My guest is Derek Sallmann, one half of the sibling-duo behind Badgerland Birding, a popular YouTube channel with a focus on birding, bird-feeding and nature in general. They recently launched a new birding podcast: The Badgerland Birding podcast. You can also find Derek and his brother Ryan, out and around Wisconsin, leading birding tours.

For more from Derek and Badgerland Birding, check out the following:

• Blog - http://badgerlandbirding.wordpress.com
• YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@BadgerlandBirding
• Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/7wtoWCxAaj0dvQuXq2nxYD?si=e9365264ac694f5f
• Their YouTube Episode on the Grenada Dove -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqEQkzqRugc

Chapters

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:57 - Derek’s Recent “First of the Year” Birding
• 06:54 - How Derek Became Interested in Birding
• 10:39 - Derek’s Earliest memory of a Bird
• 11:33 - Derek’s Memorable Encounter with a Bird: Grenada Dove
• 14:06 - Bird of the Episode: Snowy Owl
• 25:02 - How the Badgerland Birding YouTube Channel Began
• 33:58 - Derek Shares about the new Badgerland Birding Podcast
• 38:04 - Derek Shares One Last Thing 
• 38:44 - Outro

For pictures of the Snowy Owl taken by Derek and Ryan, please check out @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram. 

Thank you for listening!