Aarik Danielsen is an essayist, poet, and pop-culture journalist in middle America. Join us for a journey through birds in songs, from Sheryl Crow to the Beatles Blackbird. BONUS: Check out the curated Spotify playlist Aarik made just for us!

Links from Aarik's show:

Birdsongs Spotify Playlist (or search "Birdsongs" and look for the list by Aarik)

Aarik's website

Aarik on Twitter

Aarik on Facebook

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

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Come learn from one of the most fabulous bird photographers out there - Jocelyn Anderson! From the woods and marshes of Michigan to perseverance in craft, we talk all things birds and hope.

Links from Jocelyn's show:

Jocelyn's website

Jocelyn on Twitter

Jocelyn on Facebook

Jocelyn on Instagram

Jocelyn on YouTube

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

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Courtney talks to author Aaric Eisenstein about his books of birding wisdom, his Jewish faith, and finding hope through interfaith dialogue.

Links from Aaric's show:

Aaric's books

Aaric's website

Twitter

Facebook

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

⁠⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠⁠

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

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Let's count some birds! Join Jenna Curtis from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Elaine Chen from the New York Times to learn about this important project, how you can help, and what they hope to learn.

Links from this show:

NYTimes Summer Birding Project

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

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Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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Courtney speaks with Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, an advocate for creation care who came to environmentalism through his faith. (Turns out it needn't be a partisan political issue! Who knew?) Learn where he's finding hope amidst some alarming climate news, small steps we can each take to live more gently on the earth, how to talk to friends and neighbors about stewardship, and the role of curiosity in tethering us to one another.

Links from Kyle's show:

Following Jesus in a Warming World

Kyle's Website

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠

⁠E-Bird⁠

⁠iNaturalist⁠

⁠Seek⁠

The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

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Courtney speaks with Nate Swick, digital content manager for the American Birding Association. Hear what first got him into birding, making a living with birds, the birds of Colombia, and what's coming up for the ABA. Plus: have you ever seen a yellow-breasted chat?

Links from Nate's show:

Nate at the ABA

The American Birding Podcast

Nate's Books: Birding for the Curious and a Field Guide to Birds of North Carolina

The Yellow-Breasted Chat

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠

⁠⁠E-Bird⁠⁠

⁠⁠iNaturalist⁠⁠

⁠⁠Seek⁠⁠

The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

Follow Courtney:

⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠

⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠

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⁠⁠Website⁠⁠

Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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Courtney speaks with Traci Rhoads about her hope of finding middle ground with those who hold different viewpoints, her book Shaky Ground, and the joy of Michigan's cardinals.

Links from Traci's show

Shaky Ground

Not All Who Wander (Spiritually) Are Lost

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

Follow Courtney:

Twitter

Website

Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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Courtney talks to Portland-based acquisitions editor and author Paul Pastor, author of Bower Lodge: Poems and The Listening Day about surprising places to find hope, the importance of untamed spaces, and avian nature of hope.

Plus: the most charming Stellar's jay story you'll ever encounter.

Links from Paul's show:

Bower Lodge: Poems

The Listening Day

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

Merlin Bird ID

E-Bird

iNaturalist

Seek

Follow Paul:

Twitter

Paul's Website

Instagram

The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

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Many thanks to Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain. Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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Courtney talks to Wisconsin birder Molly Jasinski about how the grace of backyard birds when you're stuck indoors, the beauty of cardinals, the delight of birding photos, and why tufted titmice seem straight out of the mind of Disney.

Links from Molly's show

Birds & Blooms Magazine

Tufted Titmouse Info and Pictures

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

Merlin Bird ID

E-Bird

iNaturalist

Seek

Follow Molly:

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

Follow Courtney:

Twitter

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Website

Many thanks to Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain. Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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Courtney learns from Birding Magazine's Frank Izaguirre about what makes a good bird book, his work with Birding Magazine and the American Birding Association, and the joy inherent within different seasons of birding

Links from Frank's show

Birding Magazine

The American Birding Association

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

Merlin Bird ID

E-Bird

iNaturalist

Seek

Follow Frank:

Twitter

The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

Follow Courtney:

Twitter

Facebook

Website

Many thanks to Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain. Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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