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Bird Watchers, Birders, Nature Lovers should hear the Bird Banter Podcast. Hear Birders talk about birdwatching, or birding for the more passionate. Hear their birding stories, about bird watching experiences, about birding research, birding travel, and birdwatching anecdotes. It's fun, conversational and tries to be a birding ambassador to improve the world one birder at a time.
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Sunday Dec 27, 2020
Sunday Dec 27, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast #86 with Jason Westlake we talk about his vocation as a professional traveler, his integration of birding into that career, and birding in Costa Rica where Jason now lives and runs the Tierra de Sueños Retreat and Wellness Center in Puerto Chiquita.
Be sure to check out the BirdBanter.com blog for lots of supporting details and links for topics discussed in this episode. Until next time. Good birding and good day!
Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Saturday Dec 19, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast #86 I talk with a young birder and graduate student Jonah Gula about his work with African Storks, his birding story and other research work, and about African Storks in general. I also learned about predation of Greater Sage Grouse in relocation efforts. Fun stuff. Enjoy.
You can find Jonah at Jonah.gula@yahoo.com
or on Instagram @JonahGula
Here is a link to a photo of a Saddle-billed Stork on Jonah’s Instagram page
Be sure to check out the blog on BirdBanter.com to read more about information related to this episode and other.
Until next time, good birding and good day!
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Tire particulate and salmon runs recent article
Life after Eddie post
Link to drop of water call of Raven
Larry Hubbell and I talk about his decade of regular patch birding and blogging at the Union Bay area as well as his work to restore the Arboretum Creek drainage system to a functional riparian habitat. Listen and learn from a birder and conservationist who by regular thorough birding and documentation of his local patch is making a difference. Enjoy.
Until next time, good birding and good day!
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
How does the Washington Rare Birds Committee work and what makes it effective? How did Matt find 200 species of birds in every one of the 39 WA counties, and how did he get so passionate about county listing? Interested in the history and workings of the Washington Birds website (and printed journal prior to the website)? Matt and I talk about these topics and more on The Bird Banter Podcast #83. Enjoy.
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Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Paul Bannick is an award winning photographer and author and on this episode we talk about his photography, his new books about the Life History of Great Gray and Snowy Owls, his conservation work, photography in general and his life’s work and stories. Enjoy.
Here is a link to Paul’s website, where you can contact him by email or buy his books.
Read more and see related info on this episode at the Bird Banter Blog.
Until next time: Good birding and good day!
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
I learned lots and had fun talking with Florence Reed and Patrick McMillan. I learned that most of the people in the world feed themselves on relatively small family farms, and that helping them inprove yields and improve their health and lives. This alone would be a worthy endeavor, but these farming methods can at the same time really make a difference in the global climate change crisis while improving habitat for migratory birds. Birders should care about this. I do, and am so happy to have the chance to talk with these two passionate experts.
You can learn about Sustainable Harvest International on their web site, follow them on Facebook, and support their cause if you feel compelled as I have felt.
Learn more at the Bird Banter Blog post about this episode.
Until next time. Good birding and Good Day!
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast #80 Darren Clark and I talk about birding Idaho, photography, eBird, tell birding stories and more. Enjoy.
You can contact Darren Clark at his website Darren Clark Photography, or follow him on Instagram at either @darrenclark or @idahobirds
Here is Darren’s eBird Profile.
Be sure to check out the BirdBanter.com website to see the blog post with lots more details and links related to this episode.
Until next time; Good Birding and Good Day!
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Lynn Barber, big year birder in several states and the ABA, and author of three books joins me on this episode of The Bird Banter Podcast. Lynn is an accomplished birder and tireless big year birder. She holds the Texas and Alaska big year records, and until 2016 I believe had the highest ABA Big Year total for a woman. She has a great story. Enjoy.
Lynn lives in Anchorage, and prior to the Covid-19 pandemic got stock of her new book, Big Years, Biggest States: Birding in Texas and Alaska that you can get as a signed copy mailed to you by contacting her on email dalybar@aol.com Just put book order in the subject line and she'll arrange to send you a copy.
See the blog post on birdbanter.com to find more details and information related to Lynn and her story.
Thanks for listening. Good birding. Good Day!
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Nick Lund, "The Birdist" and I talk about how he became The Birdist, birding in Maine, his birding story, and about birding adventures and more on this episode.
Here are some key links related to the episode. See the blog post about this episode on the Bird Banter Blog for more information.
The ABA Podcast episode on birding Newfoundland
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Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
This episode was recorded about a month ago, and the plan was to publish it while I was recovering from a hip replacement surgery. Somehow it slipped by, and is being published a bit later than usual. I think you'll enjoy hearing Tom Bancroft's birding story, and about his career in conservation and ornithology. Enjoy.
Here is a link to Tom's photography website.
Be sure the check the BirdBanter.com blog post about this episode for more links and information.