Serena Conforte is a birder and guide based in Italy and Berlin. The book Serena recommended: The Wilding: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/book-of-wilding-9781526659309/.

Learn more about European Nightjar.

European Nightjar
•1 ½ oz vodka
•1 ½ oz milk
•1 ½ oz chocolate bar
•½ oz Fernet-Branca
•Ice

Instructions
1.Melt chocolate bar and heat with milk until it creates a smooth ganache (microwave for ease and cool before use)
2.Combine vodka, ganache, and Fernet-Branca in a cocktail shaker with ice
3.Shake shake shake
4.Strain into a chilled martini glass

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Katelyn Davis is an artist, birder, and community builder.

Learn more about White-faced Storm-Petrel.

White-faced Storm Petrel
•2 oz spiced rum
•½ oz Crème de Cacao
•½ oz White Chocolate Liqueur
•1 oz milk product (half-and-half, cream, milk, oat milk, etc)
•Ice
•Chocolate for drizzle

Instructions
1. Drizzle the inside of a chilled martini glass with the chocolate sauce
2. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice and add rum, liqueurs, and milk product.
3. Shake Shake Shake
4. Strain into the martini glass, drizzle with more chocolate sauce

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Sheridan is a birder and guide based in Colorado.

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Cedar Waxwing

• 2 oz bourbon
• ½ oz lime juice
• 5 mint leaves
• 1 ½ tb mixed berries
• ¾ oz Barenjager honey liqueur or simple syrup
• 1 oz club soda
• ice

Instructions

1. In a shaker, combine mint leaves, lime, Barenjager, and berries.
2. Muddle until pulverized.
3. Add bourbon and ice.
4. Shake shake shake
5. Pour it all into an old-fashioned glass.
6. Top with club soda.

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Star is a photographer and birding guide based in El Paso, Texas.

Learn more about Turkey Vultures.

Turkey Vulture
Ingredients
· 1.5 oz reposado tequila 
· 2 oz pineapple juice
· 1/2 oz lime juice
· Ginger beer, to top
· Garnish: A pineapple slice 
· Ice

Instructions
1. Fill a highball glass or copper mug with ice.
2. Add the tequila, pineapple juice, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker with ice 
3. Shake shake shake    
4. Strain the mixture into the prepared glass.
5. Top with ginger beer.
6. Garnish and serve. 

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Tien is a birder and guide based in Vietnam.

Learn more about Orange-breasted Trogons.

Orange-breasted Trogon
Ingredients

· 1 ½ oz Batavia Arrack
· ¾ oz Campari
· 1 ½ oz pineapple juice
· ½ oz orange juice
· ½ oz lime juice
· ½ oz simple syrup
· Ice

Instructions

1. Pour all ingredients in a shaker 
2. Shake shake shake
3. Strain into a glass with fresh ice
4. Garnish with an orange slice

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Raj is an avid birder based in St. Louis.

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Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Ingredients

·       1.5 oz Hpnotiq liqueur 
·       1 oz gin 
·       0.5 oz fresh lime juice 
·       0.5 oz simple syrup
·       Tonic 

Instructions

1.    In a cocktail shaker, add Hypnotic liqueur, gin, lime juice, and simple syrup with ice. 
2.    Shake shake shake 
3.    Strain into a chilled glass filled with ice. 
4.    Slowly pour in tonic to preferred taste 

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Margi Finch is an avid birder and an advocate for getting more people into birding.

Learn more about Harpy Eagles.

Harpy Eagle
Ingredients

• 2 ounces cachaça
• 2 oz pineapple juice
• 2 oz coconut cream
• ½ of a banana
• Ice 

Instructions

1. In a blender, add ice, cachaca, coconut cream, and pineapple juice
2. Cut the banana into pieces, add to blender, and blend until smooth
3. Pour into a glass, decorate with sliced banana

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Tina Morris, author of Return to the Sky, joined Hannah for a mash-up episode of Women Birders (Happy Hour) and Bird Nerd Book Club to highlight her work in field biology and to restore Bald Eagles.

Learn more about Bald Eagles.

Bald Eagle
Ingredients
2 oz Anejo tequila
½ oz grapefruit juice
½ oz Cranberry Juice
¼ oz lime juice
¼ oz lemon juice
¼ oz agave syrup
Salt
Ice

Instructions
1.    Pour all ingredients in a shaker
2.    Shake Shake Shake
3.    Salt the rim of a martini glass and strain the shaker into it

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Kimberly is an advocate for birds, birders, and birding in Oklahoma.

Learn more about Greater Roadrunners.

Greater Roadrunner
Ingredients
1 ½ oz Reposado Tequila
½ oz Curacao
½ oz Honey Syrup
¼ oz lemon juice
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Ice

Instructions
1.    Pour all ingredients in a shaker
2.    Shake Shake Shake
3.    Strain into a glass with fresh ice

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Sudeshna is an avid and competitive birder in India.

Learn more about Narcondam Hornbill.

Narcondam Hornbill
Ingredients
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup water
1 sprig of rosemary
4 figs
6 oz gin
Lemon juice
Ice

Instructions
1. Make the smash: in a pot, heat up sugar, water, and rosemary until sugar has dissolved
2. Then strain into a blender and add in figs 
3. Blend with a few pulses
4. Pour smash mixture, gin, lemon juice, and ice in a shaker
5. Shake shake shake
6. Strain into two glasses

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