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Your Bird Story
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Your Bird Story centers the voices of everyday people and their encounters and relationships with wild birds in cities. The podcast is hosted by Georgia Silvera Seamans and is edited and produced by Pod to the People. Subscribe to the podcast. Join us on social media: @yourbirdstory on Instagram.
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Amy Berkov Wants You to Know More About Insects
May 8, 202500:39:46Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk with Amy Berkov, a research scientist specializing in beetles and plant chemistry. Dr. Berkov shares her journey from artist to scientist, and her strong expertise in insect ecology, and the relationships among plants and birds.—Read Amy Berkov’s research.—Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera SeamansProducer and Editor: Pod for the PeopleVocalizations: American Goldfinch song https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/230747651Montezuma Oropendola https://xeno-canto.org/522867Red-winged Blackbird song https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/223686181Hooded Merganser call https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/229281Wood Duck call https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/136505
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Edmundo Martinez Birds the Bronx by Bicycle
Apr 11, 202500:25:46Tap to summarizeEdmundo Martinez’s patches are Starlight and Concrete Parks in the Bronx. He has seen inland birds including warblers and woodpeckers as well as aquatic birds like herons and egrets. The Bronx River, New York City’s only fresh water river, flows through these parks. Martinez birds big parks like Pelham Bay Park (2,722 acres) and small parks like Hunts Point Riverside Park (1.4 acres). He purposefully birds smaller parks in Black and brown communities to show that you don’t have to leave your neighborhood to observe the species of birds typically associated with Central Park. Martinez found his way to birding while cycling; “I’m a big cycling guy,” he said. Observing birds has become a form of meditation for him, bringing him peace and joy. —Follow Edmundo Martinez @bxmundo.—Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera SeamansProducer and Editor: Pod for the PeopleVocalizations: Downy Woodpecker drumming https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/62766Hairy Woodpecker drumming https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/211304391Laughing Gull flock call https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/97299221Great Black-backed Gull long call https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/171253471Pileated Woodpecker drumming https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/63086Northern Flicker drumming https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/534422
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Kelli Hata's Haecceity Project Honors the Sacred Nature of Every Bird
Mar 13, 202500:20:49Tap to summarizeKelli Hata founded the Haecceity Project to chronicle the birds who die by colliding with glass structures on the Yale University campus. The word haecceity was coined by John Duns Scotus, a Medieval scholar. Wikipedia defines haecceity as meaning “each individual entity has a unique, unrepeatable quality that makes it different from every other entity.” The bird care work which Hata has been involved with for years in California and in New Haven embodies the sacredness and innate value of each and every bird. We also discuss practicalities--(1) the preventability of glass collisions and (2) the responsibility of universities to conserve birds as they migrate through their campuses. —Follow the Haecceity Project, Yale @yale_haecceity.—Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera SeamansProducer and Editor: Pod for the PeopleVocalizations: Scrub Jay: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/225405191Mockingbird song: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/213457711Prothonotary Warbler song: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/99435531Dark-eyed Junco song: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/85243
Transcribe →Aaron N.K. Haiman Birds the California Delta
Feb 13, 202500:30:45Tap to summarizeWhat do you do when there isn’t a bird guide for neck of the woods? You write one. Aaron N.K. Haiman is the author of the new book,Birds of the California Delta. Haiman talks about Delta habitats and shares his insights into the lives of a few of the 25 bird species profiled inBirds of the California Delta. Web search “Yellow-billed Magpie” now! Haiman is also a mentor, paying forward his passion and expertise by supporting young people in birding including a bird-a-thon team.—You can findBirds of the California Deltaathttps://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/birds-of-the-california-delta/ or your local bookseller. Haiman is on Instagram as@ abirdingnaturalist andYouTube.—Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera SeamansProducer and Editor: Pod for the PeopleVocalizations: Sandhill Crane juvenile callhttps://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/42404971Great-tailed Grackle callhttps://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/210599Sandhill Crane callhttps://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/28803581Yellow-billed Magpie callhttps://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/199531981American Kestrel callhttps://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/133146
Transcribe →Bryony Angell Knows Bird-Friendly Chocolate
Jan 9, 202500:21:05Tap to summarizeBryony Angell writes about birding culture and lifestyle. Her latest exploration into our relationship with birds is bird-friendly comestibles. In this episode, we talk about cocoa grown by Zorzal in the Dominican Republic, a bird reserve and farm certified as 100% bird-friendly by the Smithsonian Institute. Three chocolatiers based in the U.S. use Zorzal's cocoa in their bars and other chocolate products: Raaka Chocolate, Dandelion Chocolate , and Fruition Chocolate. Georgia has eaten bars by Raaka and Fruition--two thumbs up. Eat sweetly for bird conservation!! — You can find Bryony Angell on the web at https://www.bryonyangell.com and on Instagram as @ bryonyangell. — Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: Pod for the People Vocalizations: Bicknell’s Thrush song https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/195711 Bicknell’s Thrush in Independencia, Dominican Republic https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/96097 Bicknell’s Thrush call https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/197068
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