In this episode Virginia Meredith discusses the importance of play, outdoor play, and guided intentional play in children.  She gives suggestions on how birds and bird watching can be part of this. 

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In this episode I discuss the Colima Warbler and our quest to find them after a failed first attempt in The Chisos Basin of BBNP. Included are 2 of our Colima Warbler checklists and a couple other great resources on Colima Warblers.

Colima Warbler Pinnacles Trail Checklist

Colima Warbler Boot Spring Checklist

Colima Warbler - Texas Breeding Bird Atlas

Colima Warbler | Audubon Field Guide

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In this episode I share a collection of my poems about Birds.

My brother Wes and I have a collection of poetry in a book...

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In this episode I am joined by Jim Kettelkamp to discuss our trips to find the geographically isolated Kirtland's, Golden-cheeked, and Colima Warblers from 2020-2023. Our checklists for these three great birds are below. Enjoy!

Kirtland's Warbler Checklist

Golden-cheeked Warbler Checklist

Colima Warbler Checklist

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In this episode, Amy Prentice shares her knowledge about cultivating mindful gardens to support backyard birds. She is an expert in ecological gardening. Her family has created a wonderful backyard and garden space for all wildlife, including birds.

Here is a great list of resources from Amy...

National Wildlife Federation - Garden for Wildlife Certification

Homegrown National Park - List of native plant finders.

Pollinator Pathway Certification - this is another certification I like but it refers to pollinators.

Podcast - How to Create a Bird-friendly Yard

Podcast - Bird Population Decline and What Gardeners Can Do to Help

National Audubon Society - bring more birds to your home with native plants

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In this bonus episode, Lindsey Yazzie shares her terrorizing encounter with a Skinwalker deep in the Arizona Navajo Reservation. It terrorized her, her father, and her grandfather for an entire night at her Navajo Grandfather's remote hogan.  

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In this episode, Virginia Meredith gives her perspectives on an incredible trip we took to find birds in the Texas Davis Mountains, Christmas Mountains Oasis, and Chisos Basin. We took the trip, in May of this year, with our good friend Jim and my son Levi. 

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In this episode I am joined by my son Levi Radford. We discuss our 2017 birding year as we chased lifers in several states, connected with many great people, and learned some lessons about birds and life. 

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In this episode, I discuss Parulid Wood Warblers, my journey to find 50 of them in the United States, and a few stories about that journey. 

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In this, my introductory episode, I give a brief bit of my birding back-story. 

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