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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 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Peter Hodum is a professor at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA and is a passionate birder and researcher of seabirds. We talk about his passion and work with seabirds off the Washington coast as well as in the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile. Peter is an eloquent speaker, penultimate teacher, and I know you’ll enjoy hearing his birding story. For lots of photos and much more detail check out the post on the Bird Banter blog at http://birdbanter.com
Here is a link to Peters not-for-profit mentioned in the episode. https://oikonos.org/
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Hear about birding in San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico from a local guide and top local birder. San Blas is an area where you can find a large variety of species and habitats all on short drive day trips while based in this delightful coastal community.
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #69 with Francisco Garcia we talk about birding in the San Blas area of Nayarit, Mexico on the west coast between Mazatlán and Puerto Nuevo. Francisco runs Safaris San Blas, a birding guide service in that area, and was recommended as a guest by Heather Ballash and Marcus Roening when we recorded Episode #64.
Here is a link to the Safaris San Blas Facebook page where you can find Francisco’s Phone number and email address.
Here is a link to the ABA A Birder’s Guide to Washington that I praise in the introduction to the episode.
Thanks for listening. Good birding and good day!
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode with Dennis Paulson we talk about his start as a bird watcher, his life as a naturalist, his dragonfly studies and publications, his travels, and a bit about the politics of conservation and environmentalism. Birding, Bird Watching, and the love of nature are common themes. Enjoy.
You can reach dennis by email at dennispaulson - at- comcast.net
He is on facebook as @dennis.paulson.10 and as he mentions he posts educational info with photos regularly.
Read more details about Dennis and the episode at the Bird Banter blog.
Until next time. Good birding. Good day!
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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