02-14: A Life in Raptors with Jerry Liguori

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Hawk-watchers are easily the most established sub-groups within th birding community, and the hawk-watching community in North America is close-knit and passionate. One of its undisputed authorities is Jerry Liguori of Salt Lake City, Utah, the author of Hawks at a Distance and Hawks from Every Angle and the co-author of many more. He is the 2017 recipient of the ABA’s Robert Ridgway Award for publications in field ornithology and his articles have appeared many times in ABA’s Birding magazine. Jerry joins host Nate Swick to talk about the magic of watching hawks, his diagnosis with ALS, and what birders need to know about hawk-watching.

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Birding Podcast is brought to you by Land, Sea, and Sky.
0:05.1	Since 1940, birders have turned to the optics experts at Land, Sea, and Sky to purchase the right
0:10.1	binocular for their birding adventures. The shop has hundreds of binoculars and spotting
0:14.6	scopes in stock, an industry-leading 90-day return policy, and experienced staff to lend you a
0:20.2	helping hand.
0:21.5	Drop by their shop in Houston, Texas, or visit them anytime at land-seakyco.com.
0:42.6	Hello, welcome to another episode of the American Birding podcast from the American Birding Association. I am your host, Nate Swick. And if you are a regular listener, you
0:48.2	remember a couple episodes ago when I talked to Dr. Nick Block about bird taxonomy, specifically the AOS classification
0:58.4	committee proposals, perhaps better known as them splits what we can count. Well, we got to that
1:05.9	episode just under the wire because the week after the AOS released those decisions and, well, we were wrong about
1:14.8	quite a few. The Mexican duck did not go through the Skopoli's Shearwater did not go through.
1:21.8	All of the decisions that would have affected the ABA checklist beyond the sort of expected
1:26.7	rearrangements and realignments of families
1:30.1	in genera did not go through.
1:33.3	I'm not so sure what to think about all of this.
1:36.3	Before I go on, a couple caveats.
1:39.7	First, this is me speaking as Joe Schmo, Berder, not Nate, the ABA representative.
1:45.8	The ABA as an organization is agnostic on the decisions of the committee that we are allowed
1:50.5	not to be as individuals.
1:52.0	And two, this is not intended to be an indictment of Nick, who has kindly agreed to be our
1:57.6	guide through the wacky world of bird taxonomy.
2:00.5	And personally, I have always
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