Chirp Chat

About Chirp Chat

Wisconsin birders join Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez monthly to chirp about all things birds.

Publisher

WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Feb 2024

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   ‘Wisconsin Night Guardians’ works to protect birds from deadly window collisions

   Hundreds of birds (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4a8f443d5ce64b99ac2745d93d3f7946) die from flying into glass buildings each year in downtown Milwaukee. But Wisconsin Night Guardians for Songbirds (https://www.urbanecologycenter.org/programs-and-events/wings) is working to change that.

2. 

   27 Aug 2026

   One Wisconsin artist’s quest to draw bird migration at a life-size scale

   Rebecca Jabs is a science illustrator and ARTservancy resident drawing, painting and printmaking migratory birds she’s seen at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve at life-size scale.

3. 

   25 Jun 2026

   New documentary explores the lives of Bank swallows on Lake Michigan’s bluffs

   Beyond Our Senses (https://www.beyondoursensesfilm.com/) is a new documentary that follows thousands of Bank swallows as they migrate from South America to Milwaukee's bluffs in the spring.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

787,876

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

60

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