Wildlife Observer Network (Archived)
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Welcome to the Wildlife Observer Network! A wildlife focused media platform consisting of podcasts, videos, and articles. WON is an outgrowth of the friends, stories, and ideas that brought you the Urban Wildlife Podcast and has expanded to other shows such as: On the Wing Travel Cast, Brothers in Birding, On Word for Wildlife, Herping Aint Easy, and others! We hope you find it easy to listen, enjoy, and share. Officially launched in January 2020 based in Philadelphia PA USA,
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UWP: City Nature Challenge and Urban Biodiversity in Southern Ecuador
April 28, 2022 14:13 - 54 minutes - 50 MB(English/Español) The City Nature Challenge starts on Friday, April 29, and in this episode Billy talks with Angel Mario Hualpa Erazo of Ecuador's Green Jewel, based in Loja in southern Ecuador. We get to know Loja, hear about Green Jewel's conservation and environmental education programs, and talk about the City Nature Challenge. This episode is in English and in Spanish. We start with a shorter English summary and continue with the full discussion in Spanish. El City Nature Challenge emp...
On Word for Wildlife | Earth Day to May Day 2022 | Erica Prather
April 07, 2022 14:50 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBOnly watch this episode if you believe good work needs a good workplace. Solidarity for environmental workers and workers everywhere! https://twitter.com/defenders_staff https://twitter.com/audubonforall Recommended readings Demargainlizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System Intersectional Environmentalist Credits: Executive Prod...
Urban Wildlife Podcast: Save the Rats
March 15, 2022 14:27 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBUrbanites are starting to learn to live with predators like coyotes, bobcats, and hawks, but what about their rodent prey, like rats? We talk with political scientist and human/wildlife researcher Christian Hunold about his paper looking at rodenticide bans and what they say about how we regard rats and the animals that eat them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
On Word for Wildlife | Critical Bird Theory | Sam DeJarnett
March 07, 2022 00:15 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBAlways Be Birdin' Podcast: https://always-be-birdin.simplecast.com/ Always Be Birdin the Boroughs: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaSzLYMvd8J/?utm_medium=copy_link Scholarships for Black and Brown people: https://amplifythefuture.org/black-latinx-birders/ Justice Outside Liberated Grants program: https://justiceoutside.org/grantmaking/liberated-paths-grantmaking-program/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
Urban Wildlife Podcast: A New Urban Hunter
January 24, 2022 12:14 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBTroy Bynum (@tb_wildlife_photography on Instagram) is Philly naturalist, wildlife photographer, and a new urban hunter. He talks with Billy about the experience of hunting for the first time, and they discuss issues of race and hunting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
Urban Wildlife Podcast |A New Hope: Advocating for Wildlife, Cats, and People in Tulsa
December 23, 2021 15:49 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBLocal wildlife lovers and cat lovers can all feel outgunned and overwhelmed when the national, multi-million-dollar organizations that push TNR come to town. Tulsans for Public Safety shows how one community has organized on a grassroots level to promote sound policy for unowned cats. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
Brothers in Birding | To Ignore or Reform: Birding Institutions Part 1
December 08, 2021 19:11 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBThe brothers discuss joy of new birders, some thoughts on birding groups as institutions, and a shout out to the Biggest Week in American Birding for inviting Tykee to be a keynote speaker in 2022! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
On Word for Wildlife | A Rosie Vision for Wildlife Conservation | Rosie Sanchez
December 05, 2021 03:28 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBWildlife conservation advocate Rosie Sanchez shares how she found herself in the work, her recent accomplishments, and her vision for achieving balance for humans and wildlife! Shameless plug to support Amplify the Future: https://amplifyfuture.betterworld.org/auctions/amplify-future-annual-auction/items/cooking-conversations-tykee-jame Rosie Sanchez on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alma-sanchez-000495a6/ Rosie Sanchez on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rorosanchie/ Outdoo...
Brothers in Birding | Vesper Martini/Sparrow | Episode 9
November 01, 2021 17:07 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBStill finding their cadence, the brother return to share levity, wisdom, and ketchup with what's been going on since Episode 8: Parent life update, birding festivals, lifers, James Bond, new punk album release, Audubon for All (union at National Audubon Society), and dogs on leashes. Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WON Stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re li...
On Word for Wildlife | A Space Race, On Earth
September 17, 2021 22:00 - 45 minutes - 42.3 MBJoined by NEW Co-Host Julian Nesbitt, the pair discuss curious mountain lions in California, hungry wolves in Yellowstone, and migrating elephants in Tanzania. Sources: https://www.duneland.k12.in.us/cms/lib/IN01001867/Centricity/Domain/237/scienceA.pdf https://futurehuman.medium.com/russian-scientists-are-trying-to-revive-wooly-mammoths-to-halt-siberias-warming-crisis-e1bd4fd3f6bb Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WO...
Urban Wildlife Podcast: Wildlife of Urban Zanzibar
July 14, 2021 21:30 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBLearn about the neighborhood galagos and the red-banded rubber frogs of urban Zanzibar with Jonathan Richard Walz. Billy and Tony talk with Richard about the urban wildlife of this corner of East Africa as well as the impact of the pandemic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
Brothers in Birding | Episode 8
July 06, 2021 17:54 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MBIt's been a minute so the brothers put ketchup on it before discussing eBird hotspot legitimacy theory and how perpetuating feline homelessness is a form of white supremacy. ---- Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WON Stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observer Network and sharing this episode on social media We have Facebook, Twitter,...
Urban Wildlife Podcast: Should Billy Take Up Hunting?
May 26, 2021 20:16 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBInspired by a conversation with past podcast guest Brad Gates, Billy, who has been vegetarian for over 25 years, is thinking about taking up urban hunting. Tony and Billy talk about the implications, ethical and ecological. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
On Word for Wildlife | Earth Day to May Day | Joe Uehlein
May 08, 2021 19:04 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBFounding President of the Labor Network for Sustainability, and Voices for a Sustainable Future. Joe is a current board member of the US Climate Action Network. He also serves on the advisory board of the Future of Music Coalition. Joe is a musician, and a member of the American Federation of Musicians. Audubon For All Morgan Lewis Report Response: https://morgan-lewis-response.glitch.me/ https://www.labor4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LNS-Mission-and-Principles.pdf https:...
On Word for Wildlife | May Day to Earth Day | Joe Uehlein
May 08, 2021 19:04 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBFounding President of the Labor Network for Sustainability, and Voices for a Sustainable Future. Joe is a current board member of the US Climate Action Network. He also serves on the advisory board of the Future of Music Coalition. Joe is a musician, and a member of the American Federation of Musicians. Audubon For All Morgan Lewis Report Response: https://morgan-lewis-response.glitch.me/ https://www.labor4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LNS-Mission-and-Principles.pdf https://...
Juncos Take Los Angeles
May 08, 2021 18:15 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBThe city can be a tough place for a little bird, unless that city has lots of pine trees and cozy places to build nests. Dark eyed juncos have adapted to Los Angeles, and we’ll hear about it from ornithologist Samuel Bressler who talks with Tony about his research. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
Brothers in Birding | Episode 7
April 16, 2021 20:38 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBTykee and Tony catch up after some political and and personal absurdity. The brothers discuss finding time to bird for fun instead of work. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
The Cat that Changed America
April 12, 2021 12:51 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBTony and Billy talk with Tony Lee, film producer and author of The Cat that Changed America, the story of Los Angeles’ P22 mountain lion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
On Word for Wildlife | Labor and Wildlife Conservation | Larry Williams Jr.
March 25, 2021 00:52 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBTykee, a founder of the Audubon for All union effort speaks with Larry, who was one of the founders for the union at the Sierra Club. Vision statement for Audubon for All Union: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/audubon-for-all-vision-statement Details of National Audubon Society's response to workers' organizing efforts: https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/17/stories/1063727733 Sierra Club management walks out in negotiation (2018) https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveWorkersUnion/videos...
Urban Wildlife Podcast: Singapore Wildlife
March 04, 2021 22:12 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBTony and Billy talk with Singapore nature guide Ivan Kwan about wild boar, huge water monitor lizards, introduced myna birds, and what it's like to explore nature in one of the world's greenest cities. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
Great Southern Bioblitz!
February 17, 2021 02:40 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBPhilly naturalist Robin Irizarry and Billy talk with their antipodean urban bioblitz colleague Stephan Fricker about the Great Southern Bioblitz, the fall (or spring if you're down under) counterpart to the City Nature Challenge. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
Herpin' Ain't Easy: Anoles (and what their poop can teach us) with Chelsea Conner
February 11, 2021 01:25 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBChelsea Conner (@ChelseaHerps on Twitter, and @Outtochelsea on Instagram) catches us up on anoles, the incredibly biodiverse lizards of evolutionary biologists' dreams. She discusses her research on the diet of Dominica's endemic eyed anoles (Anolis oculatus) and the invasive Puerto Rican anole (A. cristatellus). We learn about lizard lassoing and how Chelsea gets all the poop samples she needs. Oh, and did you know you needed stickers of anoles eating ice pops colored just like their dewlap...
Urban Wildlife Podcast: Urban Falcons
February 09, 2021 02:18 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBWherever you live, it’s time to start looking up! Billy brings his lawn chair and watches some West Philly peregrine falcons with local birder Schubert Sweat. He then talks with Peter Green about his Providence Raptors blog and book. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support
Nature Hypeman | Easy Places to See Hard to See Animals | Ken Behrens
January 30, 2021 04:06 - 1 hour - 58 MBKen Behrens, co-host of Naturally Adventurous Podcast and guide for Tropical Birding jois Tony to discuss easy places to see hard to see animals. If you spend enough time travelling to observe wildlife, you will discover the phenomena of locations where sighting some normally extremely hard to see animals is almost guaranteed. Animals featured include: Snow Leopard, Malayan Night Heron, African nocturnal birds, Spectacled Bear, Maned Wolf, Black-back Woodpecker, Polar Bear, Jaguar, Southern ...
Mamíferos de Bogota y Donde Encontrarlos
January 24, 2021 18:48 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBBilly habla con biólogos Colombianos Sara Acosta y Rodrigo Mutis sobre su libro de colorear de mamíferos urbanos, Mamíferos de Bogotá y Donde Encontrarlos. Empezamos el episodio con un resumen de la conversación en Inglés. Seguimos con la conversación completa en español. Puedes encontrar el libro de colorear aquí . Envía un mensaje a Rodrigo ([email protected]) para conseguir una copia imprimible. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-networ...
On Word for Wildlife | Black Power | Rep. Bullock
December 22, 2020 04:11 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBState Representative Donna Bullock from the 195th legislative district of PA and the newly elected Chair of the PA Legislative Black Caucus joins Tykee in a discussion about PA voters, whether they’re ready for change (they are), if PA is ready for RGGI (it is), and the Representatives shares a special thank you to the organizers of the first #BlackBirdersWeek. Sources: https://www.nbejn.com/ https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/17/947355441/biden-to-nominate-brenda...
Nature's Hypeman/Herpin Ain't Easy | Bob Ferguson
December 08, 2020 03:23 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBBob Ferguson is a naturalist from Southeast Pennsylvania that makes wildlife calendars featuring his own photography to benefit wildlife conservation. We learn about how the project got started, what organizations benefit and Bob's addiction to wildlife observation. https://www.etsy.com/shop/Fascinature https://www.instagram.com/bob_ferguson_fascinature/ Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WON Stinger by Alexander Jenson...
On Word for Wildlife | Outstanding State Reps | Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta
November 08, 2020 09:27 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBWhat do you know about the average state legislator? Tykee speaks with Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta to ketchup with an old friend and discuss the legislative reality for bipartisan conservation legislation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Sources: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0225&pn=0195 https://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/who-s-the-average-state-legislator-depends-on...
On Word for Wildlife | Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta
November 08, 2020 09:27 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBWhat do you know about the average state legislator? Tykee speaks with Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta to ketchup with an old friend and discuss the legislative reality for bipartisan conservation legislation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Sources: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0225&pn=0195 https://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/who-s-the-average-state-legislator-depend...
Brothers in Birding | Money Talks, Birds Sing
October 28, 2020 18:55 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBTykee and Tony talk Birderism and then we tease a little about classism for our next episode (hopefully we'll bring on an old friend)! Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WON Stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observer Network and sharing this episode on social media We have Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Please support our creativit...
Birding Today | Episode 7
October 28, 2020 18:54 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBGeorge and Tony catch up and discuss binoculars, harpy eagles, and hurricane birding Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WON Stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observer Network and sharing this episode on social media We have Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Please support our creativity with monthly payments through Anchor or Patreon. ...
Black Mammalogist Week!
October 10, 2020 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBI know I'm late, but we can still enjoy Black Mammalogist Week together! Links for all things mentioned: MC Hammer tweet: https://twitter.com/MCHammer/status/1305447129058390016 Misunderstood Mammal Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CN_MVp-XX0 Jazmin (Sunny) Murphy blog https://www.compassscicomm.org/black-mammalogists-week-misunderstood-mammals/ Guardian Watchmen: https://www.wcel.org/sites/default/files/publications/gw_laws_to_protect_land_and_sea_final.pdf Boreal Conserva...
On Word for Wildlife | Black Mammalogist Week!
October 10, 2020 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47.8 MBI know I'm late, but we can still enjoy Black Mammalogist Week together! Links for all things mentioned: MC Hammer tweet: https://twitter.com/MCHammer/status/1305447129058390016 Misunderstood Mammal Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CN_MVp-XX0 Jazmin (Sunny) Murphy blog https://www.compassscicomm.org/black-mammalogists-week-misunderstood-mammals/ Guardian Watchmen: https://www.wcel.org/sites/default/files/publications/gw_laws_to_protect_land_and_sea_final.pdf Boreal Conserva...
Cross Pollination: George and Tykee
September 28, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBPodcast Hosts George Armistead (Birding Today) and Tykee James (On Word for Wildlife and Brothers in Birding) debut Cross Pollination, a pilot project to build community with content creators from Wildlife Observer Network! -------- Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WON Stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observer Network and sharing this ...
Urban Wildlife Podcast | The Red Fox
August 18, 2020 21:54 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBThe trash panda of Europe is also an urban critter in North America. Billy talks about fox range expansion in in North America and urban fox evolution in England with Kate Garchinsky, illustrator of the Secret Life of the Red Fox and Christian Hunold, wildlife photographer and political scientist whose work looks at how humans and the animals we live with regard each other. We read from Audubon and Bachman’s Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (p. 269-270) and look at two papers, one usi...
Birding Today | Dan Lane Part 3
July 31, 2020 21:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBWhile Tony upholds his fathering responsibilities, George finishes this trilogy! Dan Lane has likely discovered or been part of discovering more new bird species than any other living person. Dan started his field research with LSU and focuses mostly on Peru, he co-authored the Field Guide to the Birds of Peru. In this episode we talk about his discovery of the Scarlet-Banded Barbet and some other species, birding in Louisiana, and of all things, nutria! Credits: Executive Producer: Tony ...
Birding Today | Dan Lane Part 2
July 31, 2020 21:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBPicking up where the internet connect left off! Dan Lane has likely discovered or been part of discovering more new bird species than any other living person. Dan started his field research with LSU and focuses mostly on Peru, he co-authored the Field Guide to the Birds of Peru. In this episode we talk about his discovery of the Scarlet-Banded Barbet and some other species, birding in Louisiana, and of all things, nutria! Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale, Audio Production: Tyke...
Birding Today | Dan Lane Part 1
July 31, 2020 20:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBDan Lane has likely discovered or been part of discovering more new bird species than any other living person. Dan started his field research with LSU and focuses mostly on Peru, he co-authored the Field Guide to the Birds of Peru. In this episode we talk about his discovery of the Scarlet-Banded Barbet and some other species, birding in Louisiana, and of all things, nutria! The last question is where Dan's internet goes out, but we pick up right where we left off on part 2! Credits: Exec...
On Word for Wildlife | Interpersonal Philanthropy
July 30, 2020 05:52 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBAfter some fans and supporters of #BlackBirdersWeek found Tykee's personal Venmo account and gave him money, he decided to reflect on the concept of interpersonal philanthropy and if it can advance equity. He also connects the principles of Community-Centric Fundraising to wildlife conservation. Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale, Audio Production: Tykee James, Art work: Robin Irizarry. Wildlife Observer Network stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our re...
Plethodontid Salamanders of North America
July 23, 2020 16:15 - 35 minutes - 28.6 MBBilly and Mike talk about the incredibly diverse Plethodontid salamanders of North America and read from the riveting (for real, this is a classic of nature writing) forward of Emmett Reid Dunn's Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae <https://archive.org/stream/salamandersoffam00dunn#page/n15/mode/2up> Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale, Audio Production: Tykee James, Art work: Robin Irizarry. Wildlife Observer Network stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Hel...
Because of Black Birders Week
July 15, 2020 02:04 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBTykee reflects on his role with #BlackBirdersWeek and announces a new topic for the next episode. Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale, Audio Production: Tykee James, Art work: Robin Irizarry. Wildlife Observer Network stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observet Network and sharing this episode on social media We have Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Please support our creativity with monthly pay...
On Word for Wildlife | Because of Black Birders Week
July 15, 2020 02:04 - 7 minutes - 7.36 MBTykee reflects on his role in #BlackBirdersWeek and announces a new topic for the next episode. Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale, Audio Production: Tykee James, Art work: Robin Irizarry. Wildlife Observer Network stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observet Network and sharing this episode on social media We have Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Please support our creativity with monthly payme...
Birding Today | Perfect Bird
June 23, 2020 12:21 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBGeorge and Tony discuss Cattle Egrets, birding in Bermuda, pterodroma petrels, renaming birds fallout, mid summer vagrants, and the possible hybrid Scarlet Tanager x Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale, Audio Production: Tykee James, Art work: Robin Irizarry. Wildlife Observer Network stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observet Network and sharing this episode on social media...
Brothers in Birding | MLK Eider
June 23, 2020 02:47 - 35 minutes - 28.6 MBThe birding brothers discuss Tony's controversial list of changed bird names and how a lot of folks spectacularly missed the point. They reflect a bit on Black Birders Week and the challenge of addressing serious social problems while still celebrating our love of wildlife. In the immortal words of Edward Abbey we need to "Outlive the bastards!" Check out the list in question here: https://www.wildlifeobservernetwork.com/blog/the-original-renaming-the-birds-of-north-america-list Credits: Ex...
On Word for Wildlife | Joelle Jenkins | Identity in the Natural Environment
June 16, 2020 01:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBJoelle Jenkins, a highly motivated student leader at the University of Northern Colorado sits with Tykee to discuss her research, her experience in science, and why it's so important, especially now, to foster inclusion in STEM. Her work: https://www.unco.edu/mcnair/about/current-mcnair-scholars/scholars_201920/jenkins-joelle.aspx https://www.unco.edu/student-leaf/representatives/ https://twitter.com/BlacademicUS Follow her on Twitter @ IG: @NappyHairRevel Credits: Executive Producer...
Birding Punks | Self-imposed Outsiders
June 15, 2020 23:44 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBOn this episode of Birding Punks, Paul and Tony discuss what we hope is imminent and longstanding social change spurred by the murder of George Floyd and change in the birding community via Black Birders Week inspired by the threat of police violence on Christian Cooper. The Birding Punks reflect on being self imposed outsiders and whether the bird community should reform existing or start new birding organizations to be truly inclusive. Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale, Audio P...
Mouse History is Human History
June 15, 2020 02:43 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBWe take a look at one of our most humble companions in civilization, the house mouse. Michelle Niedermeier of the Penn State Cooperative Extension’s Integrated Pest Management program joins Billy as we talk about research into how mouse genetics can help us learn about human history . We spend some time with John James Audubon’s fabulous mouse chapter from the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (v. 2, p. 277). Just for kicks, we’ve included a reading from the last episode in which we disc...
Urban Wildlife Podcast | Mouse History is Human History
June 15, 2020 02:43 - 36 minutes - 29 MBWe take a look at one of our most humble companions in civilization, the house mouse. Michelle Niedermeier of the Penn State Cooperative Extension’s Integrated Pest Management program joins Billy as we talk about research into how mouse genetics can help us learn about human history . We spend some time with John James Audubon’s fabulous mouse chapter from the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (v. 2, p. 277). Just for kicks, we’ve included a reading from the last episode in which we dis...
On the Wing Travel Cast | Alvaro Jaramillo
June 09, 2020 03:30 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MB<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->Alvaro Jaramillo is a Chilean-Canadian-American birding guide, author, and ornithologist. Alvaro has authored Birds of Chile, Birds of California, and New World Blackbirds, and he runs Alvaro's Adventure's tour company. We discuss his journey to becoming an author and guide, and-his love of blackbirds and pelagic birding. Alvaro, true to his nature, leaves us with a positive outlook on tourism and society post Covid-19. htt...
Brothers in Birding | Birds Endure
June 04, 2020 01:47 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThe birding brothers host Dr J. Drew Lanham. Dr Lanham is a poet and professor of wildlife biology at Clemson University. He is noted for his article "9 Rules for the Black Birder in Orion Magazine" and his books: "The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature" and "Sparrow Envy". On this episode we talk about: small talk during a revolution nested in a pandemic, code switching shrikes, the birding Mason Dixon Line, field marks for the unsafe places for birders of color...