01-09: The Great Canadian Birdathon with Jody Allair

The American Birding Podcast

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Science, Birding, Hobbies, Travel, Birdwatching, Leisure, Aba, Ornithology, Nature, Birds

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Bird Studies Canada is the premier bird conservation organization in Canada, and their annual Great Canadian Birdathon is a the world's oldest sponsored bird race. It's a great way for Canadian birders to support conservation work across the country. Researcher and educator Jody Allair of Bird Studies Canada joins Nate Swick to talk about BSC and the Great Canadian Birdathon, and the conservation priorities in the northern part of the ABA Area.

Also, Nate heads out to search for a Yellow Rail in the marshes of North Carolina, and the ABA is heading to The Biggest Week in American Birding. We hope to see you there!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the American Birding Podcast from the American
0:10.0	Birding Association.
0:11.0	I am your host, Nate Swick, and Spring.
0:14.0	She is finally here after all of the waiting, and I hope that you are out there enjoying it,
0:19.0	perhaps listening to this podcast while
0:21.0	you're on your way somewhere to enjoy it. It's such a frantic time for the birds, obviously,
0:26.7	but also for birders, everything feels like it is happening all at once, and you just can't miss it.
0:33.1	I will go on record as one who prefers the sort of more easy-going fall migration, where birds
0:38.3	you know, sort of take their time, they'll hang out a bit if conditions are good.
0:42.3	I like my migration stretched out over five months and sort of crammed into two weeks like
0:47.3	it feels like spring does sometimes.
0:49.3	But even I cannot deny the appeal of warblers and Orioles and Tanagers, all in full song,
0:56.5	and often after a long winter you are ready to get out and about again.
1:01.1	And honestly, I think the anxiety that a birder feels knowing that you really only get
1:06.0	like one or two shots at a really great spring morning is part of the nature of the season. You just roll with it.
1:12.1	And if you get one of those days, it is mind-blowing and it is all the more appealing because
1:16.9	of its relative scarcity. One of the keys for that mind-blowing experience is to put yourself
1:23.2	in the right place. And as this podcast is published on May 4th, I'm doing just that.
1:30.3	Maybe as you were listening to me, I am driving up to the biggest week in Northern Ohio to
1:35.1	join the ABA contingent at the event there.
1:38.3	We are excited to once again be an event co-host this year.
1:42.4	We'll have a booth at the Mommy Bay Lodge. I'll be helping
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