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E21. We're talking sense and scents with Dr. Danielle Whittaker, Oregon State, and author of The Secret Perfume of Birds, who spent a decade unraveling a 200-year-old myth that started with John James Audubon and a dead pig under a bush.
In this episode:
- The bird that smells like a fresh-baked sugar cookie
- Why preen oil is a dating profile written in chemistry, and how seabirds use the same chemical cue that's now leading albatross parents to feed their chicks plastic
- The bonus myth Danielle wants gone
New here? Listen, follow, and tell a friend who still thinks birds can't smell.
All audio, video, and images in this episode are either original to Okay, But... Birds (© Okay Media, LLC) or used under license/permission from the respective rights holders. Bird media from the Macaulay Library is used courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as follows:
- Brown-headed Cowbird audio contributed by Wil Hershberger, ML94262
- Dark-eyed Junco audio contributed by Wil Hershberger, ML94361
- Red Knot audio contributed by Lucas DeCicco, ML516895
- Crested Auklet audio contributed by Sampath Seneviratne, ML132014
- Laysan Albatross audio contributed by Ted Miller, ML117679
The Secret Perfume of Birds
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