Bad at Goodbyes

Bahama Nuthatch :: Sitta insularis

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 023

On today’s show we learn about the Bahama Nuthatch, a critically endangered avian native to the island of Grand Bahama in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 60 miles east of the North American mainland off the southern Florida coast.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (24:36) Citations
• (27:21) Music
• (34:49) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• “Abundance and distribution of breeding birds in the pine forests of Grand Bahama, Bahamas” Journal of Caribbean Ornithology; Vol. 24 No. 1 – https://jco.birdscaribbean.org/index.php/jco/article/view/107
• Bahamas National Trust – https://bnt.bs/explore/grand-bahama/lucayan-national-park/
• Birds of the World from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology – https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bnhnut2.01 
• “Further vocal evidence for treating the Bahama Nuthatch Sitta (pusilla) insularis as a species. ” Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club; Vol. 140, No. 4 – https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v140i4.2020.a4
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103881687/181353443
• “Land Bird Communities of Grand Bahama Island.” Ornithological Monographs No. 24 – https://doi.org/10.2307/40166704
• “Nuthatches vary their alarm calls based upon the source of the eavesdropped signals.” Nature Communication Vol. 11, No. 526 – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14414-w 
• Sound Recording. David Pereira: XC614665 and XC615085, From Xeno-Canto. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/614665  and www.xeno-canto.org/615085 
• “Variation in responses to interspecific vocalizations among sister taxa of the Sittidae.” Avian Conservation and Ecology Vol. 15. Issue 2. Article 15 – http://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01646-150215 
• 2018 video footage of the Bahama Nuthatch – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eiy6yWxeqA
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahama_nuthatch

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A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Koyama's Spruce :: Picea koyamae

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 022

On today’s show we learn about the Koyama's Spruce, a critically endangered evergreen conifer native to eastern Asia, specifically central Japan and the Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (19:23) Citations
• (21:18) Music
• (32:18) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• BMC Plant Biology vol. 22, issue 530 – https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03909-x 
• The Gymnosperm Database – https://www.conifers.org/pi/Picea_koyamae.php 
• International Dendrology Society, May 7, 2017 – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318457183_Bark_its_anatomy_function_and_diversity 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/31290/9616484 
• Journal of Forest Research Volume 16 - Issue 4 – https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-010-0227-4 
• Journal Of The Japanese Forestry Society - Volume 81, Issue 3 – https://doi.org/10.11519/jjfs1953.81.3_236 
• Scientific Reports vol. 11 issue 1 – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97747-w
• South African Journal of Botany, Volume 150 – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.09.018 
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_koyamae

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Vancouver Island Marmot :: Marmota vancouverensis

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 021

On today’s show we learn about the Vancouver Island Marmot, a critically endangered mammal native to Western North American, specifically to Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (27:02) Citations
• (28:58) Music
• (34:45) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• Animal Diversity Web at the University of Michigan – https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Marmota_vancouverensis/ 
• Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol 100, Issue 2 – http://doi.org/10.5962/p.355598 
• Canadian Journal of Zoology vol 74 issue 4 – http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z96-076 
• Canadian Journal of Zoology vol 83 issue 5 – http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z05-056 
• Canadian government’s Species at Risk Assessments and Status Reports – https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/vancouver-island-marmot-2019.html 
• Canada’s National Observer’s State of the Animal Special Report – https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/11/23/news/endangered-vancouver-island-marmot-conservation-comeback 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12828/22259184
• Mammalian Species, Issue 270 – https://doi.org/10.2307/3503862 
• The Marmot Recovery Foundation – https://marmots.org 
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island_marmot

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information

Pariette Cactus :: Sclerocactus brevispinus

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 020

On today’s show we learn about the Pariette Cactus, a critically endangered cactus native to Western North America, specifically Utah in the United States.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (21:07) Citations
• (22:42) Music
• (29:57) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany Volume 30 Issue 2 – https://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso/vol30/ 
• Center for Plant Conservation – https://saveplants.org/plant-profile/?CPCNum=44462 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181378/1726149 
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – https://www.fws.gov/species/pariette-cactus-sclerocactus-brevispinus 
• Utah Ecological Services Field Office – https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/Pariette%20Cactus_Recovery%20Outline_Apr%202010.pdf 
• Western North American Naturalist vol 70 issue 3 – https://doi.org/10.3398/064.070.0310 
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerocactus_brevispinus 

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Cuban Crocodile :: Crocodylus rhombifer

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 019

On today’s show we learn about the Cuban Crocodile, a critically endangered reptile native to southern Cuba.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (27:57) Citations
• (29:47) Music
• (35:32) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• Crocodiles. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Third Edition – http://www.iucncsg.org/365_docs/attachments/protarea/19_C-bc83b749.pdf 
• Encyclopedia Britannica – https://www.britannica.com/animal/Cuban-crocodile 
• Ethology, Ecology & Evolution Vol 27 Issue 2 – https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2014.915432 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5670/130856048
• Herpetological Review Vol 42, Issue 2; Vol 46, Issue 2; Vol 47 Issue 2; Vol 48 issue 1 – https://ssarherps.org/herpetological-review-pdfs/
• PLoS One. vol 7 issue 3 – https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031781
• Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute – https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/cuban-crocodile
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_crocodile

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Smooth Horsehair Lichen :: Bryoria salazinica

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 018

On today’s show we learn about the Smooth Horsehair Lichen, a critically endangered lichen native to northeastern North American, specifically maritime Canada

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (19:53) Citations
• (21:27) Music
• (28:46) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 194, Issue 4 – https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa050 
• The Global Fungal Red List – https://redlist.info/iucn/species_view/341524/ 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194660286/194678109
• Northeastern Naturalist. Vol. 27, monograph 16 – https://doi.org/10.1656/045.027.m1601 
• Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, Volume 42 – https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2019.42.04 
• US National Parks Service – https://www.nps.gov/articles/lichens-as-bioindicators.htm
• US Fish and Wildlife Service – https://www.fws.gov/story/2023-12/lichen-what-fungus-it
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryoria

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Orange-bellied Parrot :: Neophema chrysogaster

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 017

On today’s show we learn about the Orange-bellied Parrot, a critically endangered avian native to the Australian island of Tasmania.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (28:12) Citations
• (30:05) Music
• (37:13) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• Birds of the World at Cornell Lab of Ornithology – https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.orbpar1.01 
• Conservation Science and Practice. Volume 3, Issue 9 – https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.483
• Emu - Austral Ornithology. Volume 118, Issue 1 – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01584197.2017.1394165 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22685203/130894893
• NRM South a natural resource management organisation in Tasmania – https://nrmsouth.org.au/obp-tree-hollow-study/
• State-wide Integrated Flora and Fauna Teams of Victoria Australia – https://www.swifft.net.au/cb_pages/sp_orange-bellied_parrot.php
• Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment – https://nre.tas.gov.au/conservation/threatened-species-and-communities/lists-of-threatened-species/threatened-species-vertebrates/orange-bellied-parrot/about-orange-bellied-parrots 
• US Fish and Wildlife Service – https://www.fws.gov/story/migration-its-risky-journey
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-bellied_parrot

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Sardinian Currant :: Ribes sardoum

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 016

On today’s show we learn about the Sardinian Currant, a critically endangered flowering plant native to the Italian island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (19:02) Citations
• (20:27) Music
• (27:04) Pledge

Research for today’s show about the Sardinian Currant was compiled from:

• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61675/102933336 
• Plant Signaling & Behavior: Vol. 7 Issue 11 – http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/psb.22013 
• Plant Biology: Vol. 17, Issue 5 – http://doi.org/10.1111/plb.12330 
• Plant Biology: Volume20, Issue S1 – http://doi.org/10.1111/plb.12636
• Karalitan botanical museum at the University of Cagliari – https://sites.unica.it/hbk/?qs=Ribes+sardoum&q=&s=Ribes+sardoum&dove=l 
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes_sardoum

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Palma Stick Grasshopper :: Acrostira euphorbiae

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 015

On today’s show we learn about the Palma Stick Grasshopper, a critically endangered insect native to the Canary Islands, off the Northwest coast of Africa.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (22:59) Citations
• (24:28) Music
• (29:04) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• Sound recordings by Heriberto López from the Orthoptera Species File Online – http://orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1116906 
• American Museum of Natural History – https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/biodiversity-counts/arthropod-identification/arthropod-morphology/front-view-of-an-insect-grasshopper-head 
• Bulletin of Entomological Research, Volume 97, Issue 2 – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485307004828 
• Conservation Genetics vol 8, issue 3 – https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-006-9199-5 
• Group of Entomological Research from Tenerife – https://www.speciesconservation.org/case-studies-projects/la-palma-stick-grasshopper/10202 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15038553/175765678
• Journal of Zoology. Volume 275 issue 1– https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00394.x 
• Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales of Spain – https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/174040 
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphagidae

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Murray Birch :: Betula murrayana

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 014

On today’s show we learn about the Murray Birch, a critically endangered small tree, native to middle North America, specifically southeastern Michigan and southern Ontario.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (12:23) Citations
• (13:55) Music
• (26:43) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

• IUCN - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/51208029/51208054
• Canadian Journal of Botany; Feb 1985 - https://doi.org/10.1139/b85-025 
• Michigan Natural Features Inventory at the Michigan State University - https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/species/description/13702/Betula-murrayana
• Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betula_murrayana

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.