This is bird nut.

Science conversations can sometimes be confusing.

There are so many technical,

jargony terms thrown around.

Even science professionals can get overwhelmed and tune out.

But the next time you hear the word habitat,

perk up your ears a little.

When you hear the word habitat, think of home. Sure, science can make

habitat sound a lot more complicated, but basically it's where a living thing. A bird

for example prefers to live. It's that bird's natural home.

For a jay that lives in the forest, the forest is its habitat, where it finds food, water, shelter, and the company of other jays.

But a jays habitat may also be your backyard or the bank parking lot down the street.

If you want to understand a bird's habitat, you need to look at the world from the bird's point of view.

Some birds live in different habitats at different times of year.

Many sandpipers, summer in the Arctic tundra, where they breed.

But during the rest of the year, they live on tide flats along the coasts.

From their point of view, it might be a lot like going from Kansas to Oz and back over and over.

For Bird Note, I'm Michael Stein.

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