Inquiry welcomes back artist, writer and natural historian JULIE ZICKEFOSSE
to talk about her new book THE BLUEBIRD EFFECT: UNCOMMON BONDS WITH COMMON
BIRDS. This sumptuous and fascinating book details her decades long
experiences in rehabilitating young birds and is one of the best natural
history books published this year. Rehabilitating nestlings is hard,
frustrating, time consuming work that is also very rewarding because you get
to know the birds intimately in a way no birder or even most ornithologists
do. Tune in and find out about Julie's life as an artist, and what it takes
to raise unusual species like hummingbirds and swifts.

To listen to this interview, go to:

http://www.wicn.org/podcasts/audio/julie-zickefosse-bluebird-effect

Birding is an extremely popular outdoor activity. It doesn?t matter if you
are traveling the world looking for ultra-rarities or checking out the
common species at the feeders in your own backyard, enjoying birds is a
great way to enjoy the natural world throughout the year. But most field
guides don?t tell you how to go about birding, how to start or how to
improve your field skills. Tonight on Inquiry, we welcome DEREK LOVITCH, who
has worked on avian research and education projects throughout the United
States. His new book HOW TO BE A BETTER BIRDER is for birders of all skill
levels, and will certainly help you look for  birds in a new, more exciting
and productive way.

To access this interview, go to:

http://www.wicn.org/podcasts/audio/derek-lovitch-how-be-better-birder

Writer, teacher and mentor JON YOUNG has written a book about looking at
birds like no other. WHAT THE ROBIN KNOWS: HOW BIRDS REVEAL THE SECRETS OF
THE NATURAL WORLD takes the reader into the world of "deep bird language".
By learning the behaviors and vocalizations of the birds found immediately
around us we can begin to know individual birds. The calls and flights that
birds make when a cat on the hunt enters their territory or when a Cooper's
Hawk flies overhead are very different and you can learn these variations.
This approach to the natural world around us is Inspired by techniques used
for hundreds of years by Native Americans and other indigenous peoples. Tune
in and learn about starting out in your own backyard in particular favorite
sit spot and how to learn to open your senses to the complex bird life that
surrounds you.

To listen to this interview, go to:

http://www.wicn.org/podcasts/audio/jon-young-what-robin-knows

Tonight's guest is writer and editor JOY M. KISER. When she was an Assistant
Librarian at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Ms Kiser saw on
display a truly beautiful book from the late nineteenth Century illustrating
birds nests. Created  by one Genevieve Estelle Jones it was titled
Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio. Kiser discovered that
this was virtually a lost book. Although the lithographs rivaled those of
Audubon, few people knew of the books existence. As Kiser researched the
history of the book and of the Jones family, she uncovered an incredible
story of determination, passion,  tragedy and family love.  Tune in tonight
for a remarkable story of unique woman of the late 1800s and her formerly
lost  book that has now been published so we can all enjoy Jones's work.
Kiser's book which includes full color reproductions of all of the plates of
Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Ohio is titled AMERICA'S  OTHER
AUDUBON.

To listen to this show, go to:
http://www.wicn.org/podcasts/audio/joy-m-kiser-americas-other-audubon

Tonight Inquiry welcomes BILL THOMPSON III, Editor of Bird Watcher's Digest
and author of many books on birds. Joining him in the interview is his
16-year-old daughter PHOEBE THOMPSON. Phoebe is a cross country athlete, a
die hard Pittsburgh Pirates Fan and chief consultant for Bill?s latest book
THE YOUNG BIRDER'S GUIDE TO BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. This informative and
always entertaining field guide is like no other and is geared for young
people, and adult novices,  interested in learning birding. This new updated
version now includes the birds of all of North America. Tune in and find out
what makes this guide so unique and how Phoebe helped her dad create this
book.

To listen to this interview, go to:
http://www.wicn.org/podcasts/audio/bill-thompson-iii-and-phoebe-thompson-you
ng-birders-guide

Filmmaker and teacher SHAWN CAREY returns to Inquiry to talk about Migration
Productions new dynamic film EPIC JOURNEYS. Shorebirds make dramatic
migratory journeys every year, many species traveling from their breeding
grounds in northern Canada and Alaska all the way south to South America and
back again. Along the way, they fuel they fuel their efforts by feeding in
very specific areas along the eastern seaboard. Epic Journeys tells the
story of three species through dramatic and beautiful footage of the birds
and interviews with conservationists and scientists studying these birds. To
find out where you can see this film, go to:
http://www.migrationproductions.com/video-epic-journeys/


To listen to this interview, go to:
http://www.wicn.org/podcasts/audio/shawn-carey-epic-journeys