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- BCR 196: Richard Allen, Birds of Paradise & Bowerbirds
Richard Allen, Wildlife Artist and Illustrator of the recently published book, Birds Of Paradise and Bowerbirds sits down with Mardi Dickinson for the exclusive talk about this book and his illustrations within.
Richard Allen’s work has gradually drifted towards his main interest of birds and wildlife especially after winning British Birds – Bird Illustrator of the year in 1993. Moving to Essex in 1988, and more recently to Wivenhoe, the bird rich estuaries and marshes of the Essex coast have provided an endless source of inspiration and fueled a passion for field-sketching. Richard enjoys the immediacy of working directly from nature, trying to capture the life and vitality of wild birds, and the patterns of plumage, light, water and foliage.
This essential field experience has proves invaluable when working on paintings in the studio, or when illustrating bird identification guides. Publications include, “Concise Birds of the Western Palearctic”(Oxford University Press), “The Handbook of Birds of the World” (Lynx Editions), “A Field Guide to the Birds of South East Asia”(New Holland) and the solely illustrated “Sunbirds and Flowerpeckers”(Bloomsbury).
Such work has led Richard on exciting trips to China, USA, Southern Asia, Senegal and many parts of Europe have filled many of his sketchbooks with observations of wildlife and landscape.
King Bird of Paradise + coccineifrons. Illustrations by ©Richard Allen. Photgraphed by ©Sally Allen. All Rights Are Reserved.
Such work has led Richard on exciting trips to China, USA, Southern Asia, Senegal and many parts of Europe have filled many of his sketchbooks with observations of wildlife and landscape.
Vogelkop Bowerbird, Illustrations by ©Richard Allen Photgraphed by ©Sally Allen. All Rights Are Reserved.
This grounding in field is also a considerable help when producing wildlife interpretation illustrations for nature reserves and visitor centres. A rounded knowledge of all forms of wildlife is vital when designing complete habitat compositions such as chalk streams, ancient woodland or estuary salt-marsh.
Emperor Bird of Paradise & Blue Bird of Paradise. Illustrations by ©Richard Allen. Photgraphed by ©Sally Allen. All Rights Are Reserved.
“I do always though come back to my passion for studying and depicting the natural environment. After many years working in watercolours I have recently been experimenting with oils, and I’ve enjoyed using a new medium, developing a new style, and revealing in the rich colours attainable in oils paint”.
NOTE: Thanks to Richard Allen and Sally Allen for the use of the Illustrations and photographs in this post and Phil Gregory for the Audio bird songs by Phil Gregory; are solely used for this specific BirdCallsRadio & podcast post BCR 196: Richard Allen, Birds of Paradise & Bowerbirds. Courtsey of Illustrations by ©Richard Allen that were photographed by ©Sally Allen; Audio birdsongs by Phil Gregory. All Rights Reserved. Audio Illustrations and Photographs may not be used in any form without written permission from the copyright holders. Please respect the wishes of the copyright holders.
Show Notes:
- Drawing and painting birds for years, what or who influenced your development as an artist?
- Other illustrated guides or significant bodies of work have you produced?
- How the illustrations for this title came to be.
- The ability to render in color feather details that almost seem to shine
- Much of the research for your illustrations comes from examining specimen in museums.
- Field work and the use of photos.
- Gray areas in the systematics of these two bird families that became evident.
- About the research that went into each illustration.
- Photographic illustration, which add a whole other dimension to the guide.
- Major players through out the history of bird illustration.
Mentioned In Episode:
BCR 194: Phil Gregory, Author of Birds of Paradise & Bowerbirds
Richard Allen Wildlife Artist and Illustrator
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31 min - BCR 195: Don Kroodsma, Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist
Donald Kroodsma, Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist. Photo Courtsey ©Janet Grenzke All Rights Reserved.
Donald Kroodsma has 45 years of active birdsong research as his guide, he cherish the birdsong of spring and summer more than ever. An excellent day is when Don is out in the predawn darkness, waiting for first light to deliver the dawn chorus, and returning home hours later with a wealth of recorded song for further study. A good day is listening and studying and writing about birdsong at his desk. A bad day has no birdsong in it.
Don is a life-long scientist, one who asks questions, seeking answers and increasingly deeper understandings. No longer entrenched at the University, Don is eager to share what he have learned and eager to encourage a deeper appreciation of birds and their songs by the tens of millions of others who also treasure birds.
Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist is a basic, how-to guide that teaches anyone, from beginning to advanced bird-lover, how to listen to our singing planet. The approach is organized concept by concept, and nested within concepts, species by species.
Show Notes:
- Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist, Your Guide to Listening.
- Designed to stimulate and encourage active listening to birds on many levels
- Explore on you own
- hearing with my eyes
- songbird, passerine, sub oscines
- Big Silence
- bird calls and bird song
- Matching calls
- Examples of Dialects
- What do songs of widespread birds tell us about the status as a species?
- Ruff Grouse and Vancouver Island
- Sister species with common ancestor
Mentioned In Episode:
BCR 152: Donald Kroodsma, Birdsong
Donald Kroodsma
NOTE: Special thanks to Don for the permission and use of his audio birdsongs of the ; including his photographs. All audio birdsongs, sonsgrams and photographs in this show are solely used for this specific BirdCallsRadio & Podcast show BCR 195: Donald Kroodsma, Birdsong. Courtsey of ©Donald Kroodsma & ©Janet Grenzke All Rights Reserved. Audio birdsongs WAV files and photographs may not be used in any form without written permission. Please respect the wishes of the creators of Donald Kroodsma and Janet Grenzke.
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1 hr 15 min - BCR 194: Phil Gregory, Birds of Paradise & Bowerbirds
My guest today is author Phil Gregory. We will be talking with Phil from Australia about his latest book called “Birds Of Paradise and Bowerbirds; An Identification Guide by Phil Gregory, Illustrated by Richard Allen, published by Princeton University Press on Feb 25, 2020.
Phil has been interested in birds since the demise of the steam trains when he was about 11. Born in Southampton, England he first came to Australia in 1977, but got side-tracked, and spent the next twenty years living and birding in Nigeria, Zambia, the Falkland Islands and Papua New Guinea.
Phil’s major interests are field identification, vocalizations, and the geographic distribution of birds. He is also a writer with assorted contributions to many reference books including Handbook of Birds of the World and Field Guide to the Birds of New Guinea.
Phil is a well-known tour leader, working for Field Guides Inc. and Sicklebill Safaris, and is one of Australia’s foremost birders. He is also one of the most experienced New Guinea guides with many tours led there ever since 1998.
NOTE: Thanks to Phil Gregory for the use of the Book Cover Illustration, Audio of Bird songs and photographs in this post are solely used for this specific BirdCallsRadio & podcast Article, BCR 194: Phil Gregory, Birds of Paradise & Bowerbirds: Photo and Audio of Birdsongs Courtsey by ©Phil Gregory. All Rights Reserved. Audio, Illustrations and Photographs may not be used in any form without written permission. Please respect the wishes of the copyright holders.
Show Notes:
- Two very different families of birds
- State boundaries of the region
- Wallace Line in Sulawesi
- King of Saxony Bird of Paradise
- Types of displays Birds of Paradise
- Bowerbirds
- Former Birds of Paradise
- Threats and conservation efforts
- People who live among these birds
- Tim Laman and Ed Scholes
Mentioned In Episode:
BCR 196: Richard Allen, Illustrator of Birds of Paradise & Bowerbirds
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1 hr 18 min - BCR 193: Marky Mutchler, LSU Biology Student
Marky Mutchler, LSU Biology Student and BCR’s 3rd guest in our series called Pay It Forward swoops and talks with Mardi Dickinson about LSU, Brazilian Expedition and her life and interests.
In the third year of her biology degree, Marky (20) is still as keen as ever on pursuing a career in ornithology. Upon graduating, she plans to start her PhD in evolutionary biology. Attending LSU, she has had many opportunities to work in both lab and field settings. She has recently returned from the very first all-women ornithological expedition which was located in the remote depths of the Brazilian Amazon. The expedition focused on honoring Emilie Snethlage, a pioneer in ornithology and exploration in the Amazon in Brazil. In addition to joining this expedition, Marky is also currently working on several genetics-based projects and hopes to have much of this published for presentation at several international conferences in the near future.
Marky has also been involved in several activities close to home. In addition to being the American Birding Association’s 2015 Young Birder of the Year, Marky has also spent the last several years guiding at multiple birding festivals around the US. She has even had the opportunity to work with and share the conservation success story of the once-endangered Kirtland’s Warbler. Marky hopes that the coming decade will bring even more opportunities to share her passion for birds with others and inspire more people, especially women in STEM.
Show Notes:
- Factors influenced your early life.
- Expedition to the Brazilian Amazon.
- Emilie Snethlage pioneering ornithology in the Amazon.
- 2015 the American Birding Association choose you as the Young Birder of the Year.
- Your connection with the Kirkland’s Warbler.
- You currently are deep into genetic research on Amazon birds.
- Development of song and nocturnal flight calls in migrating song birds.
- Lumping or splitting.
- Artistic side with recent Front Cover for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
- How has LSU supported your efforts to work towards your goals.
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50 min - BCR 192: Bernd Heinrich, White Feathers
Bernd Heinrich, a preeminent Naturalist, Author and Scientist. Bernd is also a noted educator, biologist and runner. Today we will be talking with Bernd about his latest book scheduled for release today Feb 18, 2020 called “White Feathers, The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows” by Bernd Heinrich, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. The book is centered on a research journey that provided answers about the rich lives of tree swallows during nesting season.
The book we are discussing was compiled from observations and notes made from 9 consecutive Tree Swallow nesting seasons each lasting approximately 2 months per year. The observations are arranged yearly and progress in a linear fashion through each season.
Show Notes:
- A spark is required to ignite a line of pursuit
- Typical nesting cycle of a Tree Swallow
- Experiments with feathers from a goose carcass
- Feather offering and feather play
- Conclusions or suppositions
- Tree Swallows are birds of the sky
- Various vocalizations that you noted indicated different behaviors
- Determining who’s who in complex relationships is a vital
Mentioned In Episode:
BCR 137: Bernd Heinrich, Preeminent Naturalist, Author and Scientist
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42 min - BCR 191: Tom Wood, Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary Saved
Tom Wood is co-founder and co-director of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, a non-profit conservation organization. A native Texan, he has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and was director of the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge for 14 years before moving to Arizona in 1988 to manage The Nature Conservancy’s Ramsey Canyon Preserve. In 1996 Tom and his wife, Sheri Williamson, founded the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory. They have collaborated on a book The Birds of North America, conducted a 23 year banding study of hummingbirds on the San Pedro River, conducted breeding bird monitoring on National Park Service sites, and worked on development of birding tourism in southeastern Arizona and Sonora. They have also taught biologists and banded in hummingbirds in Colombia and Ecuador.
NEWS: The former residence of the late Mary Jo Ballator was purchased by the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory in November 2019, thanks to an exceptionally generous donation. The site includes feeders for hummingbirds (most active March-September) and other species (year round), naturalistic water features, a pollinator garden, and a photo blind available by reservation. eBird lists 196 species for the site, including some of the Southwest’s most sought-after avian specialties.
Show Notes:
- Your early days. What were the origins of your interest in birds?
- Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory
- Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary and who was the late Mary Jo Ballator?
- Ash Canyon most famous for?
- How did the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory acquire the property.
- Why was the Southeastern Bird Observatory the best choice to manage the Ash Canyon?
- Can birders still visit? Are the bird blinds for photography still available?
- What does it take to keep the hummers fed each day?
- Tell us about parking and birding the sanctuary. What are the best times to visit, when?
- How can one find up to date information on the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory and the Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary?
- How can one support the efforts of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory to manage the Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary.
- Recommend getting the most out of a visit to ACBS?
Mentioned In Episode:
Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory
Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary
BCR 129: Sheri Williamson, Hummingbirds
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34 min - BCR 190: Ted Gilman, Senior Naturalist
Ted Gilman, Senior Naturalist and Education Specialist for Greenwich Audubon and our 9th guest in our featured series called “For The Record, Legacy Interviews”.
After 43 years with the Greenwich Audubon Center Ted Gilman is retiring at the end of Jan 2020. Ted has lived and breathed nature and conservation his entire career. He more than just knows his stuff, he cares about it too. Birds, butterflies, botany, you name it…Ted loves sharing knowledge about them all and how they work together to sustain the Earth and all living things. His enthusiasm has been contagious and influence far-reaching—he has inspired a love of nature in generations of children and helped train educators from across the country through his work at Audubon.
Ted received his bachelor’s degree in Biology from Earlham College and was first hired at Audubon in 1974, as a birdlife instructor at Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine. While working on graduate coursework in Environmental Education at Cornell University in 1976 (where he was roommates with Stephen Kress, founder of “Project Puffin”), he received an invitation to apply for a staff naturalist position with Greenwich Audubon Center. He left Ithaca to pursue what he hoped would be his dream job and he has been living that dream ever since.
About BirdCallsRadio & Podcast Featured Series: “For The Record, Legacy Interviews”. Is/ are focused on the notable careers of individuals that have distinguished themselves in the world of wild birds or natural sciences. The questions are aimed at giving a perspective on a long and varied career. It is desired that the crucial points in these lives be touched upon. We intend to give a voice to notable individuals, to provide in a sense of the measure of the women or men, and to pass onto the next generation the lessons learned from their guidance. In this context, we will steer away from the commercial aspects of Greenwich Audubon, we will focus on the career of the man whose whole life has been intertwined with birds.
Show Notes:
- How long were you a working naturalist for the National Audubon Society?
- What early influences, helped to shape your interest in all things natural history?
- career was spent at The famed Greenwich Audubon Center in forests of northwestern Greenwich.
- The gig at Greenwich Audubon and what were job requirements at that time?
- I know my husband Townsend went to summer camp for adults at Greenwich Audubon, it was one of four famed education camps for adults seeking to improve their skills in environmental issues and natural history for educational purposes. Most of the attendees were teachers. Tell us more about these camps.
- How was the Greenwich camp different from the other three?
- National Audubon changed focus and the Greenwich Camping experience ended. What were your thoughts and observations on this?
- The new center building, what changes were heralded by this massive building project?
- measure of what a naturalist educator should feature or stress to students, or to put it another way how did managements focus on education evolve over the years?
- Teaching style evolve to meet the changing needs?
- some of your note worthy natural history sightings in Greenwich?
- What changes have you witnessed in the forests and environment around the center?
- Teaching for years in summer at Audubon’s Hog Island.
- What changes would you like to see happen in Greenwich and National Audubon in the face on continuing challenges to our environment and natural history?
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50 min - BCR 189: Tricia Miller Ph.D. Golden Eagles
Dr. Trish Miller has been studying birds for over 20 years and has been tracking and studying Golden Eagles for over a decade. She has a long standing interest in bird conservation and spatial ecology. Dr. Miller works as a senior research wildlife biologist and the executive director of Conservation Science Global, Inc a non-profit that conducts research to inform management, conservation, and education of natural resources. Including where she studies movement ecology and conservation of raptors, especially eagles. Her research integrates telemetry and spatial modeling to address conflicts with human development. She received her B.S. in biology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in ecology from Penn State.
Show Notes:
- Your interest in the ecology, behavior, natural history, and conservation of Golden Eagles come to be
- Use of telemetry, to track Golden Eagles in eastern North America and how this technology is deployed.
- When and why did you start studying eastern Golden Eagles?
- This study also found reason to be concerned about lead poisoning of eagles.
- Use of baited wildlife cameras, motion activated to located winter resident Golden Eagles and help with employing GPS data devices for tracking.
- Eastern Golden Eagle Working Group.
- Potential effect of wind energy on Golden Eagles.
- First hand the negative effects of wind energy.
- Work used to successfully steer wind energy development away from high use areas by Golden Eagles.
- What is Conservation Science Global?
- What other research projects do you work on?
- Advice you have for young women who are interested in a career in the natural sciences?
Mentioned In Episode:
Consevation Science Global, Inc
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28 min - BCR 188: Mark Stackhouse, Tropical Birder
For Mark Stackhouse, birding has been his passion since he was 5 years old. Mark says, “I can’t even remember a time when I wasn’t birding.” Mark has enjoyed watching birds throughout the Americas, and especially likes to share the beauty of birds and nature with other people. For most of his life, he has done this through teaching and guiding others in the field, and in recent years, through his photography as well.
Military Macaws near San Blas. ©Mark Stackhouse
Mark led his first birding tour, a trip to Crane Creek, Ohio for the Dayton Museum of Natural History, when he was only 16. He has now been guiding birding tours for over 40 years, including 20 years in Mexico. He is the owner of Westwings, where he guides birding tours in the western U.S, Mexico, and other Latin American countries. Mark has also done consulting work as a biologist for government agencies and private industry, and worked seasonally as a wildlife biologist at Deseret Land and Livestock, Utah’s largest ranch, where he also guided birders for 21 years.
Cinereous Owl ©Mark Stackhouse
He was Director of Education at Tracy Aviary, a Salt Lake City, Utah bird park for 12 years, and has taught college-level courses in Field Ornithology in both English and Spanish. He attended Earlham College and Utah State University, earning degrees in Biology and Range Management. Mark fell in love with Mexico, its people, culture, landscapes, and of course its spectacular birding, on his first trip to San Blas 22 years ago. After 25 years of living in Utah, he now lives, and receives visiting birders from all over the world, in San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico, with his wife, Elizabeth Oregón Gonzalez, also of San Blas, and their daughter Daniela.
A Golden-cheeked Woodpecker faces-off with a Yellow-winged Cacique, both species endemic to Mexico. ©Mark Stackhouse
Show Notes:
- Worked as a consulting biologist, and as an environmental educator.
- Where did the interest in natural history come from?
- Climate in the San Blas area
- The San Blas Christmas Bird count & history.
- Tell us about the “Cinereous Owl”
- birders in the San Blas area is Isla Isabel
- Major San Blas birding areas.
- Specialty species that can be found in the San Blas area.
- Your dream of birders retreat in the San Blas area.
- Tell us about functioning with a high audio awareness.
- What is being done to engage the locals and draw them into birding and the environment.
Spotted Wren (3) (species endemic to Mexico) ©Mark Stackhouse
Mentioned In Episode:
Westwings, Inc.
Sunset from the famous La Tovara boat ride in San Blas. ©Mark Stackhouse
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57 min - BCR 187: Richard Crossley, The ID Boot Camp
Richard Crossley an internationally acclaimed birder, photographer and Co-Authored of The Shorebird Guide w Michael O’Brien • Richard Crossley • Kevin Karlson. And an award winning author of ‘The Crossley ID Guide’ series. And now a NEW venture called The ID Boot Camp!
“Our goal is to provide you the opportunity to ID birds in a simple way, to build your confidence, and enhance your encounters with the natural world.” ~ ID Boot Camp with Richard Crossley and Holly Merker
Show Notes:
- Reflections on past shows and projects.
- Your approach to Bird Guides has been revolutionary and innovative.
- Publishing birds guides, what works and what you would change.
- Story of how you learned to identify birds.
- NEW VENTURE: The ID Boot Camp
- Skills and techniques that you will employ will be effective.
- The ID Boot Camp Co-Founder, Holly Merker.
- Noticeable hole in your bird guide coverage of North America, care to share.
Mentioned In Episode:
BCR 185: Holly Merker, Environmental Educator
The Crossley ID Boot Camp Website
BCR 105: Richard Crossley, ID Guide Waterfowl
Book Review – Reactions to NEW The Crossley ID Guide Eastern Birds
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