02-18: Photography as Birding with Keith Barnes

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Birders in North America are increasingly keen to combine the somewhat separate skills of birding and photography, but around the rest of the world birding is pretty much synonymous with photography to the point where sometimes you don’t even carry binoculars. It seems strange to us, but it’s the way things are to birder and photographer Keith Barnes, who joins host Nate Swick to talk about how birders use cameras, tips for would-be photographers, and the way birding culture differs in east Asia. Keith is one of the founders of the bird tour company Tropical Birding, a South African expat now living in Taiwan, and he is the architect of the ABA’s Birding with a Camera Tour of Thailand early next year.

Also, is a great list schism on the horizon? And listeners write in with tips for new birders that they wish they knew when they were getting started.

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Birding Podcast is brought to you by Land, Sea, and Sky.
0:04.5	Since 1940, birders have turned to the optics experts at Land Sea and Sky to purchase just the right pair of binoculars for their birding adventures.
0:11.6	The shop has hundreds of binoculars and spotting scopes in stock, an industry leading 90-day return policy, and experienced staff to lend you a helping hand.
0:19.8	Stop by their shop in Houston or visit them anytime at Lanskyskyco.com.
0:29.6	Hello and welcome to another episode of the American Birding Podcast from the American
0:33.4	Birding Association.
0:34.6	I am your host, Nate Swick.
0:36.0	Thanks for joining me.
0:37.1	I am excited. It is September.
0:40.3	Finally, it is fall meteorologically speaking the month for pastor in migration. My favorite time of
0:46.3	year. I will argue to the death that fall migration is superior to spring migration for many
0:51.5	reasons, not least of which, that it is longer.
0:54.6	The weather is often more pleasant.
0:56.0	I love those days right after a cold front when there's that little bit of bite in the air
1:00.7	and the birds are all over the place.
1:02.7	I admit that this is probably a little bit of an East Coast bias.
1:06.2	Passen migration is not quite as heavy in the western part of the continent.
1:09.8	But fall, September, it seems especially is a great time for birding in the western part of the continent, but fall, September.
1:11.8	It seems especially, it's a great time for birding in the west as well with the potential
1:15.6	for really cool things.
1:17.3	I think across the continent we are all sharing in this amazing time of year.
1:22.3	I probably shared these sentiments last year too now that I think about it.
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