Outside My Window: a Bird Watcher's View of the World

with Kate St. John
WQED's computer guru Kate St. John is also an avid birder . . . and blogger!

Since He's Been Gone - (posted: 06/18/2013)
Since Silver Boy's death his parents have changed gears. They're courting again. In all my previous experience Dorothy and E2 have always had other young to feed and teach after the death of a juvenile. Dorothy would mourn for a day while E2... more

Doppler Effect - (posted: 06/17/2013)
We all recognize the Doppler effect when an ambulance siren rises in pitch as it speeds toward us then drops as it recedes. (Click here for a car horn example.) Here's a bird that uses that sound effect. American avocets have many techniqu... more

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Rick Sebak's Blog

WQED TV producer and PITTSBURGH Magazine back-page writer writes about his current work and assorted other things

Whew! BREAKFAST SPECIAL 2: REVENGE OF THE OMELETS is at PBS! - (posted: 11/05/2012)
It's November 5 2012. It's our deadline for delivery of the tape of our new program BREAKFAST SPECIAL 2 REVENGE OF THE OMELETS and I think we've made it. I spent most of the morning on the phone with two good natured and patient folks at... more

Looking for the Vale of Cashmere! - (posted: 01/15/2012)
My friend and sometimes editor Matt Conrad sent me an email today and said some folks on reddit.com were posting questions about how to find the ruins of the Vale of Cashmere that we showed in our recent IT'S PITTSBURGH program called NORTH PARK VS.... more

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Chris Chat: a blog about food and family
with Chris Fennimore

SCOTCH EGGS - (posted: 03/18/2013)
So Rick Sebak and I made these on the OVER EASY show last week and everyone wants the recipe. Well technically we showed the recipe to entice people to become members of the station and to get the DVD's and the cookbook. But since the recipe i... more

BIG NIGHT SEATS STILL AVAILABLE - (posted: 04/02/2012)
We're getting ready to cut the Timpano We has such a great response to the Big Night Dinner at D'Imperio's on Monday May 7 that we decided to add another night. There are still some seats available for the dinner on Monday April 30. It will... more

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WQED-FM
PSO Tour Blog

with Jim Cunningham

Luxembourg Deluxe - (posted: 11/10/2012)
The Pittsburgh Symphony's 2012 European Residency Tour has closed with another rapturous audience roaring its approval of the Tchaikovsky Sibelius and Stucky program with encores and Manfred Honeck conducting. It was a slog to get here... more

Stuttgart Liederhalle - (posted: 11/09/2012)
The ride from Frankfurt to Stuttgart was smooth. I admired the nice fall colors in the leaves of trees along the Autobahn. We arrived late and it was tough because the players went right to the stage of the Liederhalle to rehearse Tchaikovsky's Fift... more

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