A Walk in the Park: Central Park and the Spring Bird Migration.

Science Talk

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2006

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In this episode, Liz Johnson and Felicity Arengo from the American Museum of Natural History take Scientific American podcast host Steve Mirsky for a walk in the park--Central Park--to talk about the spring bird migration and the role that Central Park and other green spaces plays in the lives of birds and other animals. Author Marie Winn also talks about the park and the wildlife it supports. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Organizations and websites mentioned on this podcast include the American Museum of Natural History, www.amnh.org; the Central Park Conservancy, www.centralparknyc.org; the New York City Audubon Society, www.nycaudubon.org; the Linnean Society, www.linnean.org; Marie Winn, www.mariewinn.com; the Scientific American blog, blog.sciam.com; the Scientific American Digital Archive, www.sciamdigital.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
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0:11.1	It's free to sell on there.
0:12.3	Free to sell?
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0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benny?
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0:40.9	Welcome to Science Talk, the podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting June
0:46.6	7th.
0:47.5	I'm Steve Merski.
0:49.1	On this week's podcast, we're going to go for a walk through Central Park.
0:53.3	Every spring, millions of birds fly over New York City on their northern migration. Many of them stop in Central Park for some rest and relaxation. Early on the morning of May 31st, near the end of the spring migration, I met up with Liz Johnson and Felicity Ongo from the American Museum of Natural History.
1:12.9	We rendezvoused at the 77th Street entrance to the museum, just a couple of hundred yards west of the park, and then took off on our walk.
1:20.3	We'll hear from Johnson and Arengo about the park and green spaces in general and their roles in the lives of birds and other wildlife, and we'll talk
1:28.7	to Marie Wynn, a well-known nature writer we bumped into in the park. We'll also hear from a lot
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