The Silver State of Birding

In this short episode, Alex and Ned talk about the potential effects of fire on Nevada's birds. With fires of increasing scale, where do the birds go? What can we do?

In this episode, Ned and Alex catch up and talk about recent notable bird sightings in Nevada. The bulk of the episode features Ned and Alex discussing the great diversity of birds and bird habitat one can find in the Silver State. Did you know Nevada has more mountain ranges and woodpecker species than any other state?

In this episode, Ned and Alex catch up on some recent adventures and talk about loons. Recently, Nevada's 12th documented Yellow-billed Loon was seen in Las Vegas, and the situation gathered much attention. This story did have a happy ending and Alex Harper offers more insight into that situation.

In this episode, Ned and Alex discuss the ways they find most useful to learning birds. They reflect on resources and frameworks that helped them learn. Maintain the stoke!

In this episode, recorded from Southeast Farallon Island National Wildlife Refuge, Ned and Alex speculate about disruptions in the environment. This being an El Nino year, there will likely be effects throughout the west on bird behavior. In addition to a little taste of life on the Farallones, Ned and Alex discuss, in typical fashion, their thoughts on bird behavior in the region.

The Dog days of summer are here, and Ned and Alex have microphones! In this episode we finally introduce ourselves in some more detail, and discuss some of our recent observations. Its a slow time of year for rare bird sightings, so we conjecture about migration strategy, song dialects, and why don't Western Kingbirds breed at Las Vegas Wash?

In this shortened Episode, Alex and Ned dissect the various ways in which birders report their notable sightings to the birding community. My how times change.

In this episode Alex and Ned talk about spring migration kicking into gear, and what they have been observing in northern and southern Nevada. Alex and Ned discuss some recent rarity sightings, and give a run down of some Nevada birding events including the Great Basin Bird Observatory's Birdathon and Intermountain west shorebird surveys.

In this episode, Alex and Ned cover recent rarity sightings as well as what our more common species are up to at this time of year. Nevada is a land of contrasts, and this makes for exciting birding. Alex and Ned talk about migrant traps and water sources, as well as adaptations of our birds to these unique and sometimes harsh conditions.

In the first episode of The Silver State of Birding, your hosts Alex Harper and Ned Bohman cover a wide range of topics to introduce you to what you might expect in future episodes. First Alex and Ned ponder the existence of the Cassiar Junco, drawing parallels to the similarly taxonomically confused Iceland Gull complex. After discussing recent rare bird sightings, and trends observed this winter, your hosts highlight the value of community science initiatives like the Christmas Bird Count and Great Basin Bird Observatory's Pinyon Jay Initiative.