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/28d. Total Eps: 85

In each episode, your host Dr. John tells you everything you need to know about a bird species with a laid back attitude. Learn about bird evolution, taxonomy, and behavior, with a few myths and legends mixed in. John keeps the banter light, the energy bright, and the humor raunchy. Warning: Fowl language Follow on Instagram @Dirtybirdpodcast, send listener mail or voice memos at dirtybirdpodcast@gmail.com to have them heard on the show! Theme song by Dick Piston, aka Ricky Pistone. Outro music by the Sidewalk Slammers

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#42
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#87
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30/06/2026
#84
🇬🇧 Great Britain - nature
29/06/2026
#51

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https://ebird.org/home
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https://www.3billionbirds.org/
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Episode 68: Skit-Scatbird (Gray Catbird)

Season 1 · Episode 68

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 • Duration 01:01:52

The jazz musicians of the bird world, the Gray Catbird has both an impressive vocal repertoire and a unique ability to improvise. Join Dr. John in the summer woods of French Creek, West Virginia as he tells you everything you need to know about the Gray Catbird! While their vocalizations are the highlight, they also have some interesting breeding facts: especially their communal attitude towards other songbirds such as robins! Finally, their amazing evolutionary history is also explained in detail. Come learn about this bird right meow!
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Intro song by Ricky Pistone, Outro by the Sidewalk Slammers
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All bird calls are from Xeno-Canto.org
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Intro Meow by Matt Wistrand
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Catbird Song 1 by Matt Wistrand
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Catbird Imitation by Richard E. Webster
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Mockingbird song by Ron Overholtz
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Brown Thrasher song by Richard E. Webster
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Catbird Song 2 by Bobby Wilcox
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Cat Meow Call: Russ Wigh
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Alarm call by Richard E. Webster
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Jay like call by Manuel Grosselat

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Episode 67: But I'm a Creeper, I'm a weirdo (Brown Creeper)

Season 1 · Episode 67

Friday, April 26, 2024 • Duration 46:01

Any radiohead fans out there? The Brown Creeper is often overlooked and underappreciated but it has a lot of cool bird facts to share! Parody songs aside, in this episode Dr. John tells you everything you need to know about a tiny bird of the deep coniferous woods of North and Central America. Learn all about their unique nesting behavior, their surprisingly large territory size (compensating for something?), and much more.
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Outro music by the Sidewalks Slammers: find them wherever you get your music
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All bird calls are from Xeno-Canto.org

Intro song by Thomas G. Graves

Brown Creeper song by Paul Marvin

“trees beautiful trees” call by Ron Overholtz

Brown Creeper High Pitched Call by Jarrod Swackhamer

Karaoke version of “Creep” by Radiohead from Sing King on Youtube

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Episode 58: Spread Eagle: All about America's bird the Bald Eagle

Season 1 · Episode 58

Saturday, July 1, 2023 • Duration 01:31:34

In this 4th of July special, John talks all about America’s bird the Bald Eagle! While majestic appearing, the Bald Eagle has quite the bad reputation amongst those who have observed its habits up close, Benjamin Franklin even called it “very lousy”! But do its redeeming qualities make up for its sometimes nasty nature? Explore these topics as John tells you everything you need to know about the Bald Eagle! Also, the return of Punchy Joe who talks about the Bald Eagle pair that have spent 10 years raising young just off his dock. And a listener message from friend of the show Charlie! Learn about Bald Eagle Biology, their interactions with humans, how it became America's bird, Native american legends, about a Bald Eagle that fought in the civil war, threats to their population, and their evolutionary history. So put in your headphones, light up the BBQ, and press play on this episode!

Cover art by Jessica Coker! Check out all her work on her Instagram page @jessicacokerartist

Outro music by the Sidewalk Slammers, check them out wherever you get your music

All bird sounds are from xeno-canto.org

Bald Eagle Call 1 by: Steve Hampton

Bald Eagle Call 2 by: Davyd Betchkayl

Bald Eagle Call 3 by: Paul Marvin

Osprey Call by: Bruce Lagerquist

Bald Eagle majestic call by: Russ Wigh

Red-Tailed Hawk Call by: Peter Ward and Ken Hall

Episode 57: Swift Into High Gear (White-Throated Swift)

Season 1 · Episode 57

Thursday, June 1, 2023 • Duration 53:03

In this listener suggested episode, Dr. John talks all about the White-Throated Swift, a graceful aerial acrobat of the Western US. Learn about the aeronautical engineering behind its amazing flying abilities and how its death defying courtship dives sometimes get it in trouble. Also, did you know white-throated swift and tobacco chewing cowboys have something in common? Accompanied by the frogs and birds of First Landing State Park, John explores the feeding, breeding, evolutionary history, and fun facts of this amazing bird!
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Thanks to Charlie for suggesting this episode and providing pictures and videos of White-Throated Swifts he's taken!
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Link for T-shirts: https://www.teepublic.com/user/dirtybird-podcast
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Intro music by Ricky Pistone and Outro Music by the Sidewalk Slammers. Check them out wherever you get your music
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Bird calls are from xeno-canto.org

Intro Swift Call by Lauren Harter

“Shrieked out” Swift notes by Thomas Magarian

National Geographic description sounds by Thomas Beverly

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Episode 56: Boom Chika Boom! All About the Humble Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Season 1 · Episode 56

Saturday, May 13, 2023 • Duration 01:28:56

Ricky is back! In between dumb puns, jokes, and laughs we learn about how the chicken went from prowling the jungles of Asia to being in backyards across the globe. Learn about the surprising intelligence of these birds, the different breeds of chickens, and what a wattle is. Get EGGcited!
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Intro music by Ricky Pistone and Outro Music by the Sidewalk Slammers. Check them out wherever you get your music

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Episode 55: Don't Kria Over Spilled Milk: The Birds of Iceland Round 2 with special guest Cass

Season 1 · Episode 55

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 • Duration 01:05:06

You can take the birder out of Iceland, but you can’t take Iceland out of the birder! John is joined by bird enthusiast Cass to discuss both of their experiences birding in Iceland. Along the way, John shares cool facts about birds such as the Artic Tern (Kria), Norther Fulmar (fyll), Pink Footed Goose, and many more. Learn about the gross defense mechanism of Fulmars, the carnivorous sheep of Iceland, and the epic ice age fight for survival of the pink footed goose. Also, plenty of tangents about non-bird related aspects of Iceland both John and Cass love. If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about the land of ice and fire, this episode is for you!

Cover art: John holds a juvenile redwing that fell out of a tree on him during a trot through the woods of Reykholt. The bird was returned to his perch safely! Hear the full story on the episode!

All bird sound are from xeno-canto.org

Northern Fulmar Chuckle by: Stanislas Wroza

European Golden Plover Call by: Michel Veldt

Ptarmigan Call by: Jens Kirkeby

Snipe Drumming sound by: Herald Pfleger

Intro theme by Ricky Pistone and Outro music by the Sidewalk Slammers. Check them out wherever you get your music!

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Episode 54: Bachman's Warbler Overdrive (BWO)

Season 1 · Episode 54

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 • Duration 01:23:58

Much of the life history of Bachman’s Warbler is a mystery. It spent only four months in the American Southeast each summer before migrating to Cuba and often inhabited swampy, difficult to access environments. With its likely extinction in the 1980s, there’s much we will never know about this bird…but that doesn’t stop John from speculating! Using historical accounts dating back to the 1800s, information from preserved specimens, and inferences based on its close relatives, John tells you everything there is to know about Bachman’s warbler along with his own thoughts. Was Bachman’s Warbler a bamboo specialist, an ecosystem now almost entirely extinct in the US? Could Bachman’s Warbler can be a flower specialist in Cuba, like the honeycreepers of Hawaii?

Also, could it still be out there? John and Bird Photographer and enthusiast Tanner think possibly so! Tanner joins John in this episode to discuss his own personal search for Bachman’s warbler in one of the few Canebrake ecosystems left in the US.

The following bird calls are from xeno-canto.org

Northern Parula call by Naomi

Chipping Sparrow by Manuel Grosselet

Worm-eating warbler by Cristopher McPherson

Black and white warbler zeep: Matt Wistrand

Bachman’s warbler call record by Arthur A. Allen and Paul Kellogg, preserved on the Macaulay Library through the Cornell lab of Ornithology

Intro song sung by John Janousek, using “Taking Care of Business” instrumental from Drew’s famous classic rock instrumental version 2

Episode 53: At Godwit's End (Bar-Tailed Godwit)

Season 1 · Episode 53

Sunday, February 26, 2023 • Duration 01:04:11

Although they only weigh as much as two apples, the 10 oz Bar-Tailed Godwit completes the longest non-stop flight of any bird species in the world! In this episode, John explores the evolutionary adaptations that allow the Godwits to complete this epic migration. Learn why they are more like Sumo Wrestlers than marathon runners, what they have in common with 18th century sailors, and all about their breeding, feeding, and evolutionary history. Accompanied by the natural sounds of First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, John will make you say “oh my Godwit!” with these amazing facts.

Special thanks to Jose for this weeks cover art! Also, check out his animated Gif by going to the Dirty Bird Podcast youtube page! Follow jose2myfriend on Instagram to see more of his amazing art

Intro music by Ricky Pistone and Outro music by the Sidewalk Slammers. Find them wherever you get your music

All bird calls from xeno-canto.org

Opening Godwit Alarm Call by Jacobo Ramil Millarengo

Godwit saying its name call by Stanislas Wroza

Asian Dowitcher Call recorded by funkerhunter

Godwit Call by Stein O. Nilsen

Flight Song by Alan Dalton

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Episode 52: Talk Is Cheep: Shooting the Bird Sh*t with Animal Keeper Gavin of the Maymont Foundation

Season 1 · Episode 52

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 • Duration 01:11:40

Gavin is back! Join John and Gavin as they talk about their favorite local and exotic bird species, their dream birding locations, and defend their favorite penguin and ratite species. Plus, lots of jokes, tangents about nature and birding, and some minor philosophizing on life in general. This is a great laid back episode of Dirty Bird Podcast to put a smile on your face and get you in the mood to be out in nature!
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Intro music by Ricky Pistone and outro music by the Sidewalk Slammers. Check them out wherever you get your music

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Episode 51: Pigeon Power (Rock Dove Part 2)

Season 1 · Episode 51

Friday, December 30, 2022 • Duration 01:12:54

Ricky and John are back! In addition to lots of dumb jokes, bird puns, and impressions they explore how pigeons have been used in warfare, the world's most famous pigeon, how pigeons make milk, pigeon intelligence, pigeon breeding, and much much more. Plus....featuring special surprise guest Ricky's Dad! Its an episode full of bird facts and belly laughs. Learn all about this common but extremely cool bird, the Rock Dove (aka City Pigeon).
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Thanks Henson for your 50th episode shout out!
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Intro song by: Ricky Pistone. Outro Song by: Ricky Pistone

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