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April 02, 2019BCR 165: Kenn Kaufman, A Season on the Wind, Inside the world of spring migration
Kenn Kaufman, Author of the Kaufman Field Guide Series along with other numerous books. Today we will be talking with Kenn about his latest book scheduled for release today April 2, 2019, called “A Season on the Wind, Inside the World of Spring Migration” by Kenn Kaufman, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019. The book is centered on the bird migration over the Ohio Lake Shore near where he lives.
Black-throated Green Warbler_Ohio ©Kenn Kaufman
His book projects have included his own field guide series, Kaufman Field Guides, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company of Boston. This series now includes volumes on North American birds, butterflies, mammals, insects, and advanced bird ID, plus guides to nature of New England and the Midwest. His other books include Lives of North American Birds and Flights Against the Sunset. His current projects include painting portraits of birds. Kenn is a Fellow of the American Ornithological Society, and has received the American Birding Association’s lifetime achievement award twice—a distinction shared only with the late Chan Robbins.
Bay-breasted Warbler_Ohio ©Kenn Kaufman
Show Notes:
Overview of the phenomenon called migration
Migration along the upper Texas coast.
The significance of the trans-gulf migration.
What is fallout
How did the original Black Swamp and duck hunters shape the present lakefront habitat?
Spring begins with the crows, but there is a major problem with spring migration in NW Ohio
walk us through the daily comings and goings of the migrants as they flit through NW Ohio
Black Swamp Observatory runs a lakeside banding station at Navarre Unit of Ottawa N.W.R.
ideal weather conditions for a good spring movement at Magee Marsh?
Recent technologies like acoustic monitoring of nocturnal migrants being used to get a clearer picture of the daily life.
Mentioned In Episode:
BCR 092: Kenn Kaufman, Author & Naturalist For The Record, Legacy Interview Series. Third Interviewee.
BSBO SWAMP SHOP – Buy or Call 419.898.4070: A Season on the Wind, Inside the world of spring migration. The book is in stock as of 4/12/19.
KAUFMAN FIELD GUIDES
Donate the Guia
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
The Biggest Week In American Birding
Blackburnian Warbler_Ohio ©Kenn Kaufman
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March 26, 2019 BCR 164: Hanna Mounce Ph.D, Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project
Dr. Hanna Mounce the Research/Management Project Coordinator for the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project. Overseeing the daily operations and implementing a research and management program to recover endangered forest birds and restore ecosystems at remote forest sites on the Island of Maui. Hanna and Alauahio.
Hanna developed a passion for island ecosystems while completing her undergraduate degree at Humboldt State, CA and Lincoln University in New Zealand. Hanna has worked in public and private sectors of avian conservation across North and Central America. Hanna joined the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project (MFBRP) as a field technician in 2006, now the Coordinator of MFBRP. Hanna completed her doctorate in biodiversity conservation at the University of Kent, UK and then spearheaded the incorporation of Na Koa Manu Conservation in 2015. Hanna serves on the Maui County Arborist Committee and the Maui County Board of Water Supply and is a member of the Pukalani Community Association, the secretary of the Maui Conservation Alliance, the secretary of the Olinda Community Association, and a mother of two. She is also a Maui County Ka Ipu Kukui fellow from 2013.
Helicopter landing is the most effective way to get from island to Island. Pezzillo_Nakula
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Maui Parrotbill (male) ©Robby Kohley
Mentioned In Episode:
Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project – Put Extinction in the Past
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March 19, 2019BCR 163: Rick Wright, Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows
Rick Wright, author of the American Birding Association’s field guides to birds of New Jersey and of Arizona, and of his latest book “Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America”. He leads birding and birds-and-art tours for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours, A prolific contributor to the birding literature and is a sought-after lecturer, Rick lives with his wife, Alison Beringer, and their chocolate lab, Gellert, in New Jersey.
Show Notes:
How does this Sparrow book, labeled a reference book, differ from other field guides?
Best sparrow watching locations
Why does the sparrow book cover Mexico too but not beyond.
bird names and interactions with people
What sparrow has the most sub-species or variety?
Sparrow wannabes.
Any sparrows that may be candidates for lumping or splitting?
Your favorite birds are American tree sparrows and juncos. Why?
Cassiar Junco
Vent Birds and Art program
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41 min
March 12, 2019BCR 162: Dale Dyer, Birds of Central America
Dale Dyer has been painting birds for books for about twenty-five years. These books are mostly field guides, such as those to Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, parts of Brazil, and North America. He has also drawn habitat and behavioral scenes for several books on birds of New York state. His latest book is Birds of Central America, coauthored with Andrew Vallely, for which he painted all 260 plates.
Long an avid birder, Dale began his career painting the human figure, landscapes, and other subjects of modern life, and later brought his interest in birds and art together. He is a long time Brooklyn resident who grew up on nearby Long Island. He does much of his research, and often executes his work, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and in 2014 was made a Field Associate of the Ornithology Department there.
Since 1996 Dale has been travelling frequently to the Neotropics, often in the company of ornithologist Andrew Vallely, who introduced him to Neotropical birds. Years of field study, museum research, and experience painting birds from various countries led the two, in 2007, to feel ready to take on a major project covering an entire region. Birds of Central America is the result on ten years of daily labor.Dale was awarded the Eckelberry Fellowship from the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel in 2014, and the Eckelberry residency at the Asa Wright center from the Society of Animal Artists in 2007. He has taught at the NY Botanical Garden and the Woodstock School of Art. Raised in a family of musicians, Dale has performed regularly as a cellist for several decades.
Show Notes:
Where do you do your fieldwork and what does it entail?
How long did it take you to get to a pub date after you started the project?
Why did you exclude certain areas such as Mexico and the Caribbean when is appears that some of the avifauna is shared?
give us an overview of the existing literature on the ornithology of this region.
This may be the first time that all of the information on the birds of this region have been included into a comprehensive single source, were there difficult decisions made about the scope?
Discuss research on siskins, hummingbird.
You include residents and migrants and vagrants, what are your basic benchmarks for including a species?
You have been drawing and painting birds for a number of years, who influenced your development as an artist?
How is producing field guide art different that creative art?
What region of Central America remains the least understood from an ornithological point of view?
Besides, lumping and splitting, how likely is it that there are still new birds to be found in Central America?
What are you working on now?
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March 05, 2019BCR 161: David & Tammy McQuade, Florida Birding
David and Tammy McQuade were high school sweethearts and have been married for 33 years. Tammy and David have always had a love of the outdoors. Their lives changed dramatically in 2012 when they saw the movie The Big Year. The idea of counting Birds and deliberately targeting species had a particular appeal. They started with a big weekend in 2013 and it hasn’t stopped since.
They work together at UBS Financial Services where David is a Senior Vice President of Wealth Management and Senior Portfolio Manager and Tammy administrates their team. David was recently recognized by Forbes magazine as Best in the State Wealth Advisor. Having clients in 34 states allows them to travel quite a bit and they found that birding is the perfect hobby to combine with their business travel.
To date they are the only couple in eBird to have had 3 consecutive years of over 600 species in the Lower 48. They currently have a US Lower 48 life list of 748/747. They administrate the SW Florida Bird Alert Group on Facebook, give presentations at local birding groups, and are guides at the local Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Festival. Additionally they are graduates of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Macaulay Library Sound Recording Workshop. They love doing long-range pelagics on their 30’ boat the McLagic in the Gulf of Mexico when time permits. David and Tammy are proud to have contributed to the science and data of the bird distribution in the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico and feel this is their greatest birding accomplishment.
Show Notes:
How long have you been interested in birding?
You have seen some rare and unusual birds. Tell me of those birds you’ve seen already this year?
African Great White Pelican 3rd year visitor of Sanibel Island.
And why is she so controversial?
Sanibel is as birdy as it was years ago?
SWFL/Sanibel was seriously impacted recently by red tide has it not?
McLagic Pelagic birding in the Gulf of Mexico.
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February 26, 2019BCR 160: Stephen Moss, Naturalist & Author
Stephen Moss is a naturalist, broadcaster, television producer, and author. In a distinguished career at the BBC Natural History Unit his credits included Spring watch, Birds Britannia, and The Nature of Britain. His books include A Bird in the Bush, A Sky Full of Starlings, The Bumper Book of Nature, and Wild Hares and Hummingbirds. Originally from London, he now lives with his wife and children on the Somerset Levels.
Show Notes:
What is the oldest bird name in the English language and what language was in born in?
Walk us through the history of the word Crow and it’s application over the years.
The Anglo Saxon Wheatear “White-arse” still lives in modern English along with yellowhammer and redstart, tell us what about the journey of these words through history.
Ray and Willugby brought further changes to ornithology and bird names, what was their major contribution?
George Montagu created the Ornithological Dictionary, what was the significance of this work for bird names?
How many North American warblers are named after women?
What’s the story of the Dartford Warbler, which was discovered in Dartford but with no real affinity to the place and the man, John Lathan who discovered it?
Who was Max Nicholson and what changes to bird study, to counter the “Victorian leprosyof collecting” did he promote?
What view of bird taxonomy do Richard Crossley and Thomas Bewick seem to have in common and why may this be needed for bird guides?
Charles Sibley, Burt Monroe and Jon Alquist in the 1990’s dropped a proverbial bomb on bird naming. Tell us how phylogeny and DNA shook things up and just how many species of birds are there?
Finally, please tell us the story of Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler, named for a love story, which is one of the world rarest birds, the Winifred’s warbler.
Mentioned In This Episode:
Stephen Moss – Naturalist, Author & TV Producer
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1 hr 11 min
February 19, 2019BCR 159: Maresa Pryor-Luzier, Natural History Photographer
“A Freelance photographer with a goal of bringing awareness to special places throughout the world.”
Since 1987, Maresa’s involvement in the photographic community includes chapter president of the American Society of Media Photographers of Central Florida, and a founding member of the North American Nature Photographers Association.
Maresa specializes macro and long lens photography. She has photojournalism and documentary experience. Her travels have taken her around the world to extraordinary places such as the Galapagos Islands, Cuba, Costa Rica, Norway, Puerto Rico, and Southern Africa.
Credits include: Audubon, Field & Stream, Living Bird,Mother Earth News, National Geographic Kids, National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, Ranger Rick, Scholastic Library, Sierra, Shearson Publishing, Smithsonian, Time for Kids, and more . . .
Maresa has A.A. degree from Lake Sumter State College in Leesburg, Florida. She studied at Daytona State College in Photography, and authored Camping with Horses, A Trail Riders Guide to Camping in Florida.
She resides In Florida with her husband and when time allows camps with their horses.
Show Notes:
Tell us about your upbringing and education, and those factors that led up to your pursuit of natural history photography.
You have had, over the course of your career, a great number of photos published in a wide variety of outlets. Tell us about the publications that stand out or the ones you are most proud of.
It appears many of the published photos came from transactions made by your agent on your behalf. Tell us about the agent relationship and who you have used if you can.
What is “stock photography” and how did it work?
What has happened to the old stock photography, one used to be able to make some money from existing photography, is it dead or living in some new form?
Your days as a marine coordinator for the commercial marine industry in photography.
You made the leap from analogue film to digital photography. pros and cons of switching from chromes to digital files?
You have relationships with professional organization including the American Society of Media Photographers. In fact you are a founding member of the NANPA. Please tell us about NANPA and what you get out of it.
What is your involvement with NANPA and what does it do for you?
Do you sell fine art prints? In what form?
You have traveled far in pursuit of photos, what are your favorite destinations and photo subjects?
Tell us about the gear you use to make photos with and why you chose it.
You now lead photo workshops for people who want to improve their photos, what are your goals in teaching?
What do you want your students to walk away with?
Your interests are in education and conservation. Do you incorperate this into your talks?
You seem to have an affinity for horses, how does this wrap in to your photography.
When you are not working, what pursuits do you enjoy?
We have done the entire interview without me once mentioning the obvious; you are successful women who have spent her whole career in a world heavily populated by men. What can you share with us about this?
What advice do you have for a young woman who wants to get into nature photography?
Mentioned In This Episode:
Maresa Pryor-Luzier Website
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24 min
February 12, 2019BCR 158: Mike Jacobs, Former Publisher, Grand Forks Herald
Mike Jacobs, a former Publisher and Editor of the Grand Forks Herald. He was born at Stanley and grew up in Mountrail County, prime pothole country. The family’s 200-acre farm had multiple wetlands and lots of ducks. Most years, tundra swans took advantage of these wetlands to break their migration across the continent, and one year in the mid-50s, three whooping cranes stopped, too. There were fewer than 50 whooping cranes on earth in those days, and Mike’s father took the kids out of school so they could see the cranes. Jacobs began watching birds seriously that spring, and his interest in waterfowl has grown every year. Since 1981, he’s written a column about the region’s birdlife illustrated with his own drawings. He also writes a weekly column about politics in North Dakota. After the Red River Flood of 1997, the Herald won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and Jacobs was named editor of the year by the National Press Foundation. He has published three books about North Dakota. Jacobs and his life partner, Suezette Bieri, live on Campbell Beach at the western rim of the Red River Valley.
Illustration by ©Mike Jacobs
Show Notes:
You are columnist for the paper to this day, musing on birds from the northern Great Plains and the Red River Valley. It is this connection that brings you to BirdCallsRadio. Is it appropriate to call you a birder or are you a journalist interested birds?
Your career as a newspaper journalist was launched at the Dickinson Press, and you also did stints at newspapers in Fargo, Mandan, St. Louis, and Seattle before joining the Herald. You held many roles at the Herald before becoming Publisher. In 1997 the Red River flooded Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Herald somehow never stopped printing, and helped to lead the community through the harrowing months. The paper won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the Flood. Tell us about this event in detail from the beginning to the end.
What was the impact of the flood on the local birds and natural history?
How long did it take for the bird life to return to normal after the flood?
How did the column “Always in Season” start?
What do you look for when getting inspiration for the next column?
You also do the illustrations for the column, when did you discover that were an illustrator as well as a journalist?
We’d like to learn more about the birds of the Red River Valley, start by walking us through the expected birds throughout the year and highlights of each season.
Are there bird species whose status concerns local birders, such as the Sage Grouse or prairie species where populations have fallen or habitat is being lost?
What birds and natural features interest out of state birders and draw them to the area?
What is the best season to visit and why?
Where do local birders go for a day trip or weekend getaway?
Are there active local and or regional birding organizations?
Are there local Audubon Christmas bird counts, does the paper report the results?
What can you tell us about what’s next for the Journalist/author/artist Mike Jacobs, another book?
Illustration by ©Mike Jacobs 2019
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41 min
February 05, 2019BCR 157: David Ringer, Chief Network Officer, National Audubon
As National Audubon’s first Chief Network Officer, David J. Ringer oversees the health, vitality, capacity, diversity, and strength of Audubon’s vast distributed network. That network includes hundreds of Audubon chapters, more than 40 Audubon nature centers, thousands of deeply committed advocates and volunteers, and a wide range of partner organizations. He leads Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Communities program, which engages people in practical, joyful solutions to protect birds and special places and to make communities healthier for people too. He is a leader in Audubon’s equity, diversity, and inclusion work, and he oversees Audubon’s public relations and communications team.
Ringer previously served as Audubon’s national communications director, overseeing communications, public relations, and social media, and before that as Audubon’s communications director for the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi Flyway. He was Audubon’s front-line PR manager in Louisiana during the 2010 BP oil disaster.
Before joining the Audubon staff, Ringer provided a wide variety of communications and media for NGOs around the world, an experience that took him to more than 25 countries on six continents. He has also worked as a web developer and a biological field technician. Ringer writes about bird taxonomy and systematics and other natural history topics. His love of birds began in childhood, and his connection to Audubon started in high school, when he joined the Greater Ozarks Audubon Society of Springfield, Missouri.
Show Notes:
Your defining influences, what got you into birds and the natural world?
Sometimes the experience is as memorable as the bird itself – what’s one of your most heart-stopping birding moments?
You were on the ground for National Audubon society as the front line PR manager in Louisiana during the 2010 BP oil spill disaster. What was the real story of the event and the aftermath?
Migratory Bird Treaty Act – we know it’s under serious threat today.
What does a Chief Network Officer do?
What do you hear from birders and Audubon chapter leaders as you go around the country – what are their concerns, ideas.
How are you working to diversify the birding & conservation movement in terms of race/ethnicity and age?
The deliberate censorship of climate science by the Federal Government?
Any good news stories to share on the birds or the environment?
What do you tell a young person who is interested in the environment about the future?
Mentioned In This Episode:
National Audubon Society
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1 hr 8 min
January 29, 2019BCR 156: Patricia González, Red Knots
On today’s show is our guest Patricia M. González as we talk with her in Argentina. Patricia is a Scientist, field ornithologist, studying migration of Red Knots through the Americas. Known as the “red knot woman” in South America, or the “mother of the famous red knot Moonbird B95”, Patricia is a biologist from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has devoted more than twenty years to shorebird conservation, including investigation of ecology of migration and survival of red knot shorebirds with a strong conservation profile. Actual Wetland Program Coordinator (ad honorem) of Fundación Inalafquen in San Antonio Oeste, Argentina and Shorebird South American Coordinator of International Conservation Fund of Canada (ICFC).
Show Notes:
In 2013 you in collaboration with three others wrote the definitive entry for the Cornell Labs New Birds of North America: Baker, Allan, Patricia Gonzalez, R. I. G. Morrison and Brian A. Harrington. 2013. Red Knot (Calidris canutus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. It is safe there for to assume that you know a little about the Red Knot. I’d like to take this opportunity to get an update on the current status. Remind our listeners how you came to be involved with the Red Knot in the first place?
Overview of the biology and key migration stop over sites of the Red Knot Shorebird.
Dramatic decline evidenced by the Delaware Bay spring migration stop over in the 1980’s.
Current status of the Delaware Bay spring stop over.
There was a July 2018 headline, “Red Knots plummet by 25% in a year in Tierra del Fuego”, the story linked the decline to a food shortage in Delaware Bay can you provide background on this?
Can you give us an update on B95 Moonbird, and a brief recap of Moonbird’s story.
In recent years you have been part of a team canvasing various coastal areas in South America to learn more about wintering feeding habits and foraging areas. Please give our listeners an update on the work you are doing in Argentina and other places.
Bahía de San Antonio, Argentina. Estuario del Río Gallegos, Argentina, Maullín, Los Lagos Region, southern Chile
How do you use colored flags to study shorebirds?
Your team is also using geo locators to track migration routes of individuals birds, what have you learned from this?
The stories coming out of Arctic on weather and climate change are not encouraging what do you know about breeding conditions of the Red Knots in the high arctic?
One of your goals was getting local support in South America and changing traditional outlooks on shorebirds, have you had any success with this?
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