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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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Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Saturday Mar 26, 2022
On this episode Dr. Klem and I talk about one of the leading and least well publicized causes of bird mortality in the world which is collision with glass surfaces. Birds simply don't see glass as a barrier, try to fly through it, and die in startling numbers. Hear the facts, learn what you can do, and be able to make informed decisions about the ways you can help reduce this tragedy.
Dr. Klem is a professor of ornithology at Muhlenberg College. He recently published a book, Solid Air: Invisible Killer, Saving Billions of Birds from Windows.
You can buy the book at Hancock House Publishing
You can find more details at Dr. Klem's website.
Also find lots more details at my blog post on BirdBanter.com
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Do you know anyone who does not love Bird Note, the 2 minute immersion into bird life and lore on NPR radio? I sure don't. My guest on The Bird Banter Podcast #125, Nick Bayard, is the Executive Director of Bird Note. I learned that Bird Note is so much more than the NPR Bird Note Today show. Listen, enjoy and learn.
Subscribe to Bird Note email list-serv here
Read more about todays episode on the Bird Banter Blog here.
Until next time, Good birding and good day!
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
On this episode Michael Todd, the top eBird lister in Tennessee and I talk about birding his home state, his birding story, his mentors, and more.
Michael mentions several top Mississippi River floodplain hotspots in Tennessee on the episode. Here are some eBird links to those areas.
Ensley Bottoms Maxxon Wastewater Lagoons
It was really fun to hear about a new place and from a birder who really knows the area well.
As always check out the blog post about the episode where by the time this airs I'll have more details about my birding in the Nashville area.
'Good birding and good day!
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
On this episode David and Dee Simpson talk about their Florida birding, their company Birding with David Simpson, Dee's blog Dee at Eight AM, and their birding stories.
Dee posts a photo and an educational poem about where she is and what she sees every morning on her blog. David does bird guiding in Florida and beyond, and is an avid state and county lister in Florida, with over 150 species seen in every one of Florida's 67 counties.
David has a passion for teaching visitors about everything natural in Florida, and this passion comes through clearly on the podcast episode.
Dee and David have a You Tube Channel with educational videos about birding in Florida that I find really good.
As always see more about the episode on the BirdBanter.com blog post.
Until next time, good birding and good day!
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
On The Bird Banter Podcast #122 Tiffany Kersten talks about her record breaking Lower 48 United States birding big year, seeing 726 species while raising awareness for the safety of women in nature. It's a great story and Tiffany tells it well.
You can see Tiffany's blog here.
Read more about the year on The Bird Banter blog and find other big years on the podcast prior epsodes #121 Will Brooks and Jason Vassallo, #4 Christian Haganlocher, #5 with Dorian Anderson and his Biking for Birds Big Year, and #79 with Lynn Barber on her Texas and Alaska big years.
As always comments and feedback are welcome, and if you have ideas of guests you'd like to hear on the podcast contact me on the website contact page.
Thanks for listening. Until next time good birding and good day!
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
On this episode I talk with two young Washington State birders who are good friends, who met in an unusual circumstance, and who undertook big years in 2021. Jason saw the 9th highest total species list ever seen in the lower 48 states, while documenting every sighting by photo or audio means, and did so while maximizing the fun, adventure and wonderlust experience of the year. Will broke the Washington State big year record by 6 species in a year when arguably the top vagrant location was closed to birding. Both great accomplishments and it made for a lot of fun conversation. Enjoy.
See the Bird Banter blog post for lots more details.
Follow Jason's Instagram accounting of the big year. @Jason2021BigYear
Watch a video on Seattle News 5 for a brief discussion of Will's year.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
On this episode Bob and I talk about his career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, his birding story and stories and more. How many birders have birded in Area 51? My guess is not many. His career path involved working at many of the great U.S. National Wildlife Refuges including the Loxahatchee NWR in Florida, the Wheeler NWR in Alabama, Kern NWR, Stillwater NWR in Nevada, and the Ridgefield and Columbia NWRs in Washington.
Bob encouages birders to ask their senators Here are contacts for the WA Senators and Representative of that area.
Senator Patty Murray
Murray.senate.gov
Vancouver Office (360) 696-7797
Seattle Office (866) 481-9186
Senator Maria Cantwell
Cantwell.senate.gov
Vancouver Office (360) 696-7838
Seattle Office (206) 220-6400
Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler
Jhb.house.gov
Vancouver Office (360) 695-6292
Washington DC Office (202) 225-3536
Thanks for listening.
Read more on the Birdbanter.com blog.
Until next time, good birding and good day!
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
On The Bird Banter Podcast #119 with Michael and Paula Webster we talk about their 5-year birding adventure in South America. They travelled in a Toyota pop-top camper van, had wild and harrowing experiences and saw remote and wonderful places, people and birds that are almost beyond belief. They are real, as you can see by watching many of their videos on the You Tube Channel The Condors Feathers.
Michael and Paula decided after careers in business for Michael and as a math teacher for Paula to follow their lifelong birding passion to travel, document and experience places they dreamed of seeing. They spent 5 years traveling throughout much of South America. While there they produced a fabulous video documentary on one of South America’s most endangered bird species, the Hooded Grebe. It is spectacular. Check out Tango in the Wind.
Michael has written a book about the adventure, to be released in the U.K. in about February, and in the U.S. later in 2022 called The Condor’s Feather: Traveling Wild in South America which you can find to pre-order on Amazon or in the U.K. at Waterstones.
I loved the chance to meet and talk with this amazing couple, and cannot wait to read the book.
Good birding and good day.
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
On this episode Jim Danzenbaker and I talk about his experiences leading wildlife safaris to the Antarctic region, his pelagic birding experiences, his birding story, career, about Christmas Bird Counts and more. Enjoy.
Find a CBC in Washington here.
See the 2021 CBC report from Natioinal Audubon here.
Check out the blog post on the BirdBanter.com blog here.
Until next time, good birding and good day1
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
On this episode Joe Morlan and I talk about his multifaceted birding career and experiences. Joe taught birding classes at the College of San Francisco for year, served as member, chair and now as webmaster of the California Bird Records Committee, is an author, and is a really good storyteller.
You can reach Joe from his website.
Read more on the BirdBanter.com blog post about this episode.
Thanks for listening.
Good birding and good day.