On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #35 Dr. Valdez and I talk about her birding story, and especially about her research in the Peruvian Amazon.  Her project in the Madre de Díos (Mother of God) mountains in southeastern Peru is documenting the amazing bi.

On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #34 I talk birding with Brad Waggoner.  Brad is a top Washington birder, and an especially avid Kitsap and Clallam County birder.  He is the chairperson of the Washington Rare Birds committee, and one of the most respec.

In this episode I talk with Mike Resch about his quest to see at least half of the species of bird on the state checklist of each of the lower 48 states plus the District of Columbia.  A daunting task, and he is nearly there.  A wild story.  Check it out.

In this episode I looked back at the first 10 episodes of The Bird Banter Podcast.  I've learned a lot, had fun, and think I've gotten better at many aspects of hosting this podcast.  I've certainly had fun, talked with birders I's never have met without.

On this episode I talk with John Patten Moss, a young birder from Georgia, who is also a unicycle enthusiast.  John plans to do a big year in 2020, all while human  powered and traveling on his touring UNICYCLE!  Unbelievable?  Listen and hear about his .

In The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #30 with Peter Wimberger we meet on site at the Slater Museum of Natural History at the University of Puget Sound.  This was a new experience for me, getting out of my studio and doing a recording at the site we are dis.

In this episode Christian and I talk about his recent trip to Attu, the eastern most island off Alaska that is still a part of the U.S. and therefore the American Birding Association Area, as well as his recent guiding experience and his time at the Hog .

In this episode I go solo, and talk about things I'm learning as I take the Cornell University online course:  Ornithology: Comprehensive Bird Biology.  You can find about it here:  https://academy.allaboutbirds.org I talk about bird anatomy and physiolo.

In this episode I talk with the McQuades, a birding couple who are on their 5th consecutive big year in the lower 48 states, and this is their 4th consecutive year of >600 species in the lower 48.  We talk about their birding stories, birding as a couple.

In Episode #26 my guest Tim Larson makes a strong case for the use of poison to eradicate mice from the Farallone Islands off the coast of California.  Rodent infestation of bird breeding islands is a huge issue. Seabirds are facing incredible pressure o.