The Thing with Feathers: birds and hope with Courtney Ellis

How can birds help us through the painful pieces of life? Roger Hutchison, author, illustrator, and speaker, serves at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, and came to us for a vibrant conversation about mental health, spirituality, birds, and hope.

Links from Roger's show:

The Art of Calm

Sparrow's Prayer

Roger's Website

Roger on Instagram

Roger on Facebook

Birding links:

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The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Sarah L. Sanderson is the author of The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate. We talk birding in Cameroon, the glory of bald eagles, and what it means to face down hard histories and work for justice.

Links from Sarah's show:

Sarah's book: The Place We Make

Sarah on Twitter

Sarah on Facebook

Sarah's Website

Birding links:

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The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Courtney's husband Daryl comes back to update us on his birding progress, chat about all things natural theology, and brings us the joy of a black-billed magpie.

Birding links:

⁠⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠⁠

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The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Anita Peebles believes that wonder and curiosity are holy practices, that studying the ecology of a community can be a fascinating practice, and that chickadees can be messengers.

Join us on this episode of The Thing With Feathers as we learn from this birding Baptist pastor.

Links from Anita's show:

New Directions for Holy Questions (Anita's book)

Anita's website

Birding links:

⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠

⁠⁠e-Bird⁠⁠

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The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Poet Jody Collins has a way with words and a love for birds! Hear a few verses from her new book, "Mining the Bright Birds," and the story of our favorite fan mail yet on The Thing With Feathers.

Links from Jody's show:

Jody's website & book

Birding links:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠e-Bird⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Carol Pope Gordon is a Midwesterner with an eye for capturing the whimsical world of birds. From goofy puffins to soaring osprey, she takes us on a journey into the world of birding photography.

Links from Carol's show:

Carol on Twitter

Carol on Bluesky

The famous puffin photo

Birding links:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Tigers! Tragopans! Tea! Birder and photographer Mohit Mehta reminds us of how birds help us to be present in the moment as he shares the beauties of the birds of India.

Links from Mohit's show:

Mohit on Twitter

Mohit's blog

Birding links:

⁠⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠e-Bird⁠⁠⁠

Follow The Thing With Feathers:

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The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Laura Fabrycky is a theologian and birder interested in finding (and learning from!) the forgotten things. From female birds to female saints, we dive deep into the many intersections between the avian world and the world of faith.

Links from Laura's show:

Laura's website

Laura's book (Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus)

Laura's article, The Birds and the Beguines (Comment Mag)

Kenn Kaufman's article on female birds

Birding links:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠e-Bird⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow The Thing With Feathers:

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The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Ecologist Anuj Ghimire has PhD in Zoology with a focus on house sparrows. During his relatively short time in North Dakota he's seen over 500 owls. On today's episode of The Thing With Feathers, Anuj guides us through winter birding, the birds of the Dakotas and Minnesota, and the birds of Nepal.

Links from Anuj's show:

⁠⁠Anuj on Twitter⁠

Anuj at NDSU

Anuj's scholarly work

Birding links:

⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠

⁠⁠e-Bird⁠⁠

Follow The Thing With Feathers:

⁠⁠TTWF on Twitter⁠⁠

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⁠⁠TTWF on Facebook⁠⁠

The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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Author of Saints of Feather and Fang, Caryn Rivadeneira is a bird of prey aficionado who believes God plants reminders of grace and justice all around.

Links from Caryn's show:

Saints of Feather & Fang (Broadleaf Books)

Caryn on Twitter

Caryn on Facebook

Caryn on Instagram

Birding links:

⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠

⁠e-Bird⁠

Follow The Thing With Feathers:

⁠TTWF on Twitter⁠

⁠TTWF on Instagram⁠

⁠TTWF on Facebook⁠

The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.

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