On our way to Uganda to get started on the familiarization tour that was part of the African Bird Expo, we had a long layover in Dubai....so we took that opportunity to bird another part of the world!

Don’t forget our #BirdNerdGiveaway!  Tell us a birding festival you’ve been to - or would like to go to. Deadline is December 28. Email, use the hashtag, or message us with your answer. 

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Show notes

San Diego Bird Festival
Bird Uganda Safaris
Port Saeed Plaza
Rove City Center Hotel
Airport View Hotel

eBird hotspots

Port Saeed Plaza
Airport View Hotel

Birds Mentioned

Marabou Stork
Woodland Kingfisher
Hamerkop
White-eared Bulbul
Eurasian Hoopoe
Asian Pied Starling

Intro Bird Call: Killdeer (Recorded: August 2019 Pacific, WA)
Outro Bird Call: Belted Kingfisher (Recorded: August 2019 Pacific, WA)

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As always, we had an amazing time at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival.  Finishing up our report with chasing vagrants, eating, Big Day-ing, and some more new stuff to see and do.

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Show notes

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Sabal Palm Sanctuary
Station 1 Bar and Grill
La Playa Mexican Cafe 

eBird hotspots

Texas Big Day
Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Birds Mentioned

Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Common Pauraque
Wood Stork
Aplomado Falcon 

Intro Bird Call: scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Recorded April 2021, Galveston, TX)
Outro Bird Call: Crimson-collared Grosbeak (Recorded: November 2021 Hidalgo, TX)

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It sure feels good to get back to the Rio Grande Valley for the annual birding festival!  Friends, fun, food, and birds - what more could you want?  Listen in for new places to go and old favorites.

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Show notes

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
San Diego Bird Festival
Parthenogenesis in Condors
Audubon for All
Nana’s Taqueria
SpaceX website
Rocket Ranch
Smoke BBQ
Battle of Palmito Hill

eBird hotspots

Whole RGVBF Trip Report (Beta testing)
“Fruitless” rarity search at UTRGV
Palmito Hill Rd
Rocket Ranch
End of Boca Chica Rd

Birds Mentioned

Social Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
White-tailed Hawk

Intro Bird Call: Long-billed Thrasher (Recorded May 2018 Hidalgo, Texas)
Outro Bird Call: Laughing Gulls (Recorded: April 2021 Galveston, Texas)

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The winds a-howlin' and there's birds zipping past! Hannah and Erik give seawatching a concerted effort and improve their seawatching skills.  And Dr. Sarah Saunders and David Pavlik join to discuss storms, birds, and how a changing climate will impact that.

#BirdNerdGiveaway: Enter to win hot sauce from Aves Spice Co. by emailing, responding to our posts, or using #BirdNerdGiveaway with your answer to.... Pick a bird and then pick out flavors that you would use to represent that bird. 

Deadline: Nov 16, 2021 
(Hannah says Nov 23 in the episode - but that was an error)

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Show notes

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
San Diego Bird Festival
Survival by Degrees:
Audubon Climate Watch
From Heavier Rainfall to Stronger Storms, Can Birds Ride Out the Storm?

eBird hotspots

Silver Point day after the storm
Silver Point as winds picked up before storm made landfall

Intro Bird Call: Pink-footed Shearwater (Recorded: July 2020 Off the Coast of Washington)
Outro Bird Call: Black-necked Stilt (Recorded: (as a vagrant) May 2020 Cannon Beach, OR)

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Hannah and Erik sneak in a little birding on a family Disneyland trip.  They visit a few nearby hotspots for some targets and even get a lifer in Disneyland!  

Bird Nerd Giveaway: 5:30
Main Story at: 13:15

Show notes
Elegant Tern Drone Article
Asbury Games; coupon code: GOBIRDING for 20% off, ends Nov. 7
Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
San Diego Bird Festival
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve; Wikipedia
Bolsa Chica Oil Spill

Birds discussed
California Gnatcatcher
Swinhoe’s White-eye
Ridgeway’s Rail
Elegant Tern

 eBird hotspots
Disneyland
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Intro Bird Call: Killdeer (Recorded May 2019, Cannon Beach, OR)
Outro Bird Call: California Gnatcatcher (Recorded October 2021, Orange, California)

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Teacher Tom joins Hannah and Erik to discuss TikTok and what's that got to do with birds. 

Also, listen in for this month's Bird Nerd Giveaway!  To participate use #BirdNerdGiveaway on social media or email us at [email protected] with your answer to the following question: What kind of non-traditional big year have you done or would you like to do?

One winner will be randomly selected to win a Birding Big Year Game courtesy of Asbury Games.  Deadline is October 19, 2021.

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Show notes
TikTok - Birds of the Week
Asbury Games
Meet the TikTokers Upending Outdoor Influencer Culture
Asbury Games on Etsy Coupon code: GOBIRDING for 20% off, ends Nov. 7

Intro Bird Call: American Robin (Recorded: April 2020 Tillamook, OR)
Outro Bird Call: Pacific Wren (Recorded: April 2020 Cannon Beach, OR)

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Hannah and Erik had a great time exploring southeast Arizona during the monsoon season - lots to see and cool places to explore!  And they got to participate in another birding festival! Win-win!

Bird Nerd Giveaway: 8:20

Main Story at: 12:30

Show notes

‘Endemix’ YouTube video
Bird Nerd by Steven Klingler
Black Raven Brewery
Ornitherapy
Global Birding Weekend
October Big Day
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
Mount Lemmon, Arizona
Sarah Plummer Lemmon
Incinerator Ridge on Mt. Lemmon
El Guero Canelo
James Beard
1055 Brewing
Saguaro National Park - Petroglyphs
El Charro Cafe
Sabino Canyon

Birds discussed:

Yellow-eyed Junco
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Grace's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Thick-billed Kingbird
Gilded Flicker

eBird hotspots

Incinerator Ridge
Middle Bear picnic Area
Sweetwater Wetlands
Santa Gertrudis Ln
Signal Hill Saguaro NP

Intro Bird Call: Brown Creeper (Recorded September 22nd, 2021 Cannon Beach, OR)
Outro Bird Call: Yellow-breasted Chat (Recorded August 2021, Arizona)

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Freya and Virginia tell Hannah and Erik all about Birdability, whose mission is to share the joys of birding with people who have disabilities, and to ensure birding is accessible for everybody.

Also...September #BirdNerdGiveaway: share with us how birding has benefitted your mind, body, or soul. 

Bird Nerd Giveaway: 7:45
Main Story at: 16:50

Show notes

Global Bird Weekend
Garbanotas Pelikanas
Birdability
Ornitherapy

Intro Bird Call: Yellow-breasted Chat (Recorded August 2021, Arizona)

Outro Bird Call: Bell’s Vireo (Recorded August 2021, Arizona)

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Madera Canyon, just outside of Green Valley, AZ, is a magical place with lots of amazing things to see.  Hannah and Erik discussed it in a previous episode, but were drawn back for more.  They spent all day birding Box and Madera Canyons and the night at Santa Rita Lodge looking for night species.

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Show notes
eBird Taxonomy Update
Mew Gull eBird
Madera Canyon
Santa Rita Lodge
Coronado National Forest
Octoillo
Friends of Haystack Rock
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Alpenglow
Merlin App
ABA Ethics

Birds discussed:
Botteri's Sparrow
Lucifer Hummingbird
Varied Bunting
Five-striped Sparrow
Whiskered Screech-Owl

 eBird hotspots

Botteri’s Sparrow list
Five-striped Sparrow stakeout Day 2, Day 1
Santa Rita lodge Feeders
Madera Canyon top of parking lot

 Intro Bird Call: Botteri’s Sparrow (Recorded August 15th Pima, Arizona)

Outro Bird Call: Varied Bunting (Recorded August 12th Pima Arizona)

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Hannah goes on a solo adventure with the United States Fish & Wildlife Service Tufted Puffin Survey Team to survey for Tufted Puffins along the Oregon coast.

Bird Nerd Giveaway at: 17:06

Main Story at: 19:31

Show notes
Friends of Haystack Rock
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
The Town of Bayocean
Perseid Meteor Shower
Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge

eBird hotspots

 Intro Bird Call: Marbled Murrelet (Recorded July 2019, Oregon)

Outro Bird Call: Pink-footed Shearwater (Recorded July 2020, Washington)

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