What does every community need? A store specializing in bird feeding and naturalist knowledge, of course. In Missoula, we have the Naturalist's Mercantile, the ultimate nature geeks emporium. The store's co-owner, Mat Seidensticker, talks with about the s

Tristan Reid is the Inked Naturalist, who over the last 20 months has been tattooed with 24 birds that are representative of the Turkey. His tattoos have gone up both arms and even into his head. He did all this as a method of raising awareness of propose

I spent the day with Denver Holt and staff of the Owl Research Institute as they captured Long-eared Owls for their research. We were also joined by a dozen students from a local high school as part of their wildlife biology class. We observed 12 Long-ear

Forrest Rowland is a guide and coordinator for Rockjumper Worldwide, a birding tour company. We discuss the positive and negative impacts of birding tourism as well as Oman and how he finding Montana birding. Forrest is entertaining and thoughtful as he

Imagine trekking in Tibet, seeing the sunrise at Machu Picchu, and learning about cultures other than your own. Well, that is exactly what John Eickert does for living. We have a great conversation about his adventures around this little blue marble.

The Birding Balancing Act with Bill Schmoker  In this episode of the More Than Birds Podcast, I talk to Bill Schmoker, a birder, teacher, and father, about balancing birding and life, the latest birding gadgets, and a little bit about digiscoping, at wh

In this episode of the More Than Birds Podcast, I talk to Konchog Norbu, an American Buddhist monk, birder, and friend, about Buddhism, spirituality, and mindfulness as it relates to birding. We discuss gateway birds, listing obsession, and birding trave