1. Introduction / by John Hamilton -- 2. Connecting with wrens (with help from an iPod) (All things considered, July 21, 2008) -- 3. Storm petrels fill the air (Morning edition, July 30, 2008) -- 4. The music of wild birds (All things considered, March 22, 2004) -- 5. New York birders make winter rounds (All things considered, February 25, 2006) -- 6. Bird watching (All things considered, January 5, 2001) -- 7. Proud lyrebird steps up to the microphone (Morning edition, November 28, 2008) -- 8. Song of the antbird reveals avian adultery (Morning edition, March 23, 2009) -- 9. The magic hedge : haven for a lost bird in Chicago (All things considered, September 22, 2008) -- 10. The laughing kookaburra (Morning edition, August 25, 2008) -- 11. Colorful Hua Mei birds put pigeons to shame (All things considered, August 26, 2007) -- 12. Figuring out cuckoos (Morning edition, March 17, 2003) -- 13. A bird with a catlike name-- and sound (Morning edition, December 10, 2008) -- 14. Purple martins make a comeback in Chicago (All things considered, August 17, 2007) -- 15. How birds can capture a kid's imagination (Morning edition, August 25, 2008) -- 16. A colony of screechers and wailers (Morning edition, January 27, 2009) -- 17. The joy of breeding pigeons (Day to day, September 24, 2008) --18. My hummingbird summer (All things considered, April 4, 2005).