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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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Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #67 with Dr. Roger Lederer we talk about not just birding and ornithology, but tips on how to prepare for a career in ornighology, travel, and his birding website Ornithology.com Below are some links to topics we discuss.
Here is the page on Ornithology Careers.
Here is the Osher Foundation site for adult courses Dr. Lederer discusses.
Here are links to some of the other episodes I talk about in the intro.
Blog post on the Mary Gustafson Episode #55
Good birding. Good day!
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Andrew took me out birding in Wahkiakum County, WA and we recorded this episode after a great day of birding. We talk about the Alcyon Farm, his home and wonderful natural area, birding in Wahkiakum County, his Skamokawa Swamp Opera band, his Sea Kayak Business, the history of steemboats on the Columbia River, and more. He is a fabulously talented and interesting person.
Here is a link to the facebook page of the Skamokawa Swamp Opera
and here is a link to Columbia River Kayaking.
Read and see lots more at The Bird Banter Blog.
Until next time. Good birding and Good Day!
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Patrick O’Donnell is my guest on Episode #65 of The Bird Banter Podcast and we talk about all things birding in Costa Rica. Patrick lives in San Jose, Costa Rica, is a guide for day trips from San Jose, leads trips for his local birding club all over the country, and writes extensively. He has published the Costa Rica Bird Finding eBook which I downloaded in Kindle format, but is available in other formats also.
He is a leader in the Birding Club of Costa Rica
Check out the blog post on the Bird Banter site for more details about the episode and related links.
Until next time. Good Birding. Good day!
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #64 with Heather Ballash and Marcus Roening we talk about being a birding couple, about their extensive experience birding in Mexico, and about our local Pierce County, WA birding community.
You can read more about related topics on the Bird Banter Podcast Blog.
Please leave a review and rating on the podcast feed of your choice, and reach out to me if there are guests you’d like to hear from.
Until next time. Good birding. Good day!
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
On this episode Mike Denny sits with me and Ken Brown, in a remote area of the Northern Blue Mountains, and we watch and listen to a recently fledged trio of Great Gray Owlets and their parent as we talk about the owls, the area and Mike's amazing passion for birding, education and the environment. See how many species of birds you can ID from the background of the recording.
Here is a link to The Secret Life of the Forest: The Northern Blue Mountains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PuebOvlZu4
Here is the web site of the Blue Mountain Land Trust, the group that has helped preserve the land around a top birding area we visited, Coppei Creek https://bmlt.org/
Good birding. Good day!
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #62 my daughter, Jean Pullen, and I talk about her passion, restorative agriculture in the tropics. Jean lives in Costa Rica and is in the process with her partner Alan of restoring a hectacre of previous pastureland into a productive, earth-restoring agriforestry project. Jean also works with Jungle Project. You can read more about restorative agriculture at Kiss The Ground.
You can follow Jean on Facebook
Be sure to check out the blog post on the Bird Banter Website that tells more about the subjects we discussed today. Also please leave a reveiw and rating on the podcast feed of your choice.
Until next time. Good birding. Good day!
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #61 Stefan Schlick and I talk about birding in the Pacific Northwest, his experiences as a birding trip leader, and a bit about dragonflies and . Stefan is a top ABA birder with roots in Germany who has lived in several top ABA birding areas. He now is a full time birding trip guide based near Portland, OR.
You can find his Portland Audubon Society trips on their web site.
Stefan's web site is Birdmeister's Blog
See the supporting notes and more info on this episode at the Birdbanter.com Blog Page.
Please leave a review and a rating on your favorite blog feed site or here.
Until next time. Good birding. Good Day!
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #60 I talk with Nate Swick, whose job with the ABA is loosely defined as digital content manager, but birders know as the keeper of the ABAs Rare Bird Alerts page, more recently from the ABA Podcast, and as one of the primary faces of the ABA online. Nate is an avid birder, and has helped bring the ABA into the online world in a meaningful way. I enjoyed talking with Nate, and hope you enjoy listening.
Here is a link to the ABA Join and donate page as promised on the episode.
See the Bird Banter Blog post related to this episode for more information.
Until next time, Good birding and Good Day!
Sunday May 10, 2020
Sunday May 10, 2020
On this episode I talk with Gary Bletsch, a birder from Skagit County, WA who is an avid county birder, a funny guy, and a lot of fun for me to get to know. You'll hear a lot about Skagit County birding, as well as about Gary's travels and his birding story.
We talk about the Washington birding website WA Birder. Check it out on this link.
Here is a link to the trip report for the Pierce County big day I participated in this week. Bruce LaBar from episode #3, Will Brooks from episode # and Peter Wimberger from episode # were the other birders on the trip.
Visit the Bird Banter blog for more details about and related to this episode.
Until next time. Good birding. Good day!
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
On this episode I talk with Dave Irons, a top birder, an eBird reviewer, prior regional editor of North American Birds, author of the new book Field Guide to the Birds of Oregon, and a really educational and interesting guest on the podcast. Enjoy.
Here is a link to buy the Field Guide to the birds of Oregon on Buteo Books.
I mention the episode with Dave's wife Shawneen Finnegan. Here is a link to that episode on Apple Podcasts. You can find links to several other platforms on the Bird Banter Website.
Dave talks about the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. I strongly recommend it to any birder who wants to attend a great festival.
Please leave a review and rating on the podcast feed of your choice.
Until next time.
Good birding. Good day!