02-24: Best Bird Books of 2018 with Donna Schulman

11/29/18 • 31 min

We're getting to the end of the year and it's time for a look back at the best bird books published in 2018. Once again, 10,000 Birds book reviewer Donna Schulman joins me to talk about our favorites. Donna and I each share our Top 5, including field guides, family specific guides, and narratives from well-known authors and publishers. Thanks to Space Coast Birding & Nature Festival for sponsoring this episode. Join the ABA in Titusville this January for great birding and fellowship!

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Donna’s Top 5

1) Birds of Central America - Andrew Vallely & Dale Dyer

2) Birds of Prey of the East/West - Brian K. Wheeler

3) Peterson Guide to Bird Identification in 12 Steps - Steve NG Howell & Brian Sullivan

4) The Feather Thief - Kirk Wallace Johnson

5) Belonging on an Island - Daniel Lewis

Nate’s Top 5

1) Birds of Central America - Andrew Vallely & Dale Dyer

2) Gulls Simplified - Pete Dunne & Kevin Karlson

3) Birds of Nicaragua - Liliana Chavarria-Duriaux, Robert Dean, & Robert T. Moore

4) Birds of Prey of the East/West - Brian K. Wheeler

5) ABA Field Guide to Birds of Oregon - Dave Irons & Brian Small

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Donna’s Top 5

1) Birds of Central America - Andrew Vallely & Dale Dyer

2) Birds of Prey of the East/West - Brian K. Wheeler

3) Peterson Guide to Bird Identification in 12 Steps - Steve NG Howell & Brian Sullivan

4) The Feather Thief - Kirk Wallace Johnson

5) Belonging on an Island - Daniel Lewis

Nate’s Top 5

1) Birds of Central America - Andrew Vallely & Dale Dyer

2) Gulls Simplified - Pete Dunne & Kevin Karlson

3) Birds of Nicaragua - Liliana Chavarria-Duriaux, Robert Dean, & Robert T. Moore

4) Birds of Prey of the East/West - Brian K. Wheeler

5) ABA Field Guide to Birds of Oregon - Dave Irons & Brian Small

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02-23: The Internet of Wildlife with Mike Lanzone

One of the more exciting aspects of birding and birding science in the 21st Century has been the reveal of a great many secrets of bird movements and migration, much of it the result of technology. Increasingly small trackers that are fitted to various bird species enable scientists, and those of us on the sidelines, to follow along, sometimes in real time, with where these birds are going. Mike Lanzone s the 2017 recipient of the ABA's Chandler Robbins Award for Conservation and Education, and he's the co-founder and CEO of Cellular Tracking Technologies, the people who develop the devices and figure out the best way to use them. He joins host Nate Swick to talk about how it all works and what amazing things he has planned.

Also, the 2018 ABA Awards recipients are out, and they are an amazing group of birders, conservationists, and scientists. And Nate share some thoughts about that Central Park Mandarin Duck.

Join the ABA in Thailand early next year for Birding and Photography. Get more information at the ABA Travel!

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02-25: Birds at Large with Nick Lund

Birds are everywhere. They are in your movies and TV shows, on your sports team logos, even in your Google Street View. There is no shortage of ways that your interest in birds can manifest itself beyond time in the field. Maybe no one knows that better than Nick Lund. Nick is The Birdist on his own blog of that name and on social media, a frequent contributor to National Audubon and Ray Brown’s Talking Birds and works in outreach with Maine Audubon. He joins me to talk about birds in non-bird places, what he calls “Birds at Large”. Also, I have enough correspondence to do a mailbag! And I talk a little about the new AOS Taxonomy proposals, which you can learn more about here.

Thanks to Land Sea and Sky for sponsoring this episode!

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