It’s a cool morning in mid-July in a valley of the Mixteca region of interior Oaxaca, Mexico. A meadowlark is singing from an alfalfa field […]
Fall migration in the Neotropics: a snapshot from the Oaxacan coast
September 12, 2026, Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico. The tide is still high at sunrise as I wade across the narrow channel where the Río […]
A cup of water in the drought
The full moon hangs in the black western sky over the thorny matorral above the city of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Buff-collared nightjars (Antrostomus ridgwayi) […]
A flight of amazons: noticing nature with Richard Louv
June 8, 2026, Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico. It rained hard all morning and a good part of the afternoon as the skirts of Tropical […]
Collision course: window strikes, dead birds, and what to do about it
It’s December on a forested slope near the coffee-producing community of Pluma Hidalgo in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. A small flock of northern […]
The owl and the leafcutter ants
This podcast is the second in a series. It will make more sense if you read/listen to the first one, A familiar voice a long […]
A familiar voice a long way from home
Dusk at the end of March in the pines of Oaxaca’s Sierra Norte. An American robin (Turdus migratorius) sings to the twilight and I ache […]
Fall migration
Russian-olives (Elaeagnus angustifolia) dappled silver with September moonlight. Almost silent, tree crickets and a distant dog. I look up at the starry night and think […]
The silence before the cuckoo’s song
July 9, 2025, Highwood Creek, Chouteau County, Montana. I hear it as soon as I step out of the car, that resonant, knocking cucucu that […]
How to not find black-billed cuckoos
June 8, 2025, Marias River, north-central Montana, USA. My headlamp lights up the deer trail ahead of me as I pick my way towards the […]