E36 - Jen Hajj + Swainson's Hawk & San Diego Bird Festival

12/18/22 • 29 min

My guest is Jen Hajj, the Events and Membership Coordinator for the San Diego Audubon who also coordinates the San Diego Bird Festival which will take place February 22nd - 26th, 2023. She tells us about her background in birding, some of her experiences with the Swainson's Hawk, her music and finally more about the upcoming San Diego Bird Festival.
Time Stamps

00:34 - Jen's background in birding
08:34 - Bird of the Episode: Swainson's Hawk
17:08 - San Diego Bird Festival

More About the San Diego Bird Festival
https://www.sandiegoaudubon.org/birding/san-diego-bird-festival/
For more about Jen Hajj, you can check out her website - www.jenhajj.com
If you'd like to check out her music, here are a few of her songs:
Watching Hawks in Borrego Valley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhvY4tNmt7I&t=250s

We Wish You a Merry Christmas Bird Count - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWAZ31YaIUg
The Raptor Bird Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzLpqzX5ifE

If you happen to be a coordinator of another birding festival, here is a great resource to connect with other coordinators, including Jen - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1827623683997283
As always, if you'd like to see pictures of some of the birds discussed on the podcast, please check out @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram.

00:34 - Jen's background in birding
08:34 - Bird of the Episode: Swainson's Hawk
17:08 - San Diego Bird Festival

We Wish You a Merry Christmas Bird Count - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWAZ31YaIUg
The Raptor Bird Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzLpqzX5ifE

Previous Episode

E35 - Ruth H + Green Jay

This is the last episode from my time in the Rio Grande Valley. My guest is Ruth Hoyt, a Texas Master Naturalist and Certified Interpretive Guide who loves photography.

I signed up for a bird photography field trip at Laguna Seca and that’s how I met Ruth. After a morning of bird photography with Ruth, we decided to record the interview. We recorded it a few hours later in the Birding Bazaar on the last day of the festival - where booths were being dismantled in the background. I apologize for all the noise, but hope you enjoy the interview.

For some pictures of the Green Jay, please checkout @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram.

For more from Ruth (and a look at that picture she mentioned with the oriole) please check out:

Website - www.ruthhoyt.com

Instagram - @ruthhoytphoto

Time Stamps

00:35 - Ruth’s background with birds

13:56 - Bird of the Episode: Green Jay

19:51 - Green Jay call

20:54 - More about Ruth’s work

Next Episode

E37 - Tom B + Western Screech Owl

My guest is Tom Brown, owner of Focus on Feathers, an organization that coordinated photography-based birding tours in the past, but now focuses on marketing Tom’s photography. He has led birding field trips in Mexico and across the United States. You might have seen some of his photography in various tourism-focused publications and maybe even his weekly column on Ten Thousand Birds, a few years ago.
Tom talks about his background in birding, how he got into photography, his year birding around the world and he also shares about the Western Screech Owl.
Timestamps

00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Tom's birding background
06:14 - Focus on Feathers
07:20 - Birding in Mexico
13:00 - Bird of the Episode: Western Screech Owl
23:15 - Western Screech Owl call
23:54 - Tom's year birding around the world
41:44 - Outro

For more about Tom and his photography, please check out: https://www.focusonfeathers.com
For pictures of some of the birds discussed on the podcast, please check out @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram.