01-15: Birds Over the Top with Seabird McKeon

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

A changing climate means a different world for many bird species, particularly seabirds which may find themselves exploring new paths over the top of a melting Arctic. Ocean Researcher Seabird McKeon joins host Nate Swick to talk about one part of the massive global experiment we inadvertently find ourselves in, and what it could mean for birders in either ocean.

Also, Nate discusses the troubling news about a the plans for a border wall on Santa Ana NWR in south Texas. Birders have an opportunity to make their voices heard on this issue, and the ABA provides some guidance. We've also love to hear your #MySantaAna stories, tell us about your experiences in this special place.

Thanks to Global Rescue for supporting this episode of American Birding Podcast. Global Rescue is the ABA's official emergency medial and evacuation provider. When ABA members purchase a Global Rescue membership, a portion of the proceeds go to support ABA conservation and community programs.

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Birding podcast is brought to you by Global Rescue, the
0:03.7	ABA's official emergency medical and evacuation provider. Global Rescue is a worldwide leader
0:08.8	in field rescue, medical evacuation, and security extraction services for more than a decade,
0:13.7	and their industry-leading network of personnel and resources are on call to provide assistance
0:18.3	or evacuation from nearly anywhere on Earth.
0:24.4	When ABA members purchase a Global Rescue membership through the association,
0:27.8	a portion of the proceeds will go to helping ABA programs and conservation.
0:34.1	For more information, go to www.globalrescue.com slash partners slash ABA. Welcome to another episode of the American Birding podcast from the American
0:48.4	Virting Association. I am your host, Nate Swick, and we have a really fascinating episode this time
0:53.8	around. I'll talk about that a little later, and we have a really fascinating episode this time around.
0:54.6	I'll talk about that a little later, but first I want to start off by saying a few things about a bird conservation and birding access issue that has been sort of making the rounds among birders for the last couple weeks.
1:06.0	We at the ABA, along with many in the burning community, been made aware thanks to an article in the
1:11.1	Texas Observer of a plan to construct part of a proposed border wall through Santa Ana National Wildlife
1:17.5	Refuge in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This wall would be about three miles long,
1:23.3	more or less along the levee, which runs along the northern quarter of the refuge itself.
1:29.0	Speaking institutionally here, we are aware of sort of the fraught nature of this issue.
1:35.1	The border wall is part of this whole national discussion we've had about immigration over,
1:40.5	well, decades, truthfully.
1:43.3	It's not the place of the ABA to make any statements about
1:46.6	national immigration policy. There are other organizations. Heck, there are other ABAs
1:52.3	who should be your go-to for this sort of thing. I'm looking at you lawyers, not you, bakers.
1:58.4	But we do have something to say about this section of a wall in this specific place,
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