PRESS RELEASE - Friday, October 16, 2009
For information contact: Bob Evancho at 373-7369
                     Anne Peterson at 373-7368

January’s D4K Is For the Birds: How and Why Do They Migrate?

— Airs Tuesday, October 20 at 2:00/1:00 p.m. MT/PT

How and why do birds migrate? Two guest scientists will answer Idaho students’ questions about bird migrations during the October D4K, Idaho Public Television’s monthly statewide science call-in show for elementary students.

Host Joan Cartan-Hansen is joined by bird experts Jay Carlisle, research director for the Idaho Bird Observatory, and Vicky Runnoe, conservation education supervisor for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The show airs live on IdahoPTV Tuesday, October 20, at 2:00/1:00 p.m. MT/PT.

Birds long ago adapted to summer homes and winter homes, often flying hundreds, and sometimes thousands of miles between their seasonal addresses. How do they find their way? How do they choose their travel dates? Carlisle and Runnoe will answer those questions and more.

Students can e-mail questions to D4K@idahoptv.org or fax them to (208) 373-7245 before the show, or call in during the show to (800) 973-9800. Shortly after the show, students can view a Web-only video with Carlisle and Runnoe answering questions that were not part of the on-air broadcast.

The D4K Web site (idahoptv.org/D4K) offers facts about each topic, links reading lists, a glossary, podcasts of programs, video shorts, full episodes and special D4K Web-exclusive programming.