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  • BCR 135: Dale Rosselet, VP Education NJ Audubon

     

    Ms. Dale Rosselet has been with New Jersey Audubon since 1983 and has extensive experience teaching pre-school, elementary, and secondary grades in both formal and non-formal situations. As Vice President for Education she oversees all statewide and center-based programming efforts for the organization as well as nature center operations. She currently chairs the governor-appointed New Jersey Commission for Environmental Education, is co-chair of National Wildlife Federation’s Youth Engagement Caucus, and is past President of the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education, NJ’s statewide professional organization for environmental educators.  

    Ms. Rosselet has been recognized with several awards including the 2008 Garden State Woman of the Year Environment Award, the 2012 Education Award from Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey and the 2013 Lifetime Achievement award from the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education. She has co-authored several nature-based curriculum guides for New Jersey Audubon including Bridges to the Natural World, as well as a popular birding book, Birding by Impression.

    Show Notes:
    • New Jersey native, a true Jersey girl
    • Early influence helped shape your career choices
    • New Jersey Audubon’s strong commitment to Environmental Education develop and what keeps it going.
    • You have authored four natural history curriculum guides, tell us about these works called Bridges to a Natural World, New Jersey Waters.
    • Secrets of your success as you meet groups of teachers or students and empower them to be engaged in environmental issues?
    • Your education team coordinated and conducted the Honeywell Institute for Ecosystems Education Student Forum.
    • What other types of programs does NJ Audubon do in order to connect children with nature?
    • You are past president for the Alliance of New Jersey Environmental Education and chair the governor appointed New Jersey Commission for Environmental Education.
    • In 2012 you received the Women in Wildlife Award as well as the Pat Kane Lifetime Achievement Award in Environmental Education. What’s it like living the legacy started by your mentor, Pat Kane?
    • Mentioned In Episode:

      New Jersey Audubon

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      45 min
    • BCR 134: Frank Gallo, Birding in Connecticut

       

       

      FRANK GALLO is a leading expert on where to find birds in Connecticut and has led birding expeditions all over the world. Frank is a member of the Connecticut Avian Rare Records Committee, and a federally licensed master bird bander.  Frank’s new book, Birding in Connecticut, a guide to where, when, and how to find birds in the state. Published date of May 2018. 

      Birding in Connecticut is the definitive guide to where, when and, how to find birds in the state. Packed with information valuable to birders of all skill levels, from species accounts and a first-of-a kind cumulative list of rare bird sightings to a host of tips and tricks to finding and identifying birds. It is an invaluable resource on the habits and habitats of Connecticut’s birdlife, with clear and up-to-date bar graphs showing seasonal occurrence and abundance for every Connecticut bird species. It is the first guide of its kind to offer QR code links to continually updated information on the occurrence and abundance of birds at each location. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs and maps, Birding in Connecticut is the perfect companion for experts and novices alike.

      Book Giveaway Contest: BCR will be giving away a copy of his newly released book at the end of this episode. You must answer both the two questions to win a copy of the book at the end of this show. Please contact Mardi Dickinson by sending your contact information with your two answers. First one to guess correctly will be contacted, posted and announced on BirdCallsRadio. 

      Show Notes:
      • Your relationship with the Late Dr. Noble Proctor
      • Interest in the natural world and birds?
      • What inspired you to write Birding in Connecticut?
      • Key elements of the book.
      • anything tht surprised you about Connecticut’s birdlife and birding locations?
      • Favorite birding site
      • What criteria were used to evaluate the sites for inclusion?
      • Which Connecticut sites have the highest recorded number of species
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        35 min
      • BCR 133: Virginia Rose, Birdability for Mobility Challenged

         

        Virginia Rose, The Boardwalk, Maumee Bay State Park Lodge, Oregon, OH in 2017. ©Photo Courtesy of Virginia Rose. All Rights Reserved.

        In 1973 at age 14, Virginia Rose was injured in a horseback riding accident and continued her life as a paraplegic in a wheelchair.  She taught college and high school English for 28 years and retired 2 years ago in 2016. Virginia began birding in 2003 after hearing a lecture on breeding success of the house finch in Austin, sponsored by Travis Audubon. She took every TAS  class and went on as many field trips as I could, working around my busy teaching career. The Travis Audubon teachers and field trip leaders never said no to me, not once. They took me everywhere the other walking birders went. When I could not get to the LeConte’s sparrow, the leader and birders encircled the bird and moved it to within 6 feet of me. A lifer.

        Viginia began leading beginning birding birdwalks in 2010 and has identified over 30 accessible birding spots in Austin. Then joined the Travis Audubon Board of Directors in 2017. She did her first independent Birdathon in April, 2018. From dawn to dusk, Virginia visited 5 accessible parks, wheeled about 10 miles, and saw 52 bird species.

        Birding brought her a serious, joyful, and meaningful experience complete with a community willing to include her on every level. Viginia wanted to bring the birding experience to as many mobility-challenged people as she could and initiated Birdability just a couple short months ago. Viginia have already led 2 walks with people in wheelchairs I did not know. 

        The ultimate goal is to introduce mobility-challenged people to birding in as many locations as possible and create teams in locations which can host other teams. So, an Austin team can invite a Houston team to bird the accessible Austin sites and then Houston can reciprocate and host Austin to see all the accessible Houston sites. Ultimately, Viginia would like to see Birdability across the U. S. and beyond.

        Show Notes:
        • life forming remembrances of your childhood.
        • life-changing event that brought you to the chair at the age of 14.
        • What led you to become an educator?
        • Embers from early childhood were fanned and you became an avid birder.
        • Beginning birdwalks in Austin, active in the local Travis Audubon Society.
        • into and around a places in a wheel chair
        • Goals and benefits Birdability.
        • Mentioned In Episode:

          Birdability

          Travis Audubon

          Interested in learning more about Viginia Rose and Birdability. At Ms. Rose’s request please click and contact Mardi Dickinson by sending a message with your details and contact information and I will pass the message along.

          Rio Grande Valley in 2015. Front row, left to right, is Deb Wallace, Virginia Rose, Judith Bailey. Middle row, left to right, Lee Wallace, Frances Cerbins, Terry Banks. Back row, left to right, Craig Rasmussen, Eric Stager, Dennis Palafox, Jeff Patterson. ©Photo Courtesy of Virginia Rose. All Rights Reserved.

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          44 min
        • BCR 132: Kimberly Kaufman, Women in Conservation

          Today’s show is a continued featured series called “Women In Conservation” with this series 2nd guest Kimberly Kaufman. Kimberly Kaufman’s lifelong love of the outdoors grew into a passion for birds in the 1990s. She monitored nesting bald eagles for the Ohio Division of Wildlife and ran bluebird trails before she began banding migrant songbirds for the Black Swamp Bird Observatory. Kim’s involvement grew, becoming the observatory’s education director then executive director in 2009, a position she still holds. Kim was instrumental in starting the highly successful Ohio Young Birders Club, a group for teenagers that has served as a model for youth programs in many other states, as well as The Biggest Week In American Birding, which has rapidly become one of the largest birding festivals on the continent. She also co-authored the Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England. She and her husband, Kenn, live in rural Ohio with their two (indoor) cats, Kirby and Pearl.

          Show Notes:
          • When did the passion for birds develop?
          • Monitored Bald Eagle nesting.
          • Banding migrant songbirds BSBO.
          • Education Director of BSBO 2005.
          • Executive Director of BSBO 2009. 
          • Two key initiatives.
          • 2019 Biggest Week 10th Aniversery. 
          • Published Author.
          • Prestigious Chandler Robbins Award.
          • Vital and active Bird Observatory.
          • Mentioned In Episode:

            Black Swamp Bird Observatory 

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            52 min
          • BCR 131: Biggest Week 2018 Moments

            Mardi Dickinson, BirdCallsRadio & Podcast Host, talks with Tom Bartlett on location at the Biggest week In American Birding 2018. Tom has for the past 23 years, conducted the Annual Big Sit fundraiser for Black Swamp Bird Observatory’s (BSBO) education programs on International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD). Magee Marsh S.P., Oak Harbor, OH. ©Townsend P. Dickinson All Rights Reserved.

            We are reporting LIVE from several locations in Northwest Ohio. This area is a world renowned migrant trap during spring migration of songbirds. Many people flock here to get their fill of warblers and other little gems at this time of year. I am also attending the Biggest Week in American Birding 2018 Festival, now in it’s ninth year, that takes place at the same time. This festival is hosted by the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, under the guidance of Executive Director, Kimberly Kaufman and an incredible team of staff and numerous volunteers.

            L. to R. Jason Guerard, Outreach Director, BSBO; Mardi Dickinson, Host of BirdCallsRadio; Jasmine Cupp, Communications Director, BSBO; Laura Guerard, Education Director, BSBO. At The Biggest Week in America Birding 2018, NW Ohio. ©BirdCallsRadio All Rights Reserved.

            Many people from around the world agreed to be interviewed by me for this episode of BirdCallsRadio and they tell us why they come to this area for this segment called “Biggest Week 2018 Moments”.

            Checking out the Black-throated Grey Warbler who graced itself at The Biggest Week in America Birding 2018, Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, NW Ohio. ©Mardi Welch Dickinson/Kymry Group. All Rights Reserved.

            This is one of my favorite places to visit annually in the spring as it always fills my heart and soul with hope seeing these beautiful songbirds that make the long northward journey from the Caribbean, Central and South America to their breeding grounds.

            L. to R. Kevin Perozeni, Christian Hagenlocher, Cassidy Flicker, Tyler Flicker and Kandace Glanville. Biggest Week in America Birding 2018, Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, NW Ohio. ©Mardi Welch Dickinson / KymryGroup. All Rights Reserved.

            I look forward to next year’s 10th Anniversary of the Biggest Week 2019 that will take place from May 3-12, 2019. Thank you to all the wonderful people who took time out from birding and were kind enough to stop and share their thoughts with me on this episode #131 of BirdCallsRadio.

            L. to R. Townsend P. Dickinson, Photographer/Writer; Linda Rockwell, Birder/Photographer. The Biggest Week in America Birding 2018, Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, NW Ohio. ©Mardi Welch Dickinson/Kymry Group. All Rights Reserved.

            Show Notes:

            Biggest Week 2018 Moments in Northwest Ohio.

            • Eva Mathews Lark, Maine
            • James Adams, Honduraus
            • Maresa Pryor-Luzier, Texas
            • Dr. Amamda Laplante, Florida
            • Thomas Bartlett, Ohio
            • Christian Hagenlocher, Ohio
            • Tyler Flicker
            • Kevin Perozeni
            • Cassidy Flicker
            • Kandace Glanville
            • Linda Rockwell, New Mexico
            • Mentioned In Episode:

              BCR 091: Biggest Week 2017 Snippets

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              29 min
            • BCR 130: Bonnie Paton Moon, Paton’s Birders Haven Update

              Bonnie Paton Moon in yard with Marion Paton’s Rose Garden in the background ready to bloom

              Bonnie Paton Moon, author and a daughter of the late Wally and Marion Paton of Paton’s Birders Haven now in perpetuity and called Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds. 

              After her mother’s passing in 2009, Bonnie embarked on a 4 and 1/2 year odyssey, to preserve and protect her parent’s internationally renowned birding Mecca known as Paton’s Birder Haven in Patagonia, AZ. Due to the foresight of the Paton family, and the partnership of the American Bird Conservancy, Victor Emanuel Nature Tours and Tucson Audubon Society supported by thousand s of generous supporters, this little gem of birding paradise has now been saved in perpetuity. Saved not only for the birds that have come to depend on the Paton’s habitat for food and water, but also for the future generations of birders and nature enthusiast can share this delightful oasis in the desert. Wally and Marion Paton welcomed thousands of visitors from around the world into their back yard for decades, asking nothing in return. Children of the Depression, Wally and Marion grew up in an era of scarcity and self-sufficiency. The hardships of their early years evoked in them a strong work ethic, compassion, kindness, and a generosity of spirit that was the catalyst in transforming their yard into a tiny piece of birding paradise.

              Bonnie Paton Moon’s recently published book and eBook, “Journey Home” is the remarkable story of how the world renowned Paton Center for Hummingbirds came to be and how it is being saved for future generations of birdwatchers.

              Show Notes:
              • Dedication of the Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds. 
              • Ceremony for the Richard Grand Memorial Meadow.
              • Improvements have been made to the property.
              • making the Center a Monarch Way Station.
              • Jonathan Lutz, site manager for the Paton’s Center property; Just recently became the NEW Executive Director for Tucson Audubon Society.
              • Various historical pieces.
              • Bonnie Paton Moon’s recently published book and eBook, “Journey Home”.
              • Status of the Viewing Pavilion.
              • Wally Paton’s Orchard.
              • “Reunion”
              • Mentioned In Episode:

                BCR 080: Bonnie Paton Moon & Larry Morgan – Paton’s Birders Haven Lives On! Part 1

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                44 min
              • BCR 129: Sheri Williamson, Hummingbirds

                Sheri L. Williamson is a lifelong naturalist, co-founder and co-director of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, and author of A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America in the Peterson Field Guide Series. She lives near the Mexican border in Bisbee, Arizona with her husband and colleague Tom Wood and their dependents: a geriatric parrot, a rescue dog, three pampered pet chickens, and hundreds of freeloading wild birds.

                Show Notes:
                • You and your husband Tom Wood founded the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory in 1996. What inspired you to do that?
                • You’ve called hummingbirds “a ‘gateway drug’ for birding and conservation.”
                • Tell us about the Amethyst–throated Hummingbird – first USA record in West Texas then Quebec
                • Why does Southeastern Arizona have so many different species of hummingbirds and when is the best time to see hummingbirds in Southeastern Arizona?
                • You are one of fewer than 200 hummingbird banders in the U.S who handled more than 7000 individual hummingbirds since 1990. Tell us about banding hummers.
                • Some hummingbirds have adapted new wintering areas and the speculation is that the sheer number of feeders throughout the south has literally changed their migration patterns. How can I attract hummingbirds to my yard?
                • Correction: it has come to our attention from guest Sheri Williamson, that Isabelle Hunt Conant was referred to as Elizabeth.

                • Mentioned In Episode:

                  Sheri L. Williamson website

                  BCR 192: Tom Wood, Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary Saved

                  Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory

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                  48 min
                • BCR 128: David Toews Ph.D., Warbler Hybrids & Genomics

                  Dr. David Toews is an NSERC Banting post-doctoral research fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, working with Irby Lovette. David is interested in evolutionary biology, genomics, and molecular ecology in avian systems. Much of my research combines DNA sequencing data with other information about birds to learn about general evolutionary processes—how do new bird species evolve? What are the differences between closely related species? Recently, David have been studying hybrid zones between several species of wood warblers, trying to learn about the genes that give rise to the amazing diversity of color in this family of birds. He is also studying how long-distance migration has evolved in warblers, and what genes are responsible for warblers that have distinct migratory behaviors.

                  Show Notes:
                  • Why are genetic and molecular studies of birds useful, for the layman?
                  • Tell us in broad strokes about closely related songbird species pairs or groups that tend toward frequent hybridization.
                  • What are hybrid zones?
                  • How do you go about catching birds in hybrid zones?
                  • The hybrid zone of the Myrtle and Audubon Warbler in British Columbia is well studied. I believe it is considered a static hybrid zone and studies of this zone led to the conclusion that the two species were actually one species. Tell us about the historic work and conclusions.
                  • What does genetics tell us about the appearance of warblers, particularly feather color?
                  • What is the primary reason that the Townsend’s out competes the Hermit?
                  • There is one more interesting warbler hybrid situation. The Mourning and MacGillivary’s have a recently described hybrid zone in British Columbia and Manitoba. What is the story with this warbler pair?
                  • Can you speculate on the reason for the evolutionary differences, evidenced by hybrid pairs or groups, in terms of the effects of past ice ages in North America on the origin species?
                  • If your interested in learning more and continue the conversation, please leave your questions in the comment section below.
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                    1 hr 3 min
                  • BCR 127: Women Birders Big Year

                    Women Birders Big Year Panel at the Biggest Week in American Birding 2018. l. to r. Laura Erickson, Laura Keene, Yve Morrell, Nancy McAllister and Lynn Barber. ©Photo Courtesy by Nancy McAllister

                    Show Notes:

                    Today’s show I am reporting live at the Biggest Week in American Birding 2018 on a keynote panel about five Women Birders Big Year that took place on Wedsnesday, May 9, 2018 called Power Women In Birding: A Big Year Panel Discussion. I was given permission to record and air this Keynote on BirdCallsRadio by Kimberly Kaufman, Executive Director of Black Swamp Bird that hosts the Biggest Week In American Birding Festival 2018 and the five Panelist featuring; Lynn Barber, Laura Erickson, Laura Keene, Nancy McAllister, and Yve Morrell. Each of the panelists had a very different way and reason in doing a Big Year. Plese join us and listen in to these wonderful women birders talk about their Big Years! 

                    Mentioned In Episode:

                    Biggest Week in American Birding

                    Black Swamp Bird Observatory

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                    50 min
                  • BCR 126: Luke Tiller, Field Biologist

                    Originally from London, England, Luke transplanted to the United States in 2003. As a professional hawk watcher he traveled the world to witness raptor migration and has experience counting raptors in North America, Europe and the Middle East. He has written about birds and birding for publications here in the US and in Europe including Audubon Magazine, Bird Watch Magazine and ABA’s Birding Magazine. Since 2012 Luke has sat on the Hawk Migration Association of North America Board and chairs their Tours Committee. Luke is currently based in Altadena California and employed as a professional tour guide. You will find him at most birding festivals working on the ZEISS Sports Optics booth.

                    Show Notes:
                    • Tell us about the development of your interest in birds and the natural world.
                    • You frequently visited and re-visited certain local spots and managed to turn up some rarities through persistence. what are benefits to this approach?
                    • You specialize in raptors and hawk identification. What challenges does the identification of hawk species at a distance pose?
                    • The life of an itinerant hawk counter has pluses and minuses.
                    • What’s the appeal for hawk watching?
                    • Where are some of the really good places to go to see hawks and when?
                    • Where are the best places to go for spring and or fall hawk watching in the US and abroad?
                    • Bins and scopes are requisite tools for hawk watchers, tell us in general terms, what to look for when looking to purchase these tools.
                    • Mentioned In Episode:

                      Under Clear Skies

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                      44 min