01-19: Bird Tours from the Inside with Rockjumper's George Armistead

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

There's more to a successful bird tour than just pointing out the birds, from logistics to managing personalities, a bird tour guide has to be part ornithologist and part psychologist. Rockjumper Birding's George Armistead has led bird tours on all seven continents and has a lot to say on the subject, and he joins host Nate Swick to talk tour tips, places he loves to take birders, and much more.

Also, the new Duck Stamp art for 2018 is out, but Nate argues that the subject leaves a little to be desired. Plus a whole host of rare birds on opposite ends of the continent.

Resources referenced in this episode include The ABA Blog Hurricane Irma round-up.

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Birding Podcast is brought to you by Rock Jumper Worldwide Birding Adventures,
0:05.9	specializing in top-quality birdwatching tours with experienced professional guides to over 100
0:11.0	destinations around the world. The American Birding Association is proud to join Rockjumper to
0:16.4	offer an ABA tour to Tanzania in 2018. Join us for hundreds of birds, iconic mammals, and amazing culture and scenery.
0:24.8	For more information, see rockjumper.com or events.a.org.
0:46.0	Hello, welcome to another episode of the American Burning podcast from the American Burning Association.
0:54.9	I want to thank you, dear listener, right up top for listening, subscribing, supporting the podcast through your ABA membership or your donations.
1:00.9	I really appreciate it. The ABA really appreciates it, but I got to say, folks, he could be doing better. And I say that because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just came out with a new
1:06.1	figure on the numbers of wildlife watchers with birders in there in the United States.
1:12.5	We have all been dealing in various ways with the old figure of 46 odd million, quote
1:17.8	unquote, burders in the country.
1:20.0	It's sort of this, now I'm going to come out and say it, this sort of impossible standard
1:24.4	that we birding organizations strive and ultimately fail to reach.
1:28.9	Well, we have a new standard to fail to reach. A fish and wildlife estimates that there are
1:33.3	101 million people who engaged in wildlife related activities in 2016. That includes birding,
1:41.3	but also hunting, fishing, et cetera. The most interesting aspect of this survey was that the biggest increase was in the realm of observing, feeding, and photographing wildlife.
1:51.5	A big chunk of that, I suppose, can be presumed to be birders, especially the estimated 16.3 million away from home observers, that being people that traveled more than a mile to observe wildlife,
2:02.4	which we've always considered to be the ABA's bailiwick, as some people say. Very few people
2:08.0	say that probably, mostly 18th century people. Wheelhouse, wheelhouse may be better. That's really
2:13.4	more of a 19th century term. And look, I don't know how to interpret these numbers.
2:18.3	Frankly, I'm not sure anyone really does. Theoretically, a proportion of those watchers
2:23.6	would be interested in birds, and specifically joining a bird organization like the ABA,
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