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Northern Wings – Connecting People and Birds of Northern Arizona

Northern Arizona Audubon Society

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Frequency: 1 episode/19d. Total Eps: 8

Northern Wings, the official podcast of the Northern Arizona Audubon Society (NAAS), explores the beauty of birds and the habitats they depend on across northern Arizona. Join host Matt Anderson and guests from NAAS, researchers, and fellow bird enthusiasts as they share birding tips, inspiring conservation stories, and insights on safeguarding birds and the places they need. Learn about Important Bird Areas, habitat restoration, citizen science projects, and how you can take action for birds in your community. Whether you’re a lifelong birder or just curious about nature, Northern Wings helps you connect with the birds of northern Arizona and the places they rely on.

Learn more about NAAS at: northernarizonaaudubon.org

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https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
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https://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/
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https://www.butterflyenthusiastsofnaz.org/
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https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon
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Motus Episode Update

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 • Duration 01:33

In our episode on the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, we looked forward to receiving the first “pings,” or detections of tagged birds. That future has become real. This update provides information on three recent detections.

Visit the Motus site (www.motus.org) to see the most recent data from the two stations in northern Arizona.

Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed.

Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society has been the voice for birds in Northern Arizona since 1972. Join us. Add your voice.

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The Motus Wildlife Tracking System

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 • Duration 31:23

In this episode, NAAS member Matt Anderson interviews immediate past president, Kay Hawklee, and board member, Rick Moore, on the efforts that led to the installation of two Motus wildlife tracking stations in Northern Arizona. Motus is an international research community working together to study the movement and behavior of birds, bats, and insects (www.motus.org). The two new stations are designed to capture radio signals from tagged animals and to contribute these data to the motus system to help advance research, education, and conservation.

Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed.

Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society has been the voice for birds in Northern Arizona since 1972. Join us. Add your voice.

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Introducing Northern Wings: A Podcast of the Northern Arizona Audubon Society

Season 1 · Episode 1

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 • Duration 01:06

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society is launching a podcast focused on appreciating and protecting birds and the places they need in this beautiful part of the Southwest. Listen to this trailer for more information and subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode!

Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed.

Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society has been the voice for birds in Northern Arizona since 1972. Join us. Add your voice.

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Becky Hardy, of BENA: Creating Butterfly Habitats

Season 1 · Episode 8

Thursday, September 18, 2025 • Duration 21:11

In this bonus episode of Northern Wings, we continue our conversation with Becky Hardy, this time, focusing on creating habitats for butterflies and hummingbirds. Becky is the president of the Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona, a Yavapai County master gardener, birding guide, and the education chair for the Northern Arizona Audubon Society.

We recorded this episode at Bubbling Ponds Preserve in the beautiful Anita MacFarlane Ramada following a wonderful butterfly walk Becky led at the preserve.

https://www.butterflyenthusiastsofnaz.org/

https://xerces.org/

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed.

Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society has been the voice for birds in Northern Arizona since 1972. Join us. Add your voice.

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Becky Hardy and the Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona

Season 1 · Episode 7

Thursday, September 18, 2025 • Duration 43:38

In this episode, Matt talks with Becky Hardy. Becky is a Yavapai County master gardener, bird guide, Northern Arizona Audubon Society's education chair and most recently co-founded Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona (BENA). BENA is a wildlife conservation and education nonprofit with the mission to “create a world where butterflies thrive, for the benefit of nature and people.” In this podcast we discuss a wide range of butterfly related topics, including how BENA benefits our small wildlife, BENA volunteer opportunities, the butterfly species likely to be seen in Northern Arizona, their migrations and how we can create gardens to support butterflies and birds. Also discussed is how BENA partners with the Northern Arizona Audubon Society.

Credits for Media Used in Name That Bird Song Segment in This Episode

Institution: Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.

Contributor: Andrew Spencer

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https://www.butterflyenthusiastsofnaz.org/

https://naba.org/

https://swmonarchs.org/

https://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/

Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed.

Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society has been the voice for birds in Northern Arizona since 1972. Join us. Add your voice.

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Doctoral Student Matt Jenkins Talks About His Bluebird Research in Northern Arizona

Season 1 · Episode 6

Monday, August 11, 2025 • Duration 32:02

In this episode, you get two Matts for the price of one. Matt Anderson interviews Matt Jenkins, a third-year doctoral student at the University of Arizona, about the fascinating research he’s conducting regarding bluebirds (both Western and Mountain) using data he’s collecting in Northern Arizona and elsewhere. We talk about Matt’s fascinating journey, from his boyhood interest in birds to his scientific research exploring the evolution of behaviors over time and how they influence birds’ dispersal, range expansion, and developmental environments. We also discuss the goals of Matt’s research, his data-collection practices, and more. Here is a link to Matt Jenkin’s page on the University of Arizona’s website:

https://eeb.arizona.edu/person/matthew-jenkins

Thanks to Jay McGowan and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library for the use of the bird song clip and to Christina Vojta, NAAS steward for Kachina Wetlands, for her assistance with the bird song segment.

Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed.

Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society has been the voice for birds in Northern Arizona since 1972. Join us. Add your voice.

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Alice Madar - A Conversation About Hummingbirds

Season 1 · Episode 5

Thursday, July 10, 2025 • Duration 40:11

In this episode, I chat with Alice Madar, who serves as both the executive director of the International Hummingbird Society and vice president of the Northern Arizona Audubon Society. We discuss the beauty of hummingbirds and the challenges they face, the upcoming Sedona Hummingbird Festival, her deep commitment to conservation, and her extraordinary photographic adventures.

We are grateful to the Macaulay Library, part of Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University, for the use of an audio clip of birdsong in this episode.

Relevant Links:

https://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/

https://sedonahummingbirdfestival.com/

Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed.

Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society has been the voice for birds in Northern Arizona since 1972. Join us. Add your voice.

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Paul Dougherty: A Discussion of his Research in Northern Arizona

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 • Duration 33:57

In this episode, I chat with Paul Dougherty, Ph.D., about the research he is conducting that brought him to northern Arizona to collect data. Dr. Dougherty is a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. One of his primary interests is molting behavior, a chronically understudied aspect of avian biology that can render bird populations vulnerable to climate change. Listen to this episode to learn more about his interesting research and academic journey.

This episode includes a new Name That Song segment (birdsong, that is). We are grateful to Rich Hoyer and the Macaulay Library, part of Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University, for the use of the audio clip.

Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed.

Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society has been the voice for birds in Northern Arizona since 1972. Join us. Add your voice.

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