Birding for Joy

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Birding for Joy episodes

June 17, 2025 Hot Days, Cool Birding
Beat the summer heat this summer with some cool birding ideas!
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The Bird for Joy podcast is recorded and produced by Candi Lynn Fite.
"Hope Hop" music composed by Ever Bliss Music, permission with commercial license via Premium Beat.
Written lyrics "Bird for Joy's Sake" written by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork created by Candi Lynn Fite.
16 min
June 02, 2025 How Experiencing Joy & Birding Can Be Acts of Resistance
In today's episode, we discuss how joy is an antidote to fear and how birding for joy can be a quiet act of resistance in today's troubling times.
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The Bird for Joy podcast is recorded and produced by Candi Lynn Fite.
"Hope Hop" music composed by Ever Bliss Music, permission with commercial license via Premium Beat.
Written lyrics "Bird for Joy's Sake" written by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork created by Candi Lynn Fite.
26 min
May 15, 2025Birding for Joy: Final Migration Thoughts, Backyard Nestlings, & Yellow-billed Cuckoos
A few comings and goings in late spring migration.
Backyard nest watch.
Yellow-billed Cuckoos are back!
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This podcast is created and recorded by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork is created by Candi Lynn Fite
Music: "Beautiful Rainbow" by Victor Music, Music Standard License with Envato Market
19 min
May 09, 2025When Life Gets You Down, Look to the Birds
How birding can be a natural remedy for anything negative going on in our lives.
Spring migration comings & goings
Smitten with pigeons
World Migratory Bird Day, May 10, 2025
eBird's Global Big Day, May 10, 2025
Feb. episode about how to do a bird count
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This podcast is created and recorded by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork is created by Candi Lynn Fite
Music: "Beautiful Rainbow" by Victor Music, Music Standard License with Envato Market
17 min
May 02, 2025 Keep Cats Indoors, Reduce Plastic Use, & Why It Has Taken Me 3 Weeks to Release This Episode
A wrap-up of the 7 simple actions to living a bird-friendly lifestyle, keeping cats indoors, and reducing plastic use. And I share why it has taken me 3 weeks to release an episode.
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This podcast is created and recorded by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork is created by Candi Lynn Fite
Music: "Beautiful Rainbow" by Victor Music, Music Standard License with Envato Market
21 min
April 11, 2025 Lights Out, Bird-friendly Windows, & a Lunch Date with a European Starling
It's spring migration! In this episode, we discuss going lights out during peak migration hours and treating windows to keep birds safe and live a bird-friendly lifestyle. The host shares a story about her lunch date with a European Starling.
Dark Sky.org Website
Why Birds Hit Windows & How We Can Help
American Bird Conservancy
Bird Cast Migration Maps
Acopian Birdsavers
Window Gems-Save Birds Beautifully!
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This podcast is created and recorded by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork is created by Candi Lynn Fite
Music: "Beautiful Rainbow" by Victor Music, Music Standard License with Envato Market
21 min
March 31, 2025 Help Protect Birds by Ditching Pesticides
This episode discusses how pesticides affect birds and helpful tips and solutions to avoid using pesticides around your home. Plus two spring migration surprises.
Keep Harmful Pesticide Language out of Next Farm Bill
How to Contact Your State Reps
Article about "sub-lethal" effects of pesticides on birds
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This podcast is created and recorded by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork is created by Candi Lynn Fite
Music: "Beautiful Rainbow" by Victor Music, Music Standard License with Envato Market
23 min
March 21, 2025 Birding for Joy: State of the Birds 2025 Key Findings
We hit a pause on Birding for Joy's scheduled content to discuss the key findings of the State of the Birds 2025 report. Also mentioned is the controversial proposed Texas bill to eliminate the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
State of the Birds 2025
Latest Tipping Point Species Report
Article about Texas Proposed Bill to Eliminate the TPWD
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This podcast is created and recorded by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork is created by Candi Lynn Fite
Music: "Beautiful Rainbow" by Victor Music, Music Standard License with Envato Market
18 min
March 07, 2025 Growing Native for the Birds: How to Start a Native Plant Initiative in Your Community
If you are interested in planting native plants to help birds, and you are curious about starting a bird-friendly, native plant initiative in your community, this episode of Birding for Joy is for you.
Homegrown National Park
HNP Resources
National Wildlife Federation-Join the Movement
NWF Community Wildlife Habitat Program
NWF Tips, Tools, & Videos

21 min
February 27, 2025 Choose Native Plants to Help Shelter and Nourish Birds, Part 2
In today's episode, we continue discussing how native plants support birds by providing shelter and sources of food, one of the 7 actions we can take to live bird-friendly.
7 Simple Actions to Live Bird Friendly
Audubon Native Plant Finder
National Wildlife Federation
Container Native Gardening by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Nurture Native Nature Container Gardening
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This podcast is created and recorded by Candi Lynn Fite
Podcast artwork is created by Candi Lynn Fite
Music: "Beautiful Rainbow" by Victor Music, Music Standard License with Envato Market

18 min

About Birding for Joy

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The Birding for Joy podcast show celebrates all the ways birds bring joy into our lives. Join Candi Lynn Fite weekly as she shares her experiences with the wild birds she encounters while out birding in rural south-central Texas and the various places she travels.