I speak with Stephanie Seymour, a singer/songwriter who is also a passionate birder. Stephanie recently released an album of her songs, all featuring birds, with titles such as Blue Jay, Ruby Crowned Kinglet and Veery. She tells me where she got her inspiration for the album, and all about the birds she sees from her back yard in New Jersey. Buy There Are Birds and find out more about Stephanie

From our conversation - further information on the Winter Wren

(Widescreen image: thanks to  Bob Perry for the original photograph)

Find out more about the 

Audubon Christmas Bird Count

and

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

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The Casual Birder Podcast is 2 years old! To celebrate, we took a weekend break to the Isle of Wight to watch birds. Keiron Lee Vine, a keen birder and member of the show's Facebook Group, joined me for a bird walk at RSPB Brading Marshes. The weather was stormy, but we had a great time and saw lots of birds.

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For this special episode for International Podcast Month, join me for a morning stroll around the streets of La Jolla in San Diego, California to discover what birds local residents can see.

List of birds seen:

Northern Mockingbird

Song Sparrow

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Anna’s Hummingbird

Rufous or Allen’s Hummingbird

House Sparrow

European Starling

Collared Dove

Mourning Dove

American Crow

Red-tailed Hawk

Caspian Tern

Herring gull

Western Gull

California Towhee

Brown Pelican

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Even casual birding can turn up surprises. Suzy spends some time looking at the birds in a small London square. And is delighted when a Chiffchaff appears in her garden one day, along with a mixed flock of small birds.

Going to the London Podcast Festival?

Suzy is co-hosting a session there for the Podcast Maker Weekend, along with Sam and Louise from the 90 Minutes or Less Film Fest podcast (@90minfilmfest). The session is about Passion Podcasts and Fan Shows.

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Suzy is supporting International Podcast Month - do take a listen to the awesome shows being released each day. Find details at @podmonth on Twitter or International Podcast Month.com

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More casual birding this week as I sit in my suburban garden in southern England and describe the birds that visit.

The promo is from False Starts Pod. Follow them on Twitter @FalseStartsPod

Birds that visited, or flew over, my garden during the recording of this episode:

Dunnock, Rook, Collared Dove, House Sparrow, European Starling, Wood Pigeon, Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Swifts, Greenfinch, Red Kite.

Contributions from: False Starts Podcast

Links mentioned:

Feeding birds in Summer

http://ww2.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/284908-feeding-birds-in-summer-mythbusting

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/safe-summer-bird-feeding-qa-with-david-bonter/

To find out more about the birds mentioned this week, and to see videos and hear sound clips, visit

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/

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Actor and podcaster Mark Gagliardi joins me in Lake Arrowhead, California, for his first bird walk.

Will it live up to his expectations?

What birds will we see?

Listen and find out!

Shows mentioned:

We Got This! with Mark and Hal

Mark's podcast: Pod & Treasure

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Maximum Fun website

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Birds of Southern California: A Guide to Common & Notable Species (Quick Reference Guides)

Learn more: Bird guide link

To find out more about the birds mentioned this week, and to see videos and hear sound clips, visit allaboutbirds.org

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Amy Chillag is a writer and producer for CNN Special Projects. She is also a casual birdwatcher.

She tells me about the joy she feels at seeing the birds that visit her backyard in Atlanta, Georgia, and the article she wrote about the power of birdwatching for peace of mind:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/12/health/sw-birding-for-health/index.html

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Suzy has lost her voice!

Heather from Sunshine and Powercuts Podcast has kindly stepped in to provide an introduction to this bonus episode. Twice a year, in March and August, Heather hosts the Sunshine Summit, a week of live-streams to recognise and celebrate connections and bring people together from around the world. In August 2018 Heather spoke with Suzy about The Casual Birder Podcast and about Suzy's love of podcasts. This is a lightly edited version of the interview. Do check out the full video of this livestream here: Livestream Video

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Recorded in the garden of our vacation rental in Baja California, Mexico.

The casita had a mature garden, and 13 bird species visited during our first full day there.

Birds mentioned this episode:

Orange-crowned Warbler

Hooded Oriole

Cactus Wren

Turkey Vultures

Common Raven

Gila Woodpecker

White-winged Dove

House Sparrow

Californian Scrub Jay

Northern Cardinal

Lesser Goldfinch

House Finch

Northern Mockingbird

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Birder Jeremy Schwartz, and his colleague Jeff Morgenroth, have created the Backyard Birding card game that is not only fun to play, but will teach people about the birds they might see in the Pacific Northwest where they live.

Visit www.BackyardBirdingGame.com to see videos of gameplay and read the blog posts.

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