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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.
Episodes
Monday Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 2019
In this episode I talk with Will Brooks. Will took the Pierce County, WA birding community by storm 3 years ago when he matriculated at the University of Puget Sound, about 1.5 miles from where I live. Since he has found many of the rarities in the county, has set a new Pierce County big year record with 245 species, and has earned not just the respect, bur the awe of the rest of the county birders. We talk about his birding story, his county big year, strategies for finding rare birds, and his research last summer on the local subspecies of White-crowned Sparrows. Enjoy!
Here is a link to a recent WOS newsletter where Will published an article about his research. http://wos.org/documents/wosnws/wosnews179.pdf
Here is a link to the ABC Birding club site and a writeup about his presentation to our club. http://abcbirding.com/will-brooks-tells-us-the-secrets-of-white-crowned-sparrows-march-26-2019/
This is a link to Will's eBird profile. https://ebird.org/pnw/profile/NDE3OTMx/US-WA-053
I'll put up a blog post with more details about our interview on Http://birdbanter.com
Good birding. Good day!
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
In this episode Ed and Blair talk about Blair's birding story as well as his 50-50-50 quest to see 50 species of birds in one day in each of the 50 United States each with a local birder. Enjoy.
Check out Blair's blog at https://blairbirding.com/
You can also find blair on Facebook as Blair Bernson or often posting to the Washington Birding listserv, Tweeters. http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/
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Until next time. Good birding. Good day.
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
On Episode #17 Ed talks about the recent Memorial Day weekend, memories of this weekend gone by, and the recent ABC Birding meeting where Ken Brown from Episodes #2 and #6 presents a talk on birding names and nomenclature.
Ed talks about stumbling onto a colony of nesting Pigeon Guillemots on Anderson Island, and the Willettes, a group of women in the ABC club.
Check out the post on the ABC Birding Blog about Ken's talk. http://abcbirding.com/whats-in-a-name-ken-on-bird-names-and-nomenclature/
Look for more about this episode on the blog at BirdBanter.com. http://birdbanter.com/index.php/2019/05/28/the-bird-banter-podcast-episode-17-memorial-day-weekend-notes/
Until nest time. Good Birding. Good day!
Monday May 20, 2019
Monday May 20, 2019
In this episode Ed talks with Shawneen Finnegan, one of the top U.S. birders who offers a wealth of perspective on birding, rare birds commettees and what it has been like to be a top female birder when at times she was part of a significant minority.
Here is a link to Shawneen's Linked In page. https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawneen-finnegan-4200501a/
Here is her new website where she show paintings of pets. https://www.shawneenfinnegan.com/
Check out my website where I have a blog, as well as links to all of my previous podcast episodes, as well as quick ways to access the podcast episodes on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher. http://birdbanter.com/
Here is a link to the 5-day San Diego Pelagic Trip web site we talk about in this episode. https://www.bajawhale.com/wildlife-tours/pelagic-birding-tours/
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Until next time. Good birding. Good day.
Thursday May 16, 2019
Thursday May 16, 2019
In this episode Ed talks with Alvaro Jaramillo about his career in birding and his experiences. Alvaro is an author, a tour company guide, a top expert in the American tropics, and a respected expert on gulls, new-world blackbirds, and pelagic birds.
You can follow Alvaro on his facebook page or at his web site Alvaro's Adventures, http://alvarosadventures.com/
He wrote the Peterson Guide to the Birds of Chile you can find on Amazon at https://smile.amazon.com/Birds-Chile-Princeton-Field-Guides/dp/0691117403/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=TOABLEDFF5NZ&keywords=birds+of+chile%2C+alvaro+jaramillo&qid=1557964332&s=gateway&sprefix=alvaro+jaramillo%2Caps%2C205&sr=8-1-fkmrnull
Here is a link to Amazon for his book on the new world blackbirds. https://smile.amazon.com/New-World-Blackbirds-Alvaro-Jaramillo/dp/0691006806/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=new+world+blackbirds&qid=1557964406&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Thanks for listening. Good birding. Good day.
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #15 Ed talks about his experience at the Moses Lake WOS convention he attended last weekend, as well as two mainstream tidbits of birding news.
Link to the Atlantic article on the Birdsafe Cat Collar. Maybe a way to allow your cat outdoors without killing so many birds.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/12/accessories-for-your-murderous-pet/419601/
Article on the feral cat problem in the U.S.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/6/us-is-overrun-withmorethan50millionferalcats.html
Article on the rail that has been found as an avian example of iterative evolution, where a once extincet species reevolves from a common ancestor. Cool stuff.
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Until next time. Good birding. Good day!
Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
In The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #14 Art Wang is Ed’s guest. Art is a longtime birder and neighbor of Ed in Tacoma. Art stated birding at a young age in California, has a long history of environmental and political activism, and has a great birding story. Enjoy.
Here is a link to the Tahoma Audubon Society Bird-a-thon fundraising page for Art’s May 11th birdathon. Proceeds go to the education, conservation and other efforts of TAS. https://tahoma.z2systems.com/np/clients/tahoma/campaign.jsp?campaign=62&fundraiser=8984&
This is a link to Ed’s recent post on the Gray’s Harbor Shorebird Festival trip mentioned in the podcast. Check out the photos. http://birdbanter.com/index.php/2019/05/06/grays-harbor-shorebird-festival-field-trip-today/
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Good birding. Good Day!
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Ed talks about the unexpected diversity of birding habitats found on his Morocco trip, as well as a little about the cultural differences observed between more populated and remote places.
Desert Sparrow and Fulvous Chatterer searches take up much of the last day in the desert, and on the way to Ifrane Lesser Short-toed Lark and Wood Lark are two new lifers found.
The trip is winding down. Back to Washington State birding and listerners can expect more typical episodes featuring guests coming soon.
Good birding. Good day!
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
After a shorter day of birding host Ed Pullen talks about birding around Merzouga, a town on the edge of the Sahara that caters to tourists wanting a taste of the desert.
Birding was great, seeing the Sahara was great, and having a shorter day was timely.
Check out BirdBanter.com for a post with photos and more details.
Good Birding. Good Day!
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
On Day 7 of Ed's Morocco trip the group leaves Agadir heading east in the valley between the High Atlas and the Anti-Atlas Ranges, then crossed the High Atlas Range twice, first south to north, then back again in search of high-altitude specialties. Then on to spend the night in the valley, before spending Day 8 in scrub-desert headed towards the Sahara.
Highlight birds are Tristan's Warbler, Leaviallant's Woodpecker and lots of larks and wheatears.
The Moroccan world continues to be welcoming and exotic.
Check out http://birdbanter.com to see blog posts with photos and more details.