Allerton Park Bird Club Podcast

Nate and Evan sit down with Sparky Stensaas, founder and director of Friends of Sax Zim Bog, to talk about the upcoming Tiny Bird Art Auction.The auction starts Thursday, January 25th and ends Sunday, January 28th. The auction can be found at https://saxzim.org/events/2023-tiny-bird-art/Thank you for supporting the Friends of Sax Zim Bog

Today Evan and Nate sit down a go birding with Andrew Farnsworth. Andrew Farnsworth is currently a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Andrew began birding at age 5 and quickly developed his long-standing fascinations with bird migration. His current research efforts advance the use and application of rapidly expanding technologies to study bird movements across scales including weather surveillance radar, audio and video rec...

This week with sit down with Colin Dobson to discuss birds, birdings and his new book Field Guide to Hotspots and Birds in IllinoisAn avid Illinois birder, Colin has seen over 385 species of birds over the past decade in IL. He has earned 6 Illinois Big Years. Colin recently authored a book about hotspots and birds in Illinois, Field Guide to Hotspots and Birds in Illinois and also co-authored a book about birding in Illinois, A Guide to Finding Birds Along the Illinois River Flyway. He is an...

Nate & Evan are glad to be back in the studio! In this episode they preview what is to come in 2024. Every episode they will be discussing possible names for birds.They share their travels for 2023 and plans for 2024. Join in as they prepare for the best year in birding podcast to come.

Today, Evan and Nate go birding with Tyler Funk & Bob Dolgan. Birding patches, or hot spots, often have a specific area that has a name. Montrose has the Magic Hedge. Champaign/Urbana has the Magic Bridge. Out here in rural Illinois we have the Magic Stump. What is the magic stump? Is it actually magical? Do bird magically appear? Well, kind of.....Today with sit down with discoverer/founder/head wizard Tyler Funk to discuss the Magic Stump. Where is it located? What species of birds have...

Migration, Migration, Migration! Today Evan and Nate sit down with the Winter Finch Forecaster Tyler Hoar to discuss what birds might be visiting us this winter from the North.First, Evan discusses the results of the recent Illinois Big Sit competition. Who knew that a birding competition could be filled with so much friendly competition, rivalry, and a dramatic finish! If you remember last year, Tyler gave us an amazing forecast of an irruption year and absolutely nailed it. We hav...

Nate and Evan sit down with Annette Prince this week to discuss the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM) and also the newly passed Bird Safe Buildings Act. Annette Prince has been involved with CBCM since 2003 and the director since 2005. She guides us through the history and mission of this great group. What does a normal morning look like walking around the downtown area searching for injured or deceased birds? What causes these birds to get drawn into the Chicago area during migration? W...

Today Nate and Evan sit down with Aerin Tedesco to talk everything BIG (in Evan's Monster Truck announcer voice). It's the beginning of migration, so we discuss early migrants at the top of the show. What are we seeing currently.First we discuss Aerin's county big year. Recently Aerin smashed the Champaign County big year record. Not only smashed it, but crushed it in 5 months. We sit down with her and talk about that adventure and see where she is at now. We also take bets on where she will ...

Nate and Evan head back to the studio for the beginning of season 2 with a spring recap. Life has been busy for them lately, but they are happy to talk birds.Over the winter Nate played a very elaborate and lengthy prank on Evan. He goes over the harrowing details of this plot.Evan talks about his trip to Florida and all the amazing birds he saw. Then they finish up with talking birds in Illinois. Looking forward to another great season of the Allerton Park Bird Club.

Today, Evan & Nate go birding with Erik BruhnkeLike most birders, Evan and Nate often times discuss what it would be like to not have professional jobs and be able to spend all of our time birding. We wanted to sit down with someone that has taken their passion for birding and made it his career.We first crossed path with Erik at the Sax Zim Bog trip when he was explaining ID tips for the Hoary Redpoll. His knowledge of birds and bird songs was impressive, to say the least.Erik sits down ...