Flocktales

It's migration season, everyone, which means BABY BIRDS aren't far behind! This episode, we explore some of the most fabulous and maybe not so fabulous nests. From the elaborate to the confusing, birds have all sorts of ways to raise their young, and we're so excited to share them with you! Some housekeeping notes as well, Flocktales will be switching to an every-other week release for the foreseeable future. We'll see you in a couple of weeks!

These are the birds that started it all! We recount the birds that inspire, move, and helped us to walk the path of birding. We're the proof that it's never too late to start and passion can be found at any age!

Okay, whoever says Taylor Swift isn't a Flocktales icon, this episode is for YOU! That's right, in honor of Flocktales feeling 22, we're dedicating a whole episode to the Swifts (mostly the birds, but also the artist). From the drab to the dapper, this week we cover four amazing Swift species we're so excited to share with you!

Drink up, everyone! Our podcast turns 21 this episode so we're of course capitalizing on that as much as we possibly can. This week we chat with two of our friends, Sagara and Debra, about all the drunk birds (some mammals included) that get drunk and what happens to them when they do. Huge thank you to all of our listeners for getting us to this important milestone. We love you all (and not just because we're intoxicated)!

All aboard the Badass Train! This week we talk about some more incredible BIPOC womxn and woxmxn led organizations in STEM. These scientists and leaders are taking names and seriously challenging how science approaches people in the outdoors and changing what the face of research and outreach looks like.

WELL IT'S LADIES' NIGHT! AND THIS STEM'S SO TIGHT! YEAH IT'S LADIES NIGHT! OH WHAT A NIGHT!! More like a ladies episode because this week we're sharing some awesome BIPOC women in STEM and the amazing organizations they run! This week we cover Harriet Tubman (and yes, she IS the same Harriet Tubman you're thinking of), #BlackBirdersWeek, Georgia Silvera Seamens, and Rue Mapp founder of Outdoor Afro.

Our last installment of Boobies covers perhaps the wildest species yet! No offense to the Masked Booby but we're gonna talk a whole lot about Abbott's Boobies (the bird). The root of all boobies! It's boobies all the way down! But maybe not all the way down because as awesome as all these species are, they all face some significant conservation issues. Join us as we wrap up the Boobycast!

We've got another fantastic pair of Booby species for you today! And as if we needed another excuse to be distracted, today we also try out a drinking game that pairs nicely with the Brown Booby and the Red-footed Booby. Listen to us fail at a game of our own design as we continue gushing about some of the most adorable Booby species yet!

We continue on our fantastic adventure of the worlds Booby species! This week we're traveling to coastal Peru to check out the Peruvian and Nazca Boobies. Between the Humboldt Current, guano, and the Galapagos islands, there is so much to explore with these amazing and goofy birds!

Check out these boobies!!! Yes, we're children, but it's hard not to get excited when it comes to these incredibly goofy and amazing birds! True to form your four favorite bird nerds get sidetracked, but these bodacious birdies are totally worth gushing about!