Podcasts about alain clavette

Our birder learns about new research on contaminants in ducks in the northeastern United States.

If you've ever wondered how birds survive on cold winter days like we saw this week, our birder Alain Clavette has the answers.

Our birder missed out on not one, but two, rare gulls sightings in the province!He'll revisit his conversation with the author of the Gull Guide: North America.

A very rare gull has been spotted on Grand Manan this week and our birder Alain Clavette can't get there...he'll tell us about that, and we'll hear about the bird count in the Beresford area over the holidays.

Christmas Bird counts continue, and of course our birder Alain Clavette participates in a few each year. He'll take us along on the count in Memramcook.

All across North America, citizen scientists help out each December with the Christmas bird count. Our birder, Alain Clavette, usually participates in more than one. This year he takes us along on the Moncton count.

Alain Clavette has the second part of his conversation with the author of a new, definitive guide to gulls.

Alain Clavette takes some friends out on a very successful patch birding adventure.

Alain Clavette loves gulls and he's not alone. He speaks with the author of a new guide that would make a great gift for any gull enthusiast. 

Alain Clavette's patch birding project continues. This morning his friend Gabriel joined him, and they managed to get Gabe a couple of lifers off the list. 

Alain Clavette is once again doing his patch birding project. He's walking along the same path around his property on a regular basis, watching the way it changes with the weather and the seasons. This week he's bringing along a couple of friends.

We heard last week about the Chignecto Rose, a flamingo spotted in Dorchester more than 50 years ago and flown, in a plane, to the Bahamas. It seems the bird is not on New Brunswick's official list and we'll find out why.

This week our birder Alain Clavette sits down with Paul Bogaard to hear the story of the Chignecto Rose.

This week our birder takes us out on a patch birding adventure.

Our birder is once again trying some patch birding, staying close to home, returning to the same areas, and watching how they change through the seasons. This week Alain Clavette took a friend, and they found something quite unexpected.

Alain Clavette explores how birds became an important part of the work at the Huntsman Marine Science Center in St. Andrews.

Alain Clavette was on the road this week, doing some birding with beginners in Charlotte County. He took along a recorder.

Alain Clavette takes us along on his annual pelagic tour in the Bay of Fundy.

Our birder speaks with the recipient of the Florence Merriam Bailey Award. 

This week our birder Alain Clavette tries to track an unusual sound in a friend's yard in Memramcook.

This week our birder heads out on another birding adventure. 

Our birder heads off to Johnson's Mills to witness the annual spectacle of sandpipers arriving to New Brunswick during their migration journey. 

This week our birder talks with Hank Scarth of Saint John Nature about a shorebirds project.

Our birder can't always drop everything to go find a rare bird. But, when he heard a Wilson's plover was spotted near Cocagne, he knew he had to spread his wings and try.

Shift's resident birder Alain Clavette scours downtown Moncton for chimney swifts.

This week our birder goes searching for shorebirds. 

Our birder Alain Clavette checks out a bird alert in the Sackville area.

Last week Our birder Alain Clavette introduced us to bird expert and author Pete Dunne who's written more than a dozen books about natural history and birding. His latest book is The Shorebirds of North America. But Alain was such a huge fan...he had an even longer conversation

This week our birder interviews bird expert Pete Dunne. 

Shift's resident birder Alain Clavette talks finches with a group of students.

This week our birder spends a morning doing some late spring birding in Memramcook with some friends. 

This week our birder heads to Grand Manan with fellow birders Jean and Jim Wilson to check out a King Eider. 

Something a little different from our birder, Alain Clavette. He recruited some help with this week's Louisiana adventure from musician Zachary Richard. 

Alain Clavette shares some early spring birding with a couple of buddies, where they spotted more than 50 species in a single morning!

A real treat for birders arrived in Grand Manan this week. A Swallow-tailed kite - the first confirmed sighting in New Brunswick. Alain Clavette couldn't go himself, so he decided to phone a friend. He shares the conversation with us

Shift's resident birder Alain Clavette spoke with Andrew Birch and Cin-Ty Lee. The latest book in their series is Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus.

Alain Clavette loves a good bird book. This week, he had the opportunity to speak with the author of a book that's been getting rave reviews, all about a bird that's now extinct - 'The Last of Its Kind: the Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction' by Gisli Palsson.

This week our birder introduces us to a bird rescuer right here in the Maritimes. 

When we last heard from Alain Clavette, he took us on an owl prowl, looking and listening for Barred Owls in the woods. It turns out the very next night, he had another owl experience, this time in his own backyard!

Alain Clavette puts his owl calling skills to the test when he heads out into the woods looking for Barred owls. He'll take us along.

There are a number of owls you might hear in the province at this time of year. Alain Clavette joins us now with a bit of a primer on tell your Great Horned Owl songs from your Saw Whets.

Our birder Alain Clavette generally takes us out into the wild to enjoy the birds. But this week we're headed indoors to talk a bit about birds as pets.

Today on his birding column, Alain Clavette has part two of his conversation with the author of a fascinating book: 'Ten Birds That Changed the World,' by Stephen Moss. 

This week our birder heads into his own backyard to capture some photos and sound of cedar waxwings.

This week our birder talks to an expert about a United Nations report this week that warns nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline. 

This week our birder celebrates World Wetlands day by visiting a wetland in his own backyard.

This week our birder speaks with a Université de Moncton student who's been travelling to the arctic each summer to monitor lemmings.

Alain Clavette speaks with one of the U de M scientists who created an AI tool that generates life-like birdsongs. The songs can be used to help ecologists monitor rare species in the wild.

The best birds spotted in New Brunswick, according to birders Alain Clavette and Jim Wilson - part 2!

Our birder Alain Clavette has a bit of a look back with naturalist Jim Wilson at the best birds spotted in the province in 2023.