{"podcast":{"title":"Seattle Now","slug":"seattle-now-496157","podcast_index_feed_id":496157,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/fa64d43e-1285-4f73-948e-aeae00546c65/02438091-7fbb-4dc9-9e5c-b17c013df16e/2998c787-c3cb-49fd-b060-b17c013df199/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/seattlenow","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/fa64d43e-1285-4f73-948e-aeae00546c65/02438091-7fbb-4dc9-9e5c-b17c013df16e/2998c787-c3cb-49fd-b060-b17c013df199/image.jpg?t=1716751086&size=Large","author":"KUOW News and Information","episode_count":1251,"summary":"Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T10:20:25.123745+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157"},"episode":{"title":"In Seattle, bird counts and species diversity are declining","slug":"in-seattle-bird-counts-and-species-diversity-are-declining","published_at":"2026-05-26T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157/in-seattle-bird-counts-and-species-diversity-are-declining","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/seattle-now/seattles-bird-communities-are-in-trouble","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/uxCn8UtjXBanXSJB9HIb/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/fa64d43e-1285-4f73-948e-aeae00546c65/02438091-7fbb-4dc9-9e5c-b17c013df16e/81ef5521-9049-401c-b89e-b452015d3df8/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=2998c787-c3cb-49fd-b060-b17c013df199","summary":"Bird counts in Seattle have declined 21% between 2005 and 2023. That's according to a new study from Birds Connect Seattle, which also found that species diversity declined by 18% during that same time period. Conservation director Joshua Morris authored the report. We met up recently at Washington Park Arboretum to talk about what’s happening to Seattle’s bird populations.","meta_description":"Bird counts in Seattle have declined 21% between 2005 and 2023. That's according to a new study from Birds Connect Seattle, which also found that species…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":911,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seattle-now-496157/episodes/in-seattle-bird-counts-and-species-diversity-are-declining/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157/in-seattle-bird-counts-and-species-diversity-are-declining.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}