Ep 7: Alvaro's Adventure in Spain

09/09/21 • 60 min

The guys catch up on Hurricane Ida and how an interest in natural history can lead to an interest in observing weather-related phenomenons before diving into the good stuff: updates from Alvaro's ongoing Spanish Adventure. Oh, and pelagics. There's always pelagics.
Topics covered include: The worst flooding in nearly 150 years in parts of the eastern United States, how storms and flooding affect birds, lots of updates on birding and migration in Spain, and musing on travel during Covid.

Highlight bird species: Honey buzzards, various raptors, storks, and more European migrants; Bridled and Sooty Terns

Locations mentioned: Philadelphia, various locations in Spain, offshore in North Carolina

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Highlight bird species: Honey buzzards, various raptors, storks, and more European migrants; Bridled and Sooty Terns

Locations mentioned: Philadelphia, various locations in Spain, offshore in North Carolina

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Ep 6: The increasingly golden era of birding and ornithology

Do you know the state bird of Utah, and how it came to be? How old are the oldest hummingbirds on record? Which gulls are of the cherry-picking variety? Get answers to these questions and so much more in this episode of Life List.
Topics covered include: Seasonal changes in birding; American Ornithological Society (AOS) updates, including a focus on genomics and inverted genes; why the western raptor that George spotted in New Jersey didn’t make the rare bird alerts; record-breaking gull lifespans and old birds including (you guessed it) albatrosses and storm-petrels, with a shoutout to good ol’ opossums.

Highlight bird species: Roseate Spoonbills; game birds for purchase; redpolls (how many redpoll species? you tell us); California Gulls; Laysan Albatross and other seabirds; shoutouts to elderly hummingbirds; moonwalking manakins.

Locations mentioned: Niagara Falls, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, the ocean

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