Birds on Birds

The Greater Sage-Grouse aka avant-garde turkeys aka 'tig ol biddies' bird.... Join Hannah + Cleo this week as they dive into this spiky, alien level weirdo of a bird and our last episode of the year!

We will be taking a break through November & December to work on finishing school *coughs... cleo...coughs* and bringing you more bird (and possibly not a bird) content in 2027.

In the meantime, feel free to follow us on Instagram @birds0nbirds and subscribe to the show to get automatic updates for when we return!

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/saggro/cur/introduction

https://www.fws.gov/species/greater-sage-grouse-centrocercus-urophasianus

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Greater_Sage-Grouse/id

https://abcbirds.org/birds/greater-sage-grouse/
https://birdallianceoregon.org/our-work/protect/habitat-and-wildlife/central-and-eastern-oregon/greater-sage-grouse/

https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/animals-we-protect/sage-grouse/

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/greater-sage-grouse

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Az4L70b7UG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLnbiTkj1TQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeI8gLMl9Vs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T11rOkgpRnA

https://www.ndow.org/species/greater-sage-grouse/

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/what-heck-lek-quirkiest-mating-party-earth

Following up on our Guardians of Ga'Hoole episode with the real bird behind the Pure Ones: the American Barn Owl. Ghost-white heart face, a scream that could headline a horror movie, hearing good enough to hunt in total darkness, and an 18-egg clutch that horrified us personally. Plus Hannah's 6-year unsolicited owl-gift saga and our celebrity doppelganger picks. Build a nest box. Skip the rodenticide.

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Barn_Owl/overview
• https://blog.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/lifehistory
• https://blog.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Barn_Owl/id
• https://guardiansofgahoole.fandom.com/wiki/Tyto_(genus)
• https://guardiansofgahoole.fandom.com/wiki/Pure_Ones_(Movie)
• https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/species-account/american-barn-owl
• 2024 NACC/SACC proposal to split Tyto furcata as its own species (full text PDF): https://americanornithology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-C.pdf
• Payne (1971) acoustic-hunting study — contemporary summary in Nature: https://nature.com/articles/232523a0.pdf
• Konishi, "How the Owl Tracks Its Prey," American Scientist (flight-speed detail): https://www.americanscientist.org/node/2084
• Flieg (1971), "Tytonidae × Strigidae cross produces fertile eggs," full text via SORA: https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v088n01/p0178-p0178.pdf
• Boves & Belthoff (2012) Idaho road-mortality study, abstract/full record: https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/bio_facpubs/258
• Sokoine University of Agriculture (2023–24), Tanzania maize/owl nest-box study: https://journals.eanso.org/index.php/eajab/article/view/4475
• https://youtu.be/Q9HVhqXI8PY?si=H_o_BXJ2xCXbKPwR
• https://youtu.be/d_FEaFgJyfA?si=4_aoUDktzxGR5Pqg

Another feathered flick is up to bat! The long awaited and strangely good Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. Join Hannah + Cleo as they go bar for bar on this gorgeous film and talk about an unsettling, yet timely, story of good versus evil.

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:
https://guardiansofgahoole.fandom.com/wiki/Legend_of_the_Guardians:_The_Owls_of_Ga%27Hoole
Legends of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole movie, directed by Zack Snyder and based on the book series by Kathryn Lasky

Not Sandra Bullock's bird. Never was. We checked. It's named after a father-son duo who weirdly share the exact same name (no Junior's here). This Oriole also spent 22 years having a full identity crisis with the Baltimore Oriole before science sorted it out. Also: grape jelly feeders, cottonwood "socks," and a very serious debate about whether Nicole Kidman's hair counts as Bullock's Oriole orange.

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:

• Cornell Lab – All About Birds, Bullock's Oriole overview
• Cornell Lab – "One Species or Two? A Winner Emerges in the Great Oriole Debate" (Living Bird)
• Birds of the World – Bullock's Oriole account
• Audubon Field Guide – Bullock's Oriole
• Animal Diversity Web – Icterus bullockii
• Wikipedia – Bullock's Oriole
• Wikipedia – William Bullock (collector)
• Wikipedia – Egyptian Hall
• Wikipedia – Northern Oriole
• Zootaxa – "On the correct name of Icterus bullockii"
• Archives of Natural History – review of Costeloe's Bullock biography
• Cornell Chronicle – "Baltimore, Bullock's orioles will retain separate identities"
• Birds of Nebraska – Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole hybrid
• Sacramento Audubon – Meet the Bullock's Oriole
• Eastside Audubon – Bullock's Oriole
• TechRadar – Practical Magic 2 release date, cast, everything we know

Unworldly aerial beagles, seadogs, scissor-bill, cutwater cuties... Join Hannah + Cleo this week as they discuss the black skimmer! Laterally compressed feathered friends that are chock full of exciting evolutionary traits.

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black_Skimmer/id

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/blkski/cur/introduction?login&continue

https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/5234

https://abcbirds.org/birds/black-skimmer/

https://www.texassaltwaterfishingmagazine.com/fishing/black-skimmer

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rynchops_niger/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zvnON2FImOk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxC6BIzAtGk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IWAxvWtHC0

Hannah's birthday week means one thing: ducks. This time it's the Harlequin Duck, dressed to impress, squeaking instead of quacking, and living in whitewater rapids on purpose.

September 21st is International Day of Peace. Hannah has donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), a UK charity providing emergency medical care, nutrition support, and mental health services to Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, and invites listeners to do the same: https://www.map.org.uk/how-to-help/donate/

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Harlequin_Duck/overview

https://abcbirds.org/birds/harlequin-duck/

https://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowl-id/harlequin-duck

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/harlequin-duck

https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=harlequinduck.printerfriendly

https://animalia.bio/harlequin-duck

https://www.bto.org/learn/about-birds/birdfacts/harlequin-duck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_duck

https://share.google/0hGiWicn5XsqUeaCc

https://share.google/FdBZ4ndNQzVnekH8R

https://fathersonbirding.com/monotypic-birds-evolutions-survivors/
https://www.map.org.uk/how-to-help/donate/

Another Wednesday, another new bird, and this one loves to break the fourth wall! Join Hannah + Cleo this week as they learn all about the tawny frogmouth, the supposed "burly brutes of the caprimulgiforms."

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/tawny-frogmouth/

https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tawny-frogmouth-podargus-strigoides?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24147383687&gbraid=0AAAAAD3LNqGZFFKYmABMBAZLpyaKZ0RgD

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/tawfro1/cur/introduction

https://ebird.org/species/tawfro1?continue

https://www.lpzoo.org/animals/tawny-frogmouth/

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/podarg1/cur/introduction

https://www.scu.edu.au/news/2020/hard-to-spot-but-worth-looking-out-for-8-surprising-tawny-frogmouth-facts.php

Join Hannah + Cleo with an "ear-full" of Cedar Waxwings: the bird that looks like it was dipped in silk, courts with a berry-passing dance, and occasionally gets flat-out drunk on fermented fruit. We get into the wax, the mask, and the invasive honeysuckle problem nobody's talking about.

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cedar_Waxwing/id
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cedar_Waxwing/lifehistory
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cedar_Waxwing/overview
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/cedar-waxwing
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Birds/Cedar-Waxwing
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bombycilla_cedrorum/
https://www.birdnote.org/explore/field-notes/2015/05/cedar-waxwings-spring-courtship
https://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/category/cedar-waxwing/
https://www.audubon.org/news/spring-air-and-so-are-intoxicated-birds
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/141203-drunk-birds-animals-science-winter-global-warming
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/cedar-waxwing-bombycilla-cedrorum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_waxwing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Fire
https://www.treehugger.com/nandina-berries-cedar-waxwing-4863712

The highest flying bird in the world! Join Hannah + Cleo this week for their first vulture (griffon?) in honor of Cleo's birthday and favorite group of birds. Learn about these vital and, if i may say, handsome, birds and if you feel so inclined, head to 4vultures.org to donate to vulture conservation and research.

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:
https://peregrinefund.org/explore-raptors-species/vultures/ruppells-vulture

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gyps_rueppellii/

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/ruegri1/cur/introduction#sex

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gyps_rueppellii/

https://exoticglobalparrotsfarm.com/product/fertile-authentic-ruppells-griffon-vulture-eggs/

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/ruppells-griffon-vulture

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2024/08/18/the-highest-flying-bird-was-found-a-tenth-of-the-way-to-space/

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/the-race-to-save-african-vultures/

https://www.forbes.com/profile/mackenzie-scott/

https://4vultures.org/

A stunning silk-and-feathers hunter who almost paid for her looks with her life... Join Hannah + Cleo this week as they talk through this golden-footed showstopper, THE SNOWY EGRET.

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Egret/overview
• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Egret/lifehistory
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/snowy-egret
• Stephen Moss, Ten Birds That Changed the World (Basic Books, 2023)

The cutest little fruity bird, with a strangely mysterious wingspan... Join Hannah + Cleo this week as they talk through this color changing cutie, THE STRAWBERRY FINCH *Government Name: Red Avadavat.

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/redava/cur/introduction?login

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red_Avadavat/overview

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Amandava_amandava/

https://www.curiousspecies.com/my-species/red-avadavat

http://youtube.com/watch?v=87lkC7kJk1U&themeRefresh=1

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-with-bec-crew/2020/08/the-red-strawberry-finch-is-the-sweetest-songbird/

https://www.fws.gov/media/strawberry-finch

Two grassland birds, one unique state bird. This week, Hannah and Cleo dig into the Lark Sparrow and the Lark Bunting, who are both summer regulars at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Plus: the true story of how Colorado picked its state bird in 1931, what birds so many states are stuck sharing, and how one very passionate Fort Collins educator won a multi-year lobbying campaign for a bird "unknown to ninety percent of Colorado citizens."

Music by fknsyd

Larks and States discussion starts at 15:55

Sources

• All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) — Ruddy Duck: Overview, ID, Life History
• All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) — Pied-billed Grebe: Overview, ID, Life History
• Missouri Department of Conservation, Ruddy Duck field guide: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/ruddy-duck
• Maryland DNR, Pied-billed Grebe: https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/pages/plants_wildlife/pie-billed_grebe.aspx
• New Jersey DEP, Pied-billed Grebe status (State Endangered): https://nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/end-thrtened/pbgrebe.pdf
• Audubon Field Guide, Pied-billed Grebe: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/pied-billed-grebe
• Tweeters mailing list, Pied-billed Grebe territorial "Circle Display" / "Bluff Diving" behavior notes (citing Birds of the World): https://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/2023-May/002759.html
• Britannica, The Odyssey (2026 film, dir. Christopher Nolan), release date and cast: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Odyssey-film-by-Nolan
• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ducks-penis-length-depends-other-guys
• Bright-Eyed Birder Reel

Pied-Billed Grebe vs. Ruddy Duck. A duck with a bright blue bill spends breeding season fully absorbed in his own bubble show. A smaller bird with a horror-movie nickname has other plans. We break down both fighters, then get into who's playing god.

Music by fknsyd

Epic Duel Begins at 16:30

Sources

All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) — Ruddy Duck: Overview, ID, Life History

All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) — Pied-billed Grebe: Overview, ID, Life History

Missouri Department of Conservation, Ruddy Duck field guide: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/ruddy-duck

Maryland DNR, Pied-billed Grebe: https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/pages/plants_wildlife/pie-billed_grebe.aspx

New Jersey DEP, Pied-billed Grebe status (State Endangered): https://nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/end-thrtened/pbgrebe.pdf

Audubon Field Guide, Pied-billed Grebe: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/pied-billed-grebe

Tweeters mailing list, Pied-billed Grebe territorial "Circle Display" / "Bluff Diving" behavior notes (citing Birds of the World): https://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/2023-May/002759.html

Britannica, The Odyssey (2026 film, dir. Christopher Nolan), release date and cast: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Odyssey-film-by-Nolan

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ducks-penis-length-depends-other-guys

Bright-Eyed Birder Reel

Not just fast but THE fastest animal on earth... other than some this one mite... Join Hannah + Cleo this week as they talk through Jeffrey Lendrum's most trafficked bird, an legend among icons, the peregrine falcon.

Music by fknsyd

Peregrine Falcon chat starts at 19:00

Sources
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/perfal/cur/introduction

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/overview

https://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/peregrine-faqs/peregrines-mating-how-its-done/

https://www.chesapeakebay.net/news/blog/diving-into-love-at-200-miles-per-hour

https://peregrinefund.org/history-peregrine-falcon

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/why-are-peregrine-falcon-numbers-falling-united-states-again

National Geographic — “Falcons up close”: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/paid-content-falcons-up-close

Avian Hybrids (WordPress) — Falconiformes: https://avianhybrids.wordpress.com/falconiformes/

The Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/indiana/stories-in-indiana/peregrine-falcons/

JSTOR Daily — “The Case of the Thinning Eggshells”: https://daily.jstor.org/the-case-of-the-thinning-eggshells/

NY State Museum eggshell lab handout: https://nysm.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/bird_hall_education_guide_eggshell_lab_student_a.pdf

War History Online: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/mi5-falcons.html

World War Supply blog: https://www.worldwarsupply.com/2024/01/falcons-in-the-skies-training-raptors-to-intercept-carrier-pigeons-during-wwii/

HistoryNet — “Birds of War”: https://historynet.com/birds-of-war/

Pigeons of War blog: https://pigeons-of-war.com/2022/09/13/how-to-sabotage-military-pigeons-a-primer/

The Devil of History blog: https://devilofhistory.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/the-first-fighting-falcons/

Episode 16: Bad Eggs, First Crack: Jeffrey Lendrum

A former Rhodesian ornithology nerd gets caught in an airport shower with fourteen peregrine falcon eggs strapped to his chest. This week we cover one of the biggest cases in the history of oology. Hannah & Cleo discuss Joshua Hammer's The Falcon Thief, from helicopter raids on remote cliffs to eggs incubated in socks.

Music by fknsyd

16:26 Bad Eggs discussion starts

Sources

• Outside Online - “On the Trail of the World’s Most Daring Egg Smuggler” (Joshua Hammer): https://www.outsideonline.com/2378786/egg-thief-jeffrey-lendrum-falcon
• CBC Radio: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-23-2019-1.4988386
• National Wildlife Crime Unit (UK): https://nwcu.police.uk/news/nwcu-police-press-releases/four-and-a-half-years-imprisonment-for-international-falcon-smuggler
• The National (UAE): https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/notorious-wildlife-thief-loses-bid-for-freedom-1.1037071
• Matrix Chambers : https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/jeffrey-lendrum-will-not-be-extradited-to-brazil/
• War on Wildlife blog: https://waronwildlife.co.uk/2020/06/22/egg-thief-jeffrey-lendrum-denied-early-release/
• Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/falcon-egg-thief.html
• Mongabay video feature (2026): https://news.mongabay.com/video/2026/02/the-man-who-risked-everything-to-steal-bird-eggs/.
• Wikipedia - Oology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oology
• http://Ornithology.com - Oology overview (Colin Watson, Gregory Wheal): https://ornithology.com/oology-the-study-of-bird-eggs/.
• American Ornithological Society - “An Egg Is Always an Adventure”: https://americanornithology.org/an-egg-is-always-an-adventureoscar-wilde/.
• Revlox - Daniel Lingham case: https://www.revlox.com/crime/the-case-of-daniel-lingham-britains-repeat-bird-egg-collector-who-amassed-nearly-3000-illegal-specimens/.
• Bird Watcher’s General Store - “The Evil Hobby of Egg Collecting”: https://www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com/the-evil-hobby-of-egg-collecting-banned-since-1918/.
• Book: The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYMRLBYRuc
• https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Prolific_wildlife_criminal_jailed_for_rare_bird_eggs_smuggling_attempt.aspx?s_id=288823488
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-11002924

Birds + BoBs - we have officially entered the book-o-sphere. Join Hannah + Cleo this week as they talk through the first installment of Bird-ish Book Club: Birding With Benefits and BONUS: The travesty that is the Hallmark movie adaptation. We talk signature scents, biceps, adult hide and seek...? and also, BIRDS!

Music by Fknsyd

Sources:
Book - Birding With Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb
Movie - Adventures in Love and Birding
Random google searches about Hallmark™

Hannah and Cleo attended a talk by Dr. Lauryn Benedict of the University of Northern Colorado, and they have thoughts. This episode covers what bird vocalizations actually communicate whether it's territorial aggression or pair bonding. They cover Benedict's research on California Towhees, Rock Wrens, Canyon Wrens, and even your pet parrots. Along the way, they get into the long-overlooked reality that female birds sing too, and what it means that ornithology took this long to notice. Plus: do parrots know your name, or are they just saying it?

Music by fknsyd

39:45 Bird Vocalizations discussion starts

Sources:
https://www.unco.edu/employee-directory/lauryn-benedict/

https://www.youtube.com/@BirdbrainQA

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/rocwre/cur/sounds

http://femalebirdsong.org/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct80hh

https://www.audubon.org/news/when-women-run-bird-world

Hannah and Cleo are finally tackling one of the hummers: the gorgeous, chaotic, and unbelievably tiny Ruby-throated Hummingbird! Join us as we explore the incredible adaptations that make these birds so freakin' cool. From their unique flying ability, insane heart rates and surprisingly fierce territorial behavior, this episode is pure sugar fueled chaos... just as god intended.

Music by fknsyd

19:22 Ruby Throated Hummingbird discussion starts

Sources:

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology – Ruby-throated Hummingbird Overview
• Merlin Bird ID App by Cornell Lab
• Audubon Field Guide – Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• IUCN Red List – Archilochus colubris
• Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center – Hummingbird Migration
• National Geographic – Hummingbird Facts
• Journey North – Ruby-throated Hummingbird Migration Maps
• BirdLife International Species Factsheet
• https://feederwatch.org/common-feeder-birds/?__hstc=75100365.d7c068bd4204601c667015ebdb735de9.1773028647986.1780194158440.1780198291424.16&__hssc=75100365.1.1780198291424&__hsfp=8e75d25a957f23bb029d88d2f3d247c4
• https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/ruby-throated-hummingbird.htm
• https://www.fws.gov/story/hummingbirds-north-america
• https://www.audubon.org/magazine/why-do-hummingbirds-fight-so-much

She won the Pulitzer. She spent forty years loving a woman named Molly. She wrote more poems about birds than almost anything else. Hannah + Cleo celebrate Pride Month with Mary Oliver. A quiet queer icon, nature's poet, and the writer who convinced a generation that paying attention is a radical act.

32:10 Mary Oliver conversation starts

Music by fknsyd

Please listen to this

Sources

Primary Sources:

• Oliver, Mary. New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Beacon Press, 1992.
• Oliver, Mary. New and Selected Poems, Volume Two. Beacon Press, 2005.
• Oliver, Mary. Why I Wake Early. Beacon Press, 2004.
• Oliver, Mary. Blue Horses. Penguin Press, 2014.
• Oliver, Mary. Upstream: Selected Essays. Penguin Press, 2016.
• Oliver, Mary. Our World (photographs by Molly Malone Cook). Beacon Press, 2007.
• Oliver, Mary. Felicity: Poems. Penguin Press, 2015. (Recommended acquisition for love story section)

Academic:

• Cardenas, Elijah. "'A Poem Should Always Have Birds in It': Birds in Mary Oliver's Poetry." The Macksey Journal, Vol. 3, Article 64, Johns Hopkins University, 2022.
• Keegan, Bridget. "The wisdom of the owls: gender, nature and spirituality in the poetry of Mary Oliver." Journal of Religion and Society, Supplement Series, Vol. 5, 2009.
• Burton-Christie, Douglas. "Nature, Spirit, and Imagination in the Poetry of Mary Oliver." CrossCurrents, Vol. 46, No. 1, Spring 1996.
• Murphy, Patrick D. "Pollywogs and Polylogues: Material Spirituality in the Writings of Mary Oliver." ANQ, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2020.
• Davis, Todd. "The Earth as God's Body: Incarnation as Communion in the Poetry of Mary Oliver." Christianity & Literature, Vol. 58, No. 4, 2009.
• Ullyatt, Gisela. "'The Only Chance to Love This World': Buddhist Mindfulness in Mary Oliver's Poetry." Journal of Literary Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2011.
• Bonds, D.S. "The Language of Nature in the Poetry of Mary Oliver." Women's Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1992.

Biographical / Journalism:

• "Mary Oliver: Nature Poet." New Jersey Conservation Foundation. http://njconservation.org, April 2019.
• "Mary Oliver, Acclaimed Lesbian Poet, Dies at 83." The Advocate, January 18, 2019.
• "Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Lesbian Poet, Is Dead at 83." Autostraddle, January 2019.
• McDonald, Lexi. "Re-reading Mary Oliver as an Adult Lesbian: A Review of Felicity." Lesbrary, November 2025.
• "Felicity by Mary Oliver." Lambda Literary Review, April 2016.
• Thibodeau, Amy. "Big-Hearted Poems: A Review of Felicity." Medium, December 2015.
• "Mary Oliver on Love and Its Necessary Wildness." The Marginalian, October 2015.
• "Mary Oliver's World with Molly Malone Cook." Music and Musings, December 2020.
• Library of Congress Manuscript Division: "Mary Oliver Papers Newly Available." http://blogs.loc.gov, June 2024.
• "Mary Oliver: 10 Quotes from the Pulitzer-Winning Lesbian Poet." PinkNews, June 2019.
• "On the Overlooked Eroticism of Mary Oliver." Literary Hub, March 2019.
• "Epitaph to a Photographer." The Gay & Lesbian Review, 2008.
• Poetry Foundation biography: http://poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver
• Academy of American Poets biography: http://poets.org/poet/mary-oliver
• Library of Congress exhibit: "Mary Oliver: Poet of the Natural World," 2025.

Documentary:

• Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World. PBS American Masters, Season 40, Episode 5. Premiere: August 25, 2026. http://pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/mary-oliver-documentary/37967/

A true Pride Parade, an LGBTQIA+ episode, and even the star of our podcast cover art: The iconic American Flamingo! Hannah + Cleo continue their Pride Month celebration by diving into the world of this hot pink bird. Join us as we explore the colorful history and science of American flamingos in this fabulously flamboyant episode.

Music by fknsyd

19:30 American flamingos discussion starts

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEgACdOetEc&t=457s

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/grefla2/cur/introduction?login

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Flamingo/overview

https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/americanflamingo/characteristics

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Phoenicopterus_ruber/

https://krdo.com/news/2024/08/21/same-sex-flamingo-pair-successfully-hatches-an-egg-together-at-a-uk-zoo/

https://nypost.com/2024/08/21/science/same-sex-flamingo-pair-hatch-chick-the-parents-are-doing-a-great-job/

https://www.southhams-today.co.uk/news/same-sex-flamingo-couple-successfully-hatch-a-chick-712705

https://people.com/same-sex-chilean-flamingo-couple-hatch-and-care-for-chick-8696536

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/science/same-sex-flamingos-hatch-egg

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376635719303377#:~:text=Bothmale-male and female,irrespective of enclosure size differences).

https://bi.org/en/resource/bi-and-pretty-in-pink-bisexuality-in-flamingos/

https://otterlieffe.com/queer-flamingos/

Documentary: Queer Planet

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/why-are-flamingos-pink-and-other-flamingo-facts

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-one-mans-pink-plastic-flamingo-landed-lawns