Big Picture Science - Night Flight
Owls are both the most
accessible and elusive of birds. Every child can recognize one, but you’ll be
lucky to spot an owl in a tree, even if you’re looking straight at
it. Besides their camouflage and silent flight, these mostly nocturnal birds,
with their amazing vision and hearing, are most at home in the dead of night, a
time humans find alien and scary. Ecologist Carl Safina got to know an
injured baby screech owl well. Their relationship saved the owl’s life and gave
Safina insider’s wisdom about these aerial hunters of the night.
Guests:
- Carl Safina – ecologist at Stony Brook University, head of the non-profit Safina Center, and author of “Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe”
- Tom Damiami – natural resources interpreter, singer on Long Island, NY and leader of the Shelter Island Owl Prowl
- Gordy Slack – science writer, former senior editor of California Wild, the science and natural history magazine published by the California Academy of Sciences
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