Alex Patia is my guest on The Bird Banter Podcast #93 and we talk about his birding story and experiences. Alex has birded in Washington and New Mexico most extensively, and we talk about how he keeps finding himself in big year quests that he had not planned to do as the year began.  He is an environmental educator and it was my pleasure to talk with Alex about birding on this episode. Enjoy.

You can reach out to Alex on Instagram or by email alexpatia89-at-gmail-dot-com

Read more about this episode on the Bird Banter website blog.

Until  next time good birding and good day!

On The Bird Banter Podcast #90 Cameron Cox and I talk about lots of things, but maybe the most interesting to me was to hear about his philosophy on bird identification and the ways birders can learn more advanced bird ID.  He has a lot of experience at identification of birds in flight, and we talk about how birders can improve that skill set.  Of course there is a lot of less technical birding talk too. Enjoy.

You can find Cameron on Facebook @kumleni or on email kumleni-at- Gmail-dot-com.

See the blog post on birdbanter.com for more detailed information.

Good birding and good day!

It's a new year, and more impactful for my emotional state a new presidential administration, and this prompted me to look back at the podcast's first 2 years.  Stories, people, birds, and more are topics I look back at as we move forward with birding and life.  As always check out the blog post on birdbanter.com for more details.  Enjoy. 

On The Bird Banter Podcast #88 with Brian “Fox” Ellis you’ll hear the story of a lifelong birder and professional story teller. Brian has worked as a story teller and performer for over 40 years, and tells his birding story and others on this episode.  Enjoy.

Here are links to Brian’s Web Site Fox Tales International

You can find his You Tube Channel here: 

Find lots more information plus a great place to leave your favorite birding story on The Bird Banter Podcast blog.

Until next time. Good birding and good day!

Well, that wraps up the Bird Banter Podcast Episode #87 with Dan Cooper. I hope you enjoyed listening, and as always I welcome feedback, either as a review or rating on the podcast on your favorite podcast feed platform, by comments on the Bird Banter.com blog that adds supporting details to this episode, or by reaching out to me @birdbanter on both Twitter and Facebook.

You can find Dan's Web Site here. 

Until next time, Good birding and good day.

 On The Bird Banter Podcast #86 with Jason Westlake we talk about his vocation as a professional traveler, his integration of birding into that career, and birding in Costa Rica where Jason now lives and runs the Tierra de Sueños Retreat and Wellness Center in Puerto Chiquita.

Be sure to check out the BirdBanter.com blog for lots of supporting details and links for topics discussed in this episode. Until next time. Good birding and good day!

On The Bird Banter Podcast #86 I talk with a young birder and graduate student Jonah Gula about his work with African Storks, his birding story and other research work, and about African Storks in general.  I also learned about predation of Greater Sage Grouse in relocation efforts.  Fun stuff. Enjoy.

You can find Jonah at [email protected]

or on Instagram @JonahGula 

Here is a link to a photo of a Saddle-billed Stork on Jonah’s Instagram page 

Be sure to check out the blog on BirdBanter.com to read more about information related to this episode and other.

Until next time, good birding and good day!

Tire particulate and salmon runs recent article

Life after Eddie post

Link to drop of water call of Raven

Larry Hubbell and I talk about his decade of regular patch birding and blogging at the Union Bay area as well as his work to restore the Arboretum Creek drainage system to a functional riparian habitat.  Listen and learn from a birder and conservationist who by regular thorough birding and documentation of his local patch is making a difference.  Enjoy.

Union Bay Watch

Revitalizing Arboretum Creek

Until next time, good birding and good day!

How does the Washington Rare Birds Committee work and what makes it effective?  How did Matt find 200 species of birds in every one of the 39 WA counties, and how did he get so passionate about county listing?  Interested in the history and workings of the Washington Birds website (and printed journal prior to the website)?  Matt and I talk about these topics and more on The Bird Banter Podcast #83.  Enjoy.

Links

WA Birder

WOS Bird Records Committee pages

Paul Bannick is an award winning photographer and author and on this episode we talk about his photography, his new books about the Life History of Great Gray and Snowy Owls, his conservation work, photography in general and his life’s work and stories.  Enjoy.

Here is a link to Paul’s website, where you can contact him by email or buy his books.

Read more and see related info on this episode at the Bird Banter Blog. 

Until next time:  Good birding and good day!