20261024: Oct 24, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Hosted by Mayuko Fujino, "Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an inter...

20260926: Sep 26, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Hosted by Mayuko Fujino, "Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an inter...

20260822: Aug 22, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Hosted by Mayuko Fujino, "Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an inter...

Interview with Peter Galgani (Columbia Land Conservancy): Capturing Context of Local Bird and Human Life: Jul 25, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Peter Galgani, a wildlife photographer and staff member at the Columbia Land Conservancy. Peter discusses his bond with nature in the Hudson Valley that he cultivated through art an...

20260627 Interview with Justin Wexler of Wild Hudson Valley (re-broadcast): Jun 27, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Justin Wexler of Wild Hudson Valley. Justin is a local ethnoecologist and the co-creator of Pumusiitookw waak Kulustaakw, Wave Farm’s soundwalk that honors the native people of the...

Interview with Betsy Albert, Pat Knapp, and Tim Kennelty (The Taghkanic Community Forest): Rooting Community: May 23, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Betsy Albert, Pat Knapp, and Tim Kennelty, who are members of the Taghkanic Community Forest Committee. The Taghkanic Community Forest is the latest addition to the Columbia Land Co...

Interview with Erik Kiviat (Hudsonia): Wings Across the Gap between Science and Community (Re-broadcast): Apr 25, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Erik Kiviat, a lifelong Hudson Valley resident who has studied the region's plants and animals for 45 years. Erik is executive director and co-founder of Hudsonia, a not-for-profit...

Interview with David Newman (Arthur's Point Farm) and Spencer Crawford: Planting Resilience in Farmscapes Where Birds and People Thrive: Mar 28, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes David Newman and Spencer Crawford. David is the co-founder of Arthur’s Point Farm in Ghent, Columbia County, and Spencer is an expert birder with a background in wildlife biology wh...

Interview with Kevin Clark and Dallas Houston (Rose Hill Farm): To Live and Farm as Part of the Whole World: Feb 28, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Kevin Clark and Dallas Houston of Rose Hill Farm, a family-owned pick-your-own apple orchard in Red Hook, NY. Rose Hill Farm takes the entirety of the property and its surrounding c...

Interview with Anne Bloomfield (Hudson Valley Farm Hub): Gathering Wisdom to Support Birds on Farms (Re-broadcast): Jan 24, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Anne Bloomfield, the manager of the Applied Farmscape Ecology program at the Hudson Valley Farm Hub in Ulster County. The Hudson Valley Farm Hub is a demonstration farm that bridges...

20251227 Wave on Main Fundraiser Special: Dec 27, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Celebrating Wren Day (26th) and WGXC's year-end Wave on Main fundraiser drive with bird-inspired music!Hosted by Mayuko Fujino, "Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beaut...

Interview with Anita Sanchez and George Steele: The insights behind A Sky That Sings, a children’s book where a blind girl invites readers to experience birding through all their senses.: Nov 22, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Anita Sanchez and George Steele, environmental educators based in Amsterdam, NY. They are co-authors of “A Sky That Sings”, a children’s book that invites readers to use all their s...

20251025: Oct 25, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Hosted by Mayuko Fujino, "Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an inter...

Interview with Rene Wendell, Hoffmann Bird Club: BioBlitz Brings People and Nature Together: Sep 27, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Rene Wendell, a longtime member and former president of the Hoffmann Bird Club, and a land steward for The Nature Conservancy in Western Massachusetts. In this interview, he shares...

20250823 Lesley Doyel, the president of the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society (Re-broadcast): Aug 23, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Today’s show is a re-broadcast of my interview with Lesley Doyel, the president of the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society. Their 2025 SUMMER EXHIBITION: 'SITES TO CELEBRATE - LOCAL HISTORY REVISITED" i...

Interview with Jim Coe, Landscape Painter: Capturing the Magical Moments Shared with Birds (Re-Air of July 26, 2025): Jul 30, 2025: 4pm - 5pm

Beakuency welcomes Jim Coe, a landscape painter based in Greene County who is passionate about birds. He is the author of The Golden Guide to Field Identification of North American Species. With his p...

Interview with Jim Coe, Landscape Painter: Capturing the Magical Moments Shared with Birds: Jul 26, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Jim Coe, a landscape painter based in Greene County who is passionate about birds. He is the author of The Golden Guide to Field Identification of North American Species. With his p...

Interview with Laurie Doss & Ashley Wilkins: Generations Join Forces to Protect Purple Martins: Jun 28, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

In June 2025, Purple Martins, one of the largest species of swallows, appeared in Stockbridge, MA, marking the first confirmed breeding record for the birds in the Berkshires in 130 years. This is par...

Re-air of May 24, 2025 - Pat Walsh (Swamp Angel Antiques): Jun 13, 2025: 3pm - 4pm

Beakuency welcomes Pat Walsh, the owner of Swamp Angel Antiques in downtown Catskill. The store gives us a glimpse into life in the Catskills over the past century. Swamp Angel Antiques is located in...

Interview with Pat Walsh, Swamp Angel Antiques: Enchanting Stories of Ducks, Hunters, and the Old Catskills: May 24, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Pat Walsh, the owner of Swamp Angel Antiques in downtown Catskill. The store gives us a glimpse into life in the Catskills over the past century. Swamp Angel Antiques is located in...

Interview with Spencer Fenniman, Hawthorne Valley Farmer: Creating Bird Habitat through Biodynamic Farming: Apr 26, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Spencer Fenniman, manager of Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, Columbia County. In the biodynamic farming practiced at Hawthorne Valley, birds, insects, shrubs, cows, people, and all...

Interview with Bill Mangiardi, Hancock Shaker Village Farmer: Taking a Firm Step Toward the World We Want to Live in: Mar 22, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Bill Mangiardi, Director of Farm and Facilities at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA. Bill's connection to the Shaker philosophy and their farmland goes back to his childhood...

February 22 Re-Air: Interview with Will Yandik, Farmer and Ecologist : Navigating Uncertain Times Guided by Birds and Science: Mar 18, 2025: 10am - 11am

Re-air of February 22 Beakuency welcomes Will Yandik, a fourth-generation farmer at Green Acres Farm in Livingston, Columbia County, with a background in environmental science. He is exploring pract...

20250222 Interview with Will Yandik, Farmer and Ecologist : Navigating Uncertain Times Guided by Birds and Science: Feb 22, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Will Yandik, a fourth-generation farmer at Green Acres Farm in Livingston, Columbia County, with a background in environmental science. He is exploring practical ways for farmers to...

Re-air of January 25, 2025: Jan 29, 2025: 10am - 11am

Hosted by Mayuko Fujino, "Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an inter...

20250125: Jan 25, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Hosted by Mayuko Fujino, "Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an inter...

Meet Bird People in the Basement: Jan 16, 2025: 9pm - 10pm

This episode of Beakuency features bird-inspired music that all sounds like it comes from the basement, stuff I haven't been able to find a spot for in my regular Beakuency time slot. (Although some o...

Bird-inspired Music Special (Re-air of December 28, 2024): Dec 31, 2024: 1pm - 2pm

This month's Beakuency takes a holiday break from interviews, and focuses on bird-inspired music. Sparrow Song from Dan Melchior's "Hill Country Piano" (2024), Kate Carr's album "A Field Guide To Phan...

Bird-inspired Music Special: Dec 28, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

This month's Beakuency takes a holiday break from interviews, and focuses on bird-inspired music. Sparrow Song from Dan Melchior's "Hill Country Piano" (2024), Kate Carr's album "A Field Guide To Phan...

Giving Tuesday with Mayuko Fujino - In Love With Your Enemy: Censored Western Songs from Wartime Japan: Dec 03, 2024: 3pm - 4pm

In Love With Your Enemy: Censored Western Songs from Wartime Japan is a selection of music I compiled several years ago after finding a list of Western songs banned by the Imperial Japanese government...

20241123: Nov 23, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Hosted by Mayuko Fujino, "Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an inter...

Re-air of October 26, 2024: Oct 29, 2024: 10am - 11am

"Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an interview with local bird peop...

20241026: Oct 26, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

"Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an interview with local bird peop...

20240928 Gillian Duer (Rheinstrom Hill Audubon Sanctuary): Sep 28, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Gillian Duer, the seasonal outreach coordinator of Rheinstrom Hill Audubon Center & Sanctuary in Columbia County.With her background in environmental education and science commu...

20240824: Aug 24, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

"Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an interview with local bird peop...

Christopher Funkhouser: Jul 31, 2024: 10am - 11am

Beakuency welcomes Christopher Funkhouser, a writer, musician, and multimedia artist based in Staatsburg, Dutchess county. Chris hosts the POET RAY’D YO radio program at WGXC. His latest project “Medi...

Christopher Funkhouser: Jul 29, 2024: 5am - 6am

Beakuency welcomes Christopher Funkhouser, a writer, musician, and multimedia artist based in Staatsburg, Dutchess county. Chris hosts the POET RAY’D YO radio program at WGXC. His latest project “Medi...

Christopher Funkhouser: Jul 27, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Christopher Funkhouser, a writer, musician, and multimedia artist based in Staatsburg, Dutchess county. Chris hosts the POET RAY’D YO radio program at WGXC. His latest project “Medi...

Ben Nickley (Berkshire Bird Observatory) (re-broadcast): Jul 20, 2024: 9am - 10am

Beakuency welcomes Ben Nickley, the executive director of Berkshire Bird Observatory, a bird conservation nonprofit in Egremont, MA. In this interview, we hear about BBO’s Kestrel Nest Box Project whi...

Ben Nickley (Berkshire Bird Observatory): Jun 22, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Ben Nickley, the executive director of Berkshire Bird Observatory, a bird conservation nonprofit in Egremont, MA. In this interview, we hear about BBO’s Kestrel Nest Box Project whi...

Heidi Bock (Columbia Land Conservancy): May 25, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

In this episode, we dive into the heated topic of unleashed dogs in nature areas. When birding, I often run into people who seem nice and friendly, yet  their dogs are unleashed in the fields whe...

Justin Schmidt: Apr 30, 2024: 12pm - 1pm

"Beakuency" welcomes Justin Schmidt, a wildlife photographer and Red Hook resident. He has been documenting a family of Peregrine Falcon nesting on a local bridge in Dutchess County and put numerous p...

Justin Schmidt: Apr 27, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

"Beakuency" welcomes Justin Schmidt, a wildlife photographer and Red Hook resident. He has been documenting a family of Peregrine Falcon nesting on a local bridge in Dutchess County and put numerous p...

Julie Hart (New York Breeding Bird Atlas): Mar 23, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Julie Hart, the Project Coordinator for the New York Breeding Bird Atlas (ebird.org/atlasny) a citizens’ science project that aims to build an inventory of all the birds breeding in...

Drew Hopkins (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation): Feb 24, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Drew Hopkins, an environmental educator and project coordinator at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He is leading the Alan Devoe Bird Club’s Shrike Search on...

Bill Cook, Chris Franks: Jan 27, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Beakuency welcomes Bill Cook, Claverack-native, Professor Emeritus of ornithology, and curator of the Columbia-Greene Community College Natural History Museum. Bill is not only an expert birder himsel...

20231223: Dec 23, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

"Beakuency" invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an interview with local bird peop...

Lesley Doyel: Nov 29, 2023: 10am - 11am

In this broadcast, host Mayuko Fujino speaks with Lesley Doyel, the president of the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society. Lesley’s kind and loving observations of wildlife in her backyards in busy Manha...

Lesley Doyel: Nov 25, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

In this broadcast, host Mayuko Fujino speaks with Lesley Doyel, the president of the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society. Lesley’s kind and loving observations of wildlife in her backyards in busy Manha...

Justin Wexler: Oct 28, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

Tune in at 11 a.m. Saturday to a sincere, informative, and very fun interview with Justin Wexler of Wild Hudson Valley @wild_hudson_valley tomorrow 11am ET on Mayuko Fujino's @mayukof radio program "B...