03-09: A Season on the Wind with Kenn Kaufman

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Kenn Kaufman is one of America's best known birders, and he has done just about everything a person can do in the birding world. He's a guide, an artist, an incredibly skilled birder, and an author of several books, the latest of which is called A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration. Kenn's new book is a love letter to northwest Ohio, a compelling story about the phenomenon of migration, and a call for action to protect these extraordinary birds and these important places. He joins Nate Swick to talk about the book and all things spring.

Also, why you should be leading bird walks (seriously), dipping tales from Florida, and a big podcast event at the Biggest Week!

Interested in our West Virginia Adult Birder Camp? Get more information here!

Thanks to Zeiss Sports Optics for sponsoring this episode and their continuing support of the ABA's Young Birder Programs.

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0:25.7	your local Zeiss dealer or go online to zyce.com slash sports optics
0:29.9	hello and welcome to another episode of the American Burning Podcast from the American Burning Association.
0:41.2	I'm your host, Nate Swick. I was in Florida last week. It was not a burning trip, surprisingly enough.
0:48.5	At least not intentionally. I didn't even bring my camera. I did have my binoculars on me, obviously. I'm not a heathen. I figured I would just, you know, chill by the pool with my family, you know, peeps and birds that are flying over. It's been a day at Disney, maybe pick up a few things. I actually had a swallow-tailed kite fly over the France pavilion of Epcot's World Showcase,
1:11.6	which either took me out of the immersive experience
1:14.6	that they're sort of going for there,
1:16.6	or, and this is an explanation I prefer,
1:19.6	it was the first record of swall-tailed kite
1:22.6	for the Western Palearctic.
1:24.6	Given that it's a fantasy world anyway, I think that's fair, right? Anyway, Florida might be the
1:31.3	one state where you can have a totally satisfying birding experience without actually
1:37.2	actively going birding. There are birds everywhere, and most of them are large and dramatic.
1:43.5	But I was called out of my poolside stupor by the report of a red-legged thrush a couple of hours away.
1:51.3	And I'll have more to say about that in the rare bird focus later in this show.
1:54.6	But I had one free day left.
1:56.8	I convinced the family that I wouldn't be gone that long.
1:59.5	And bonus, there was a Bahama mockingbird at the same park and a Key West Quailed
2:03.9	of potentially another hour down the road.
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