Birdchick Podcast

Cool photos to help illustrate why Malheur NWR was created.

Here's a great resource for finding jobs in the birding industry. 

This flamingo report popped in the news just after I left Florida. Also...I don't think this person knows what a "money shot" is. 

Weezer sold a crazy package of birding in the Galapagos. 

Join the American Birding Association and say we sent you. 

Vultures are spying on polluters in Peru and sadly being falsely persecuted for it in Lebanon don't worry it's been exonerated. 

Guys, guys, guys! The Dutch police are training eagles to attack drones. 

Fear mongering at its best: "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey now has the legal right to kill almost any bird on its property--as long they declare it an emergency." 

Bird street art!

Valley Meadows. #nsfw

More ivory gull insanity.

Laura Erickson's take on feeding gulls vs feeding owls. 

The kiskadee in South Dakota has passed. 

Nice article on world birding champion Noah Stryker. 

The "Flock" game NBB was talking about.

This podcast is brought to you by Refrigirware! I've been wearing the Women's Vertical Puffer Jacket and it's compact and warm. 

Wildside Nature Tours offers a lot of trips! Come with me to Honduras or even better...Israel.

Do you know a birder between 16 - 20? Apply for this scholarship. 

You may have heard that we have an ivory gull in Minnesota...it cause some drama. I made up a post of some of my favorite memes and gifs as well as memes made during the ivory gull saga to sum up what an emotional turmoil these gulls have caused. 

Some guys defending poachers who were convicted of arson of covering their crimes have taken over Malheur NWR and birders are supposed to take it back. Anonybirders. 

Birding Star Wars shirts for birders who are protesting the new Star Wars movie. 

Thank you, Annie Aguirre for the art and incorporating my feelings about snowy owls and my love of Pokemon. 

What? We are giving away something from Mincing Mockingbird? It's the third book Prolonging Revenge Through Reincarnation: The Paintings of the Mincing Mockingbird Volume III Hardcover Art Book.

If you don't win the book, buy something from Mincing Mocking bird--his stuff is great and a perfect gift for birders of all abilities. How can you not love this cardinal?

We are also giving away notebooks and honey in this podcast. 

And here's George Plimpton's Video Falconry.

A story with links to video of golden eagles hunting reindeer calves. 

Non Birding Bill's other podcast: Movie Date With Bill.

Here's a great video of humans cosplaying as the Superb Bird of Paradise:

Here's a video showing the actual bird and it shows how the feathers create the shapes. 

Some political candidate doesn't do well with a bald eagle in a photo shoot.

Wisdom the albatross has returned and at age 64 she's mating...will she lay an egg?

Best birding headline of the year. 

Taylor Swift and the dotterels.

Owl lands on a birder's head and everyone got pictures. 

Apparently pigeons can be quite adept at interpreting mammogram results. 

We're getting a hint of how cowbirds (a brood parasite) figure out that they are cowbirds after being raised by other species. 

Things get weird in France when conservationists try to stop poaching.

Three kiskadees in South Dakota...that is nuts. 

Non Birding Bill's other podcast--Movie Date with Bill!

Sharon was a guest on A Reel Education Noir Podcast. 

Old bird nests reveal papers from the 18th century.

A bird voting scandal in New Zealand. 

 

This podcast is brought to you by Wildside Nature Tours. They offer a variety of tours.

Check out the delightful Brome Birding News Cast.

Audubon takes a firm stance in favor of collecting the mustached kingfisher for science. 

Also, here is the article that "literally" make a reader sick. #NotTheHummers.

Project SNOWstorm is up and running and here is their first blog post about this winter's snowy owls. 

I'm up for a blog award over at BirdWatch...vote for BirdGirl. 

Some of the wind turbines at Altamont Pass are shutting down. 

Fascinating article on a lot we didn't know about how West Nile Virus affected birds other than crows. 

How birds decided to navigate the Gulf of Mexico during migration.

Snowy owls are showing up in big numbers for the third winter in a row. Don't freak out. Enjoy them responsibly. Check out Project SNOWstorm. 

Why the biologist who had been studying birds in Guadalcanal euthanized one bird for research and conservation purposes. 

FYI same sex pairing is kinda natural. 

What? A bird watching presidential candidate??

Craves Barn Owl. 

Are Eurasian cuckoos and North American cowbirds involved in an exchange program?

Operation Migration is having some issues. Check it out and make your voice heard.

If you are 62 or older you already qualify for a Senior Pass which for $10 gets you into any federal park (NPS, BLM, US Fish, etc) for free but Thursday, October 8 you'll be able to get the lifetime pass for free. 

Shell halts Arctic Drilling.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is being reinterpreted which could have devastating consequences for birds. 

Guess what this is!