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The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #61 with Stefan Schlick

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!

The Bird Banter Episode #60 with Nate Swick

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!

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #59 with Gary Bletsch

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!

 

 

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #58 with Dave Irons

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!

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #57 with Pete Salmansohn

Pete Salmansohn, knows as Puffin Pete, is my guest on The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #57.  Pete has worked as an educator for National Audubon Society and other organizations, and has been especially involved in education about seabirds off the Maine Coast.  We talk about the highly successful and ongoing reintroduction of Atlantic Puffins and other seabirds to breeding islands off the Maine Coast.  Enjoy.

We talk about Hog Island Audubon Camp and here is a link to their site.

Here is a link to a 2010 Science article on the Puffin Reintroduction.

Here is another article about the work of their project.  I like this one a lot.

Here is a link to one of Pete's children's books on Amazon.  

Be sure to check out the blog post on BirdBanter.com to see more related info.

Good birding. Good Day!

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #56 with Mike Bergin

On this episode I talk with Mike Bergin, the founder of the largest Birding Blog on the internet about how 10,000 Birds came about, its incredible run of popularity, and about his birding story.  Mike is a true birding ambassador and I expect you to enjoy listening.  

Here is a link to 10,000 Birds 

We mention the Suzie Gilbert, my guest on the last episode of this podcast, has new novel published recently. You can buy a copy of Unflappable on her website.  

Be sure to leave a rating and review on your podcast feel site about this episode or The Bird Banter Podcast in general.  

Thanks and good birding.  Good Day!

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #55 with Suzie Gilbert

On Episode #55 I talk with bird rehabilitator and author Suzie Gilbert.  We talk about her progression from volunteer at a local raptor rehab program where her experience as a writer led to a newspaper column, a children's book and eventually to having her own in-home bird rehab center. Her first adult book was a memoir about the challenges of trying to balance life as a Mom and a rehab center owner and manager.  Her new novel, which I can vouch for as a fine read, is Unflappable, a novel about a young woman on the lam with a bald eagle she is trying to smuggle from Florida to Ontario, Canada.  It is fun to talk about her passion for birds and her writing career.  Enjoy. 

You can buy Unflappable at Amazon or Barnes and Noble online.

Her website is SuzieGilbert.com

We talk about her time as a writer for 10,000 Birds, a top birding blog.  

Here is a link to the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association website Suzie mentioned where you can learn lots about bird and other wildlife rehab. 

Be sure to check out my blog post with more details about the episode at Birdbanter.com.

 

Until next time. 

Good birding. Good day!

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #54 with Nate Chappell

In this episode Nate and I talk about his early birding years in the Tacoma area with his older brother Chris, his early photography on a birding trip to South Africa, and his progression from birding into becoming a professional nature photographer and photography tour leader.  It's a fun story, and I think you'll enjoy hearing about Nate's career and travels. 

You can follow Nate on facebook @ChappellPhoto  or at his web site http://www.trogontours.net/

The Tahoma Audubon Society that Nate mentions has lots of field trips as well as having a Christmas Bird Count.  You can find theim at https://www.tahomaaudubon.org/

Be sure to check out my web site Bird Banter 

Until next time.  Good birding and good day. 

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #53 with Ryan Merrill

Ryan Merrill and I talk about his birding story,  birding in Washington State, and about his local patch birding.  He also talks about his work on the Washington Bird Records Committee, and life as the husband/father in a family with a young child as a birder.  Enjoy. 

Photo Credit:  The photo of the Swallow-tailed Kite used in the thumbnail for this episode is by Laurel Parshall.  You can hear Laurel and other "Willettes" on episode #20 of The Bird Banter Podcast. 

You can reach Ryan by e-mail: rjm284-at-gmail-dot-com

Here is a link to the Washington Bird Records Committee site:  http://wos.org/records/

This is info about the Seattle Audubon Society Young Birders activities:  https://www.seattleaudubon.org/sas/About/EnvironmentalEducation/YoungBirders.aspx

The Swallow-tailed Gull Ryan found in WA made the  local media in many places. Here is an example:  https://www.heraldnet.com/news/this-very-rare-bird-in-edmonds-is-4000-miles-from-home/

Ryan talks about Carkeek Park near his home in Seattle. Here is info about that local park:  https://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/carkeek-park

I hope you all stay well, get birding often, and until next time. Good birding. Good day!

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #52 with Stephanie Seymour

On this episode I am joined by Stephanie Seymour, the artist of the recently released album There Are Birds.  She is an avid birder, has her own private official hawkwatch station at her home in New jersey, and is a longtime professional musician.  This album has 12 songs, each with the song title being the name of a listable North American bird except the final track, Migration is Over.  Three of the songs are included in this podcast. Enjoy.

You can buy Stephanie's album at her website: There Are Birds

If that hyperlink does not work just go to http://www.therearebirds.com/

We mention the birding in Central Park with Saphir who led walks in spring there for about 40 years before her death.  The movie, The Central Park Effect is very cool, and features Saphir in part.  https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/birdwatching/film-central-park-birders-explores-birdwatching-deeply-human-activity/

Find more at my blog at http://birdbanter.com/index.php/category/thebirdbanterpodcastblog/

Until next time.  Good birding. Good day.