The American Birding Podcast

07-41: Birding Under the Influence with Dorian Anderson


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In 2014, Dorian Anderson pushed pause on his life, which at the time included a career in neuroscience research, a burgeoning relationship, and the ongoing struggles with drug and alcohol addiction, for an ABA Area Big Year. But not just any Big Year, one that was entirely self-propelled. His Big Year plus cross-country trek by bike is recounted in a new memoire out this fall Birding Under the Influence: Cycling across America in search of Birds and Recovery.

Also, a huge migration day in Chicago leads to an inevitable and frustrating bird window strike incident

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