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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Author Amy Tan's 'backyard bird chronicles'

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

On Point, News, Daily, Talk Show, Npr

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Celebrated author Amy Tan doesn’t just write best-selling novels. She’s a passionate birder, too. Her new book on birding describes the wonder she sees looking out her window.

About:

On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.7

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0:07.9

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0:12.2

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0:44.0

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0:47.0

This is on point. I'm Meghachra Bardi.

0:50.0

This is Amy Tan, it's March 4th, 2023, listening to birds in my yard and saw Salido.

1:01.3

That was a great horned owl.

1:04.0

It was a great horned owl.

1:09.0

It's the end of the day, almost dusk.

1:16.4

So the only birds you'll probably hear

1:18.7

are hummingbirds and the owl.

1:47.0

This scratchy sounds are the Yana's hummingbird. You might be able to hear the sound of the hummingbird's wings next to us. He's making little clicky sounds and he's only about a foot to two feet away.

2:00.0

He just chased away a competitor.

2:05.0

That's best-selling celebrated author Amy Tan in her backyard last year and today she joins us on the show.

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