The Casual Birder Podcast

A weekly podcast for people interested in wild birds.

This week, I go birdwatching with friends in Malibu, California. The featured birds are the Bullfinch and Kate Shaw (host of Strange Animals Podcast) tells us about the Indigo Bunting.

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In this episode, Suzy talks about a mini-birdwatch she completed. The featured birds are the Grey Heron, the Great Blue Heron, and Little Egret. And the Northern Flicker is mentioned in Listener comments.

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This week my guest is Paul Cheall, host of Fighting Through podcast. He tells us about the birds he sees in his Norfolk garden and, following on from my last episode, there’s some further tips about feeding garden birds.

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Additional material

Find my episode on European Goldfinches and American Goldfinches at bit.ly/CasualBirder5

Journal article on Duck swimming techniques:

Gough, William T.; Farina, Stacy C.; Fish, Frank E. (2015-06-01). "Aquatic burst locomotion by hydroplaning and paddling in common eiders (Somateria mollissima)". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 218 (Pt 11): 1632–1638. doi:10.1242/jeb.114140. ISSN 1477-9145. PMID 25852065.

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Suzy’s Garden 2019 List (as at 6thJan 2019)

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Chaffinch

Collared Dove

Dunnock

Great Tit

Greenfinch

House Sparrow

Magpie

Red-Legged Partridge

Robin

Starling

Wood Pigeon

Rook

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A weekly podcast for people interested in wild birds.

Is that a seagull?

Suzy visits Norway and talks about the challenges of identifying gulls.

The featured birds are Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull.

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Host Suzy speaks with Sandra Morocho (Birdwatchers of Quijos Valley, Ecuador) and Michaela Leeb (Swarovski-Optik).

Sandra lives in the cloud forest on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador. In 2014 she won a pair of binoculars in the Digiscoper of the Year competition run by Swarovski-Optik.

Using the binoculars stoked Sandra’s enthusiasm for sharing views of the local birds with her friends. From there, Sandra’s engagement with the wider community led to an initiative with local leaders to promote eco-tourism alongside conservation efforts in the cloud forest in the Quijos Valley.

Michaela tells us of the part Swarovski-Optik plays in supporting conservation efforts around the world.

We also hear how Sandra and Michaela would spend a fantasy birding day.

Recorded live at Global Birdfair 2024

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• The Casual Birder Bird Club is an online bird club that meets every month.
• Sometimes we feature guest speakers, but most months a group of us get together to talk about the birds we've seen, share birding moments that have brought us joy, and ask questions or get help from the community.
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