Birds - March 28

Friday, March 28, 2025

Today is Eat an Eskimo Pie Day and Black Forest Cake Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day: American Experience - Rachel Carson

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: BIRDS
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ON THIS DATE

• 1797 - Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.
• 1963 - Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" premieres in New York.
• 1979 - A coolant leak at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor leads to a partial meltdown.
• 1990 -George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1483 - Italian painter Raphael
• 1895 - Spanish inventor and pioneer of the electronic book Ángela Ruiz Robles
• 1912 - Russian pilot and navigator Marina Raskova
• 1913 - Japanese artist Toko Shinoda
• 1922 - Painter Grace Hartigan
• 1955 - Singer-songwriter Reba McEntire
• 1986 - Singer-songwriter Lady Gaga

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Beatles - Blackbird - LISTEN
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle - LISTEN
• The Jackson Five - Rockin' Robin - LISTEN
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird - LISTEN
• Reba McEntire - Is There Life Out There? - LISTEN
• Lady Gaga - Born This Way - LISTEN
  
• Billy Joel - Piano Man - LISTEN

THEME:  BIRDS

• Grades PreK-12 - Cornell Labs Bird Cams - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Audubon Bird Cams - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Instructional Video - Up Close and Natural - What is a Bird? (13:51) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS Learning Media - You at the Zoo - To Be a Bird (4:41) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Birds of Prey (4:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bird Migration (5:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Birds of a Feather - Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-5- PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Dances with Birds  - Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Birds - READ
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Neurobiologist (2:02) - VIEW
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The World's Smallest Bird -  Cuba's Wild Revolution (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Water Birds (26:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gross Science - Can Bird Poop Make Clouds? (3:55) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Introduction to Birding - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:19) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - First-Time Birders - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Birding Tips and Tricks - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Birds Are Living Dinosaurs (5:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Counting On Birds (56:46) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Bird Tales (56:35) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Plight of the Grassland Birds (56:45) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons - When Birds Had Teeth (11:29) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons -The Time Terror Birds Invaded (5:32) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Why Are Birds Different Colors? (4:12) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs? (7:21) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339