Raptors and Ravens

What’s that huge shadow sweeping overhead? We explore the “death from above” that is raptors, and learn how ravens are on the move from legend and myth to your backyard courtesy of rewilding. We talk about the conservation victory of the return of eagles, ospreys, and their kin and what this shifted baseline tells us in the struggle against climate change.

We also watch as the semi-supernatural thunderbirds of legend soar across the continent and beyond.

Ryan MacLean, the Senior Education & Public Programs Coordinator for the Greenwich Audubon Center, tells us about the triumph of raptors and ravens over the pesticide DDT, and fills us in on current perils facing our birds, as well as what you can do right now at home to save your feathered friends.

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• The near-death experience of bald eagles due to the pesticide DDT, and their resurgence after the DDT ban
• The resurrection of ospreys, aka fish hawks, due to banning DDT.
• The spread of Common Ravens into the rewilding East
• The shifted baseline of growing up with or without the thunderbirds
• The success of 1970s’ conservation measures are inspiration for fighting climate change and habitat loss today
• Biggest threats to birds today, including songbirds
• How climate change is threatening birds
• What you can do personally to protect birds
• Includes the original story, “Shadows over America.”