Arizona Bird Call
Information for Arizona birders including summaries of research and analysis related to bird conservation and protection. Introductions to common Arizona birds, Arizona birding hotspots, governmental and non-profit agencies charged with bird conservation.
Podcast host Mike Ameigh is a retired professor/academic administrator with the the State University of New York. He holds a PhD in Public Communication from the Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University.
Arizona Bird Call
Episode 205 - August 27, 2025
Scientists have discovered that plants and animals, primarily insects but including birds, communicate by exchanging information through sound. This development has upended long-held scientific assumptions and is generating new lines of research on inter-species communication that could lead to dramatic changes in understanding animal and plant ecology. Lesser Goldfinches, common in Arizona, are expanding their range to the west and northwest where they were once a rarity. Ornithologists think that range expansion may be coming, not at the expense of resident populations, but as an enhancement. Bird of the episode: Western Bluebird. Birding hotspot: Tuzigoot IBA near Cottonwood. Friend of wildlife: Genius Loci Foundation near Tucson.