Bill Thompson, III talks with Victor Emanuel and discusses his inspiration for creating a worldwide birding and nature tour company.

Bill Thompson, III talks with birdJam cofounders Jay Davis and Denese VanDyne about the origins and potential of birdJam.

Author Donald Kroodsma discusses the art and science behind listening to bird songs.

Artist, author, and naturalist Julie Zickefoose reads Paradise Lost, an essay from her latest book, Letters from Eden.

Tropical birding expert Alvaro Jaramillo took a side trip to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), which became one of the best experiences of his birding life.

Lang Elliott, the mighty maven of bird sound in North America, talks about his inspiration and renowned work in recording nature sounds.

Birding all-star Kenn Kaufman talks about his life with birds, his early days as a bird watcher, his latest field guides, the great Roger Tory Peterson, and the future of birding.

Bird artist Keith Hansen stepped out of his Bolinas, California art studio one morning and had a mind-blowing hawk encounter. In a matter of moments five different hawk species flew past Keith as he stood watching. In this episode of This Birding Life, Keith tells the story of his Five Hawk Experience.

This Birding Life ventures beyond the borders of the U.S. for this episode, heading south to Guatemala and the ancient Mayan city of Tikal. There, host Bill Thompson, III, Julie Zickefoose, and Jeff Gordon discuss tropical birding and the birds of Tikal from the top of a Mayan temple.