Bird’s Eye View

By Mathew G. RadfordScience Health & Fitness Mental Health Natural Sciences Nature

Bird’s Eye View episodes

June 05, 2024 S2 E23: The Radford Review. March-May 2024.
As we occasionally do, Levi and I sat down and chatted about a variety of topics including local spring migration, itinerant breeding, facultative brood parasitism, Magee Marsh, and Merlin! Enjoy and thank you for listening to the latest Radford Review!
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1 hr 9 min
May 29, 2024 S2 E22: Birding with Balance. US and Iowa birding adventures with Brandon Caswell.
In this episode, I had a great chat with Brandon Caswell about his birding in the US and Iowa. We chat about chasing rarities, Iowa Warblers, edible fungus, close calls with armed men, and much more! Thank you, Brandon!
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1 hr 28 min
May 22, 2024 S2 E21: A Big Sky Big Year. Montana birding with Dalton Spencer.
In this episode I had a great chat with Dalton about his 2022 Montana big year when he saw way over 300 species of birds in the Big Sky State. He shared many great stories! Thank you, Dalton!

Follow these links to explore birding in Montana...

Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Custer Gallatin National Forest

Birding Hotspots | Montana Audubon

Montana Bird Advocacy

Wings Across the Big Sky | Montana Audubon

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1 hr 47 min
May 15, 2024 S2 E20: See the Invisible. Birds and the big black hole of mothing with Carl Barrentine.
I had a great conversation with Carl Barrentine about winter roost site fidelity in White-crowned Sparrows, coloniality in Barn Swallows, California western toads, family lepidoptera, and the big black hole of mothing! Carl has inspired me to see things I've never seen before! This podcast will get you excited about moths and mothing!

Follow these links for moth information...
National Moth Week – Exploring Nighttime Nature
Mothing and Moth-watching page on Facebook

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1 hr 36 min
May 08, 2024 S2 E19: Live From Sky Islands. Birding NM and AZ with Jim Kettlekamp and me.
Listen to us live in the field, as we encountered many great 2024 southwest birds across New Mexico and Arizona. My sky island lifers were...

1. Cassin’s Vireo
2. Red-faced Warbler
3. Whiskered Screech-Owl
4. White-eared Hummingbird
5. Buff-breasted Flycatcher
6. Spotted Owl
7. Greater Pewee
8. Mexican Chickadee
9. Hermit Warbler
10. Brown-crested Flycatcher
11. Hooded Oriole
12. Berylline Hummingbird
13. Costa’s Hummingbird
14. Five-striped Sparrow
15. Northern Beardless-T
16. Gilded Flicker
17. Olive Warbler
18. Bendire’s Thrasher
19. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
20. LeConte's Thrasher
21. Ridgway’s Rail
22. Gray Vireo

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41 min
May 01, 2024 S2 E18: I Put Down Roots With My Heart. Birds and Bears with conservation photojournalist Annalise Kaylor.
Annalise Kaylor is a wildlife photographer and conservation photojournalist whose work has taken her around the world! We chat about her love for birds, her recent lifers, and her work with bears. She gives great tips and suggestions about staying safe in bear country. Thank you, Annalise!

Follow these links to learn more about Annalise and listen to her podcast...

Annalise Kaylor Website

The PhotoWILD Podcast and PhotoWILD Magazine

Great books recommended by and comments by Annalise...

An Immense World by Ed Yong - probably one of the best nature writers of all time for me - he’s incredible!!!

Pests by Bethany Brookshire - in my top three books of 2023.

Dominion of Bears by Sherry Simpson - a must read for anyone curious about bears.

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul - His writing is nothing short of mesmerizing, and if you get the chance to hear him speak, GO. Anything he writes is tremendous. I don’t know many writers who can communicate dense, intense science information with prose like Weidensaul.

Thank you!!!
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1 hr 24 min
April 24, 2024 S2 E17: Through the Land of Enchantment. A return birding trip to Arizona via New Mexico.
In this episode I chat about the current birds of Oklahoma, a 2020 birding trip to New Mexico and Arizona, and a return trip to the same states this month!
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28 min
April 17, 2024 S2 E16: Let Nature Take Care of It. Tamaulipan thornscrub stewardship with master naturalist Camille Rich.
Camille Rich is a native Texan and Texas master naturalist who owns and is steward over El Mesteno Ranch and Arboretum. It is a wonderful piece of native Tamaulipan thornscrub. We had a great chat about the ups and downs of land stewardship, and she discussed many of the species found there. Thank you, Camille!

Follow these links to learn more! ...

El Mesteño Ranch and Arboretum

Camille Marie on Facebook

Camille Marie on Instagram
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1 hr 2 min
April 10, 2024 S2 E15: Live From Round Rock. Birds, bats, and an eclipse with Mathew, Virginia, and Lindsey.
We had a fantastic weekend in Round Rock, Texas finding Golden-cheeked Warblers, watching thousands of Free-tailed Bats, and viewing 2024 totality!
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26 min
April 03, 2024 S2 E14: Lucifer Capital of the World. The Christmas Mountains Oasis with Carolyn Ohl.
Carolyn Ohl has owned and managed the Christmas Mountains Oasis since the 70s. It is a birding hotspot and the Lucifer Hummingbird capital of the world. We had a great chat! Follow these links to learn more and donate...

CHRISTMAS MOUNTAINS OASIS BLOG

CHRISTMAS MOUNTAINS OASIS FACEBOOK GROUP
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56 min

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Birds, birding, and the natural world! Bird's Eye View is a podcast about the birds of the United States and the world in which they live. We take a bird's-eye-view as we explore topics related to…