02-22: Birding By Bus with Marc Kramer & Eliana Ardila Ardila

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It’s the dream of many birders, to travel the US and Canada by car for one entire year, taking in as much of the continent’s birds as you can along the way. It is the reality of Marc Kramer and Eliana Ardila Ardila, the Birding by Bus duo. They’ve spend the whole of 2018 crossing the country in their Volkswagen Westfalia and documenting the whole thing on social media to the delight of those of us who get to follow along. They’re join host Nate Swick from a stop at ABA headquarters in Delaware City to talk about their amazing year and where they'll go from here.

Also, Major League Soccer is pretty great for birds in a couple different ways.

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0:00.0	The ABA is joining with tropical birding for the first time for an extraordinary adventure in Thailand in 2019.
0:06.6	This is Thailand birding with a camera.
0:08.6	So if you are a photographer that likes birds or a birder who likes to take a few photos, this is a trip with you in mind.
0:14.0	And there are no shortage of incredible photo subjects in Southeast Asia, stuff like sunbirds, pitta, incredible pheasants, spoonbilled sandbiper,
0:23.1	some of the coolest-looking birds on the planet.
0:25.5	Plus, mammals, culture, and amazing food with ABA friends.
0:29.4	This is setting up to be a really exceptional time.
0:32.3	Have I interested you yet?
0:33.8	It's your mouth watering for bird photography and the real deal pad tie.
0:38.0	Get more information at aBA.org slash travel.
0:46.6	Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association.
0:50.6	I'm your host, Nate Swick, and I read a cool thing on National Audubon's website the other day about sports stadium construction, migratory birds.
1:03.0	At Lisa Opaar over at Audubon had a very neat and comprehensive piece on the differing strategies between two professional sports franchises in Minnesota. Sort of hit on that
1:13.2	intersection of birds and sports that I as a sporting fan enjoy from time to time. So if you
1:21.1	cast your mind back a few years, you may recall that the Minnesota Vikings, the NFL team in
1:26.7	Minneapolis, built a brand new stadium and they
1:29.2	put a lot of glass around the exterior. This obviously a very, very bad thing for migratory birds,
1:38.2	Audubon and many other organizations, I think ABC. I think we said something about it. We're basically
1:43.7	saying, you know, this is a bad idea.
1:47.0	Please don't do this.
1:47.9	The city council, the Minneapolis City Council said we would like you to change this part of the plan.
1:53.8	It's a marginal increase in the budget.
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