Last week, I told you about a mysterious sound in the night that goes sproinnnnggggg! That rather unsettling sound coming from above and outside in the darkness was always a bit unsettling. I had ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

I don’t often recommend going downtown to look for birds. There’s not much in the way of quality bird habitats in the city center except for pigeons, starlings and house sparrows. But downtown is just ...