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November 03, 2017BCR 106: Mark Garland, Monarch Monitoring Project
Mark Garland founded the Cape Charles, Virginia, Monarch butterfly research project in 1995. He is a prolific author with numerous works. Mark currently runs his own company, Garland Cunningham LLC which runs nature related tours, educational efforts and speaking engagements.
Mark teaches the Road Scholar “Cape May Birding” programs, is an instructor for two migration sessions at the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine, and leads about a half dozen nature/birding tours every year. Mark is the current Director of the NJ Audubon Cape May Bird Observatory Monarch Monitoring Project, which studies monarch butterfly migration through Cape May Point, NJ.
Show Notes:
In 2015 you became the Director of the Monarch Monitoring Project in Cape May, New Jersey. Tell us what this is about and how you got here.
Tell us about the Monarch Butterfly, why is it so special?
We understand that most birds avoid monarchs, but some insects eat them. What’s going on?
Monarch behavior- Just how do Monarchs migrate south and then north again? What guides them or how do they navigate?
What is the goal of the The Monarch Monitoring Project MMP
How long has The Monarch Monitoring Project been going on
How do you conduct field research?
How do the small tags on the wings work? Tell us about tagging. Describe some significant returns.
What are the principles of butterfly gardening and how does this help Monarchs?
We’ve heard about Monarch declines. What the story?
What can the average person do to help Monarchs?
What’s the overall state of Monarchs today, what are the threats, and what needs improvements?
Mardi Dickinson, Host of BirdCallsRadio Interviews Mark Garland on location in Cape May Point State Park, Cape May Point, NJ. ©Mardi Welch Dickinson-Kymry Group All Rights Reserved.
Mentioned In Episode:
NJ Audubon/Cape May Bird Observatory Monarch Monitoring Project
Hog Island Audubon Camp
Garland Cunningham LLC
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52 min
October 27, 2017BCR 105: Richard Crossley
Richard Crossley is an internationally acclaimed birder, photographer and award winning author of ‘The Crossley ID Guide’ series. Crazy, wildly passionate, and driven are just a few of the words used to describe his love of birding and nature.
Born in Yorkshire, Richard first visited the USA as a 21 year old. He quickly fell in love with Cape May and its incredible bird migrations, and moved there for good shortly afterwards. After 20 years of hiding in the business world and raising his family (with wife Debra, Sophie, Sam’ and a dog – all blondes,) Richard co-authored the successful The Shorebird Guide. He quickly became obsessed with the newfound opportunities provided by digital technology and book design. The Crossley ID Guide series was created.
The Crossley ID Guides provide a new perspective on how we look at books and nature. Different from any book previously published, it makes the reader pay attention to shapes, patterns, behavior, and other details presented in this type of artwork. It pushes the reader to think about what they are seeing. Recognized with multiple awards, this series has created a movement for other wildlife guides to paint by pixels, and depict habitat, behavior, and wildlife in a more lifelike manner. These are books for anyone who loves nature.
Richard is also co-founder of the global birding initiative Pledge to Fledge, Race4Birds and The Cape May Young Birders Club. He served on the board of directors at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.
Show Notes:
I’m struck by the some of the almost whimsical elements in your plates. The moose skedaddling out in the pond in Anchorage Alaska was noteworthy; these items are like presents for the observers who closely examines each one.
The mystery bird plates are particularly interesting and challenging at the same time.
Is your audience the same in this Crossley ID Waterfowl book as in the last 3 books in this series?
This book was is self-published by Crossley Books. Why did you choose this route?
Ducks Unlimited Canada has been given the distribution rights for Canada , why? What do they do right and what is missing?
The preface is revealing in that this book is deliberately designed to appeal to all who appreciate the natural world. Further it seeks to unite with a common vocabulary, these disparate groups, each with different focus, but who share common interests.
Please elaborate on the unique focus of this guide. You say that we are all on the same team. It aims to bring hunters, birders, city park watchers, and everyone else to see each other as one. It’s a celebration of waterfowl and the outdoors presented in a lifelike format so that everyone can relate to, and understand, it.
You call yourself and others who are interested in birds and waterfowl in particular hunters. How do you see this guide uniting the various parties?
One focus of this guide is on the food needed by waterfowl, and that this emphasis on food needs rather than habitat is a more enlightened perspective. Please help clarify the issue of habitat verse food as conservation concept.
There are elements (sections) in this work that are not typical of field guides such as wing cut outs, how to make a nest box, and guidance on saving waterfowl and wetlands.
RSPB and having ear of the Prime Minster of England.
Mentioned in the Episode:
Crossley ID Guide Series Website
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Book Review: Reactions To The Crossley ID Guide! Eastern Birds. First book in this series.
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1 hr 18 min
September 30, 2017BCR 104: Lucas Stephenson, Young Birder
Lucas became interested in birding while on a backpacking trip at Point Reyes. One night a great horned owl perched outside his tent and called into the early morning hours, and was there to greet him when he opened the tent at daybreak. Since that moment he has taken a keen interest in observing birds. He has been inspired by his Uncle Tom Stephenson, who wrote the Warbler Guide; Lisa Hug a well known Bay Area birder who leads the Young Birders group called YAMS (Young Ancient Murrelets), and his Dad, a life-long birder who grew up watching birds with Arthur Allen and other avid birders from Cornell’s Laboratory of Ornithology.
Lucas is fascinated by bird behavior and how birds fit into their larger ecological community. Beyond observing birds, Lucas has become interested in bird art, photography as well. He has given a number of bird presentations in his school using photos he and his Dad have taken; and is scheduled to present at Napa-Solano Audubon sharing his experiences of birding in Kauai.
Lucas loves exploring new places and has birded extensively throughout Northern California. He has had many bird discoveries/firsts during the past 2 years, including the latest Fall record in the Bay Area of a Blackburnian Warbler (Sonoma – December 6, 2016), the 3rd sighting of a Black-tailed Gull in Northern California, (Monterey – January 12, 2017), and recently the 1st record of a Black-throated Green Warbler for Marin County in over 6 years, (Point Reyes – December 13, 2017). During the past 2 years, Lucas has observed over 400 species in Northern California. (Quite an accomplishment for an 11-year-old birder.)
Lucas utilizes Cornell’s eBird database to record all of his bird sightings. He also frequently reports to the North Bay Birds section of Birding List Digest to assist other Bay Area birders in locating uncommon and rare species. He regularly participates in local Napa-Solano Audubon and Redwood Regional Ornithological Society Field Trips where he is well known for his keen eyesight, near photographic memory of bird field marks, and knowledge of bird songs and call notes.
Show Notes:
How did you get interested in birding?
I heard that this past week Lucas, you discovered a rare eastern migrant for Northern California, a Black-throated Green Warbler at Point Reyes. Tell us more about this.
What are some other fun experiences you have had birding?
Tell us about YAMS, Young Ancient Murrelets.
Lucas, I understand that you are fascinated by bird behavior and how birds fit into their larger ecological community. What got you interested in this and what conclusions have you made so far.
You have recently become interested in bird art, photography, audio recording. Can you tell us more about your extended passions?
Please share your experiences of birding in Kauai.
What is it about birds that interests you?
You have had several rare bird discoveries during the past 2 years, including the recent Fall record in the Bay Area of a Blackburnian Warbler (Sonoma – December 6, 2016), the 3rd sighting of a Black-tailed Gull in Northern California, (Monterey – January 12, 2017), and recently the 1st record of a Black-throated Green Warbler for Marin County in over 6 years, (Point Reyes – December 13, 2016). What skills do you use to make such observations?
How many birds have you seen.
What tools do you use to record your observations and why is this important?
You have certain skills that make you an above average birder, what are they, and when did you become aware of them?
Mentioned in this episode:
Redwood Regional Ornithological Society:
Point Blue Conservation Science
Napa-Solano Audubon
The Warbler Guide
Condor Spotter
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38 min
September 14, 2017BCR 103: Mike Parr, Part 2
Mike J. Parr, President of the American Bird Conservancy has a lifelong devotion to wildlife conservation, a deep understanding of the threats facing birds in the Americas, and a genuine passion for ABC’s mission, including its science-based, solutions-oriented approach.
Parr joined ABC in 1996 after graduating from the University of East Anglia and working for BirdLife International. He is the author or co-author of three books: Parrots: A Guide to the Parrots of the World, Important Bird Areas in the United States, and The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation, along with numerous articles and papers. An avid birder, Parr lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.
American Bird Conservancy is dedicated to conserving birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. With an emphasis on achieving results and working in partnership, we take on the greatest problems facing birds today, innovating and building on rapid advancements in science to halt extinctions, protect habitats, eliminate threats, and build capacity for bird conservation.
Show Notes:
Tell us about connectivity and full life-cycle management and how does the example of BirdScapes/investments in agroforestry relate?
Why there is a need to increase the provisions of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act? What is the status?
A gaze in the crystal ball looks bleak, What do you think the future holds for birds? A lot of people are worried that climate change and human population increases will destroy our environment.
What can we learn from the British approach?
Why is there a need for good regulatory environment with the voice of the people speaking up?
What lessons can be drawn from the Papahānaumokuākea and sea level rise, that is these albatrosses – the need for high islands.
What is going on with conservation in the current administration – the Sage-Grouse situation, chlorpyrifos, Santa Ana to name a few
Some conservation topics are Management plans – NRCS and states, the EPA situation and NWRefuge integrity – public lands in general. What is the underlying issue?
What are some of the main habitat issues east and west in the United States, and what can be done about them?
Some topics are Diversity of eastern forest habitats, Loss of ranches to crops, Water issues and riparian forests, Fire management, NRCS and farm bill incentives – grazing rotation, fence marking, conifer removal, prairie restoration N, and S
What are some of the ABC efforts currently underway that supports this mission
You are a birder since a young child; tell us how you became interested, and what are your favorite birds.
It may seem at times overwhelming. What can an individual do on a personal level to help stem the tide?
Mentioned in this episode:
BCR 101: Mike Parr, President, American Conservancy Part 1
American Bird Conservancy
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32 min
September 07, 2017BCR 102: Pete Dunne, Kevin Karlson
Pete Dunne Is the founding director of the Cape May Bird Observatory and now serves as New Jersey Audubon’s birding ambassador. He lives in Mauricetown, New Jersey.
Kevin Karlson is an accomplished birder, tour leader, and wildlife photographer. He is a co-author of The Shorebird Guide and the Petersen Reference Guide to Birding By Impression.
Show Notes:
I’ll ask each of you to describe your role in this impressive book. Pete as the don of this sit-down I’ll ask you to respond first.
An owl, or a shrike or even a warbler is not a “bird of prey” even though they actively hunt their prey, what is the origin of the concept, “bird of prey?”
This book appears to be limited to birds found in North America as defined by the ABA, tell us about the boundaries, and why they were chosen?
Tell us about the incubation of this book, where did it venture from a good idea, to hey we may have a book here?
How did you go about nurturing and selling the idea to a publisher?
Tell us about the writing process and photo production, through to the publishing process. What were you trying to achieve? What goals and standards did you set for yourselves?
Pete, you have been interested in raptors your whole career, what gap, in the existing literature, does this occupy and what compelled you to write another book?
Kevin, you have worked on many other books also, how did you define the role you took with the photography for this book? The credit implies that you processed the photos and contributed many of your own photos, what does processed mean? There were several other fine photographers who contributed to book also, who are they and how did they contribute?
This is a mighty fine book, it has the makings of a series. I here rumblings that you are considering another project on the bird family. Can you share any details on this project at this time? And 2, If you do one on the gulls, we will be looking forward to your definitive accounts to sort out the Iceland Gull and similar species once and for all.
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Mentioned In This Episode:
Addendum: BCR 144: Gulls Simplified
Feather Edge Optics Books
New Jersey Audubon
The Fat Robin
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55 min
August 31, 2017BCR 101: Mike Parr, President, American Bird Conservancy
Mike J. Parr, President of the American Bird Conservancy has a lifelong devotion to wildlife conservation, a deep understanding of the threats facing birds in the Americas, and a genuine passion for ABC’s mission, including its science-based, solutions-oriented approach.
Parr joined ABC in 1996 after graduating from the University of East Anglia and working for BirdLife International. He is the author or co-author of three books: Parrots: A Guide to the Parrots of the World, Important Bird Areas in the United States, and The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation, along with numerous articles and papers. An avid birder, Parr lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.
American Bird Conservancy is dedicated to conserving birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. With an emphasis on achieving results and working in partnership, we take on the greatest problems facing birds today, innovating and building on rapid advancements in science to halt extinctions, protect habitats, eliminate threats, and build capacity for bird conservation.
Show Notes:
What is the mission of ABC?
What would you like to see ABC achieve in the next five years?
There is much discussion about the potential extinction crisis for many bird species. Tell us about the case for native birds of Hawaii. What have we lost and why, what birds are on the edge and why we should care about them?
Why is fencing, mosquitos, invasive species a problem and what can be done immediately?
How do biodiversity indicators and bird tourism mesh together?
Why should we be concerned about the changing character of bird migration?
How can modern bird study tools helping us understand what is happening and plan for remedial action?
Why are stop-over sites and wintering habitats critical?
Mentioned in this episode:
BCR 103: Mike Parr, Part 2
American Bird Conservancy
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34 min
August 24, 2017BCR 100: Victor Emanuel
BirdCallsRadio’s 100th Episode!
Featuring Victor Emanuel
is our fifth guest in this series called
“For The Record, Legacy Interviews”
Victor Emanuel started birding in Texas 69 years ago at the age of eight. His travels have taken him to all the continents, with his areas of concentration being Texas, Arizona, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He is the founder and compiler for 50 years of the record-breaking Freeport Christmas Bird Count and served a term as president of the Texas Ornithological Society. Birds and natural history have been a major focus throughout his life. He derives great pleasure from seeing and hearing birds and sharing with others these avian sights and sounds, both the common ones and the more unusual ones. He initiated the first birding camps for young people and considers that one of his greatest achievements. Victor holds a B.A. in zoology and botany from the University of Texas and an M.A. in government from Harvard. In 1993, he was the recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Excellence in Birding Award, given by the Houston Audubon Society in recognition of a lifetime of dedication to careful observation, education, and addition to the body of avian knowledge. In 2004, he received the Roger Tory Peterson Award from the American Birding Association and the Arthur A. Allen Award from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. He is a past board member of the Nature Conservancy of Texas, the National Audubon Society, the American Bird Conservancy, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. In May 2017, the University of Texas Press published his memoir, One More Warbler, A Life with Birds.
Show Notes:
Texas birding community Edgar Kincaid gave you a nickname.
March of 1959 you saw a bird that you describe as the “The bird of my life!”
In 1976. You, VENT, literally invented birding eco-touring, what was your thinking at the startup?
You talked Roger Tory Peterson into co-leading a trip for you.
Summer birding camps for kids.
You saw a Horned Guan in El Triunfo, Mexico.
Friends with the legendary Ted Parker from the early days.
1985 Big Day” in Texas that broke a record and recorded 235 species in one day.
Adventures with Peter Matthiessen a valued friend.
A quest with Peter Matthiessen to see all the species of Cranes in the world in one three week period.
Chartered a vessel for an Attu tour.
Your home on the Bolivar Peninsula is named “Warbler’s Roost”. Tell us about your obsession with this family of birds. What were some of the most impressive warbler fallouts that you have witnessed?
Your autobiography, “One More Warbler, A life with Birds” has just been released.
Mentions In This Show:
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT)
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50 min
August 17, 2017BCR 099: Debi Shearwater
Debi Love Shearwater, Shearwater Journeys, Inc.
Debi Love Shearwater is a world traveler well known for establishing Shearwater Journeys Inc, a company which has offered pelagic trips from California since 1976. Many seabird records new to the USA and North America have been found on her trips. She has authored several popular articles about seabirds and worked with EarthWatch on a radio tagging project for blue whales at Monterey Bay. Over 65,000 nature lovers have joined her at sea. She has visited all 7 continents and scores of remote islands where seabirds breed. She enthusiastically leads to many unique areas, including Antarctica, the Russian Far East, and Galapagos Islands. Debi is a past member of the ABA Board of Directors. Debi is very involved in conservation projects for the ashy storm-petrel and tricolored blackbird. She lives in Hollister, California where she can see her most favorite bird every day, the Golden Eagle.
Show Notes:
Early days of Shearwater Journey’s
How did you come by the handle, “Shearwater”?
Challenges faced while observing distant & possibly rare species, how can a birder prepare for a pelagic?
Modern tools and technology, help make your tours more productive.
Data gathered on seabirds and other marine life sightings stream to research organizations?
“Shearwater Decision.”
Particular observations come to mind as the most memorable.
Mentions In this Episode:
Shearwater Journeys Inc
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34 min
August 10, 2017BCR 098: Joel Greenberg, Passenger Pigeon’s
Joel Greenberg is the author of “A Feathered River across the Sky: THe Passenger Flight To Extinction”. Pigeon’s Joel stops by to talk about the factors that lead to the demise of Passenger Pigeons. Without a doubt, there are many lessons to be gleaned from this remarkable recount of a bird species, which went from possibly the most abundant bird on earth in the 1800’s to none in 1912 when Martha the last of her species died in 1912. These questions will give you an opportunity to share the story of the Passenger Pigeon and hopefully you will fill in bits that are important, but not specifically mentioned.
Show Notes:
What drove you to the subject Passenger Pigeon and human-caused extinctions?
How did the book “A Feathered River Across the Sky come to be?
What were the obstacles that needed to be tamed to locate primary research material on the subject? b. What were the most productive avenues of research, and what elements proved frustrating?
You draw on account from the likes of John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson to describe the activities of the Passenger Pigeon. In an account by Alexander Wilson, he estimated that one flock he saw contained 2 billion, 230 million, 272 hundred thousand birds. Following in later years you draw on the accounts of Simon Pokagon, certainly less well known today than the early naturalists. Tell us in broad sweeps what they saw, and as important, what we have lost.
What is known of the biology of the species? b. such as what did they eat, where did they nest, why did they fly in immense flocks? Can you give a summary of there life cycle?
What were the most important factors that lead to the demise of Passenger Pigeons?
Please fill us in on the scope of the market for Pigeons.
Tell us about what is known about the final decades of the Passenger Pigeon. There were many forces in play, agriculture, railroads, telegraph, the seemingly limitless supply of birds was dwindling. How did these years play out, what is known about the last sightings of major flocks and then the last sightings of the final survivors?
What conservation observations were made at the time and what steps if any were taken to protect the species?
As a chronicle of a major extinction, how did the research and writing process affect you?
What wisdom would you hope the listener would come away after hearing the story?
Since final manuscript, have you turned up anything interesting that would have made the book had you know about it?
Mentioned In This Episode:
Joel Greenberg on Passenger Pigeon | KGM Article
Joel Greenberg
Project Passenger Pigeon
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37 min
August 03, 2017BCR 097: Chris Elphick, Saltmarsh Sparrows
Chris Elphick is an Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut; including a conservation biologist, an applied ecologist, an ornithologist, with research interests that span in the areas of behavioral, population, community and landscape ecology. Most of Chris’s research has focused on aquatic species that occur in wetland or agricultural habitats but has also worked in tropical forest, the boreal zone, and the open ocean. The overriding goal that unites much of Chris’s work is understanding how best ecologists can guide management decisions so as to reconcile the conservation of biological diversity with other human activities.
We know that this is the busy season for birds and researchers. Right now in marshes across New England, Salt Marsh sparrows built nests, attended young and lost nests due to tides and storms. This little bird is also engaged in species critical battle with profound lessons for us all.
Show Notes:
Audubon had a headline last year “ The Saltmarsh Sparrow is Creeping Dangerously Close to extinction.” What’s the story behind this?
Who are you affiliated with, and who provides support?
I understand that nests of the bird are hard to find, how do you find the nest and band birds for study?
How does nesting tie into Climate Change/Global warming?
What has been observed and what are the issues from your perspective, there is much rhetoric on all sides of climate issues.
Tell us about the life and habits of this bird
How did you come study these birds?
What conservation efforts have been tried? What works?
Who else is doing significant work with these birds? What is SHARP?
What does studying these birds tell us about other species?”
Mentioned In This Episode:
SHARP The Saltmarsh Habitat & Avian Research Program
BCR 110: Connecticut Bird Atlas
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