Podcast prize is AWESOME dvd by Michael Male and Judy Fieth called Watching Sparrows. A must for anyone ready to dip their toes in the dizzying world of brown birds. The sound quality is rich and fun to have on in the background of your work day.
This story makes me SO angry. Doofus US Fish and Wildlife Employee (just this one, not all of them as a whole) fined a family for saving a woodpecker from a cat. Bonehead move. US Fish and Wildlife issued statements over the incident.
Lessons learned from THIS podcast. Thanks, Walton County Almanac!
Craig from Worcester and Malvern Local RSPB wants to know: Which in your opinion would be the best to join out of ABA, ABC or Audubon (or any other like Cornell Lab) I am interested in American birds and occasionally get the chance to see some in Michigan when I visit my relatives or holidays in Florida. In the UK he’s a member of BTO, RSPB and Birdlife.
Why does this birding only have two campers? Because of old ideas in attracting teenagers.
Flirty birds have a shorter lifespan?
Some birds like big bills and they cannot lie.
Pitcher Plant captures a great tit.
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Argh… I have that book (the 1955 edition) but I can’t find any passage that sounds remotely like that.
Peregrine Falcon?
Are you sure they banned electronics at the Teen Ornitology Camp at the National Aviary? I do not see it mentioned in the advertising. http://www.aviary.org/educ/camp_ornithology.php I think it was just a remark made by the reporter.
Goshawk?
I’ll go with Merlin!
Hey, Laurie, you got it, it’s the peregrine falcon! Email your snail mail address to sharon at birdchick dot com.
Laura–I think I got that from the headline and perhaps I went off half cocked because I was fired up from the US Fish employee story.
I love how Sharon ended the podcast by scatting the podcast theme.
I think that it’s quite possible that the big database at Cornell isn’t backed up. In my (admittedly limited) experience, data conservation is done by the people who have a direct relationship with the data. So it may depend on who at Cornell actually searches the database and whether or not they have the influence and/or funding to have it backed up.
The problem with something that popular is that it grows geometrically, so the size of the total database is balooning and the rate at which its updated is accelerating. So it’s not just a matter of making a backup, you have to keep making them to make sure that all the new data is accounted for.
WHOA! Wait…when has Non Birding Bill EVER been fascinated by a brown bird I pointed out????
Craig, Sherry and Klia–thank you, but personally, I think blogging in general out there has done more for birds than me. I’m incredibly honored to be recongized on this list, but I think bird bloggers as a whole have done a great job of bringing birds to everyone.
How cool to have made Ted Floyds list! The U.S. Wildlife Employee thing is just unbelievable. At least they did the right thing in the end and cancelled the ticket.
Hi Sharon, just got done listening to this podcast and wanted to let you know that I know several tweens who love your podcast, and I’m 21 and love it as well, keep up the great work