03-20: 3 Billion Birds Lost, a Discussion with Jordan Rutter & Ted Floyd

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

3 Billion breeding birds have been lost in the last 40 years in the US and Canada. These are certainly sobering numbers. This was the conclusion of a paper published recently in the journal Science, and the core of the 2019 State of the Birds report. This report, spearheaded by American Bird Conservancy, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Canadian Wildlife Service, and others certainly made waves among the general public as much as in the birding community, and it seems to have really resonated. Jordan Rutter, director of public relations at the American Bird Conservancy, and Birding magazine editor Ted Floyd join me to talk about this study, what it means, and what you can do about it.

Also, the 2020 Duck Stamp has been chosen, and it's a really sharp one.

Thanks to Turismo de Lisboa for sponsoring this episode.

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Birding Podcast is brought to you by Tirezmo de Lisboa.
0:05.2	The Iberian Peninsula offers some of the best birding in Europe, and Lisbon, Portugal
0:09.8	is an excellent gateway to it all.
0:12.1	Located at the mouth of the Tagus River, with exceptional birding just a short distance away,
0:16.5	Lisbon is a paradise for migratory waterbirds with wintering flamingos, storks, raptors, and more.
0:22.5	And it's one of the most affordable cities in Europe.
0:24.6	For more information on what you can expect from Portugal's capital, be it cultural or
0:28.7	birding highlights, go to visit lisboa.com.
0:41.8	Hello and welcome to the American Burninging Podcast from the American Birding Association.
0:47.9	I am your host, Nate Swick. About a month ago, you may remember, I talked a little bit about the duck stamp, specifically new rules that may or may not be coming down the pike with
0:53.3	regards to what has to be included
0:55.6	in the duck stamp art. I want to talk a little bit today about the new duck stamp that was
1:01.9	just announced. This would be the 2020 stamp. But don't worry, this isn't going to become a
1:06.7	duck stamp exclusive podcast. If this is something that really interests you, you can check out
1:12.0	my other podcast, the Philately Forum. A lot of stamp talk there. So anyway, the winner of the
1:19.1	duck stamp contest was announced last week. If you're not familiar with the process, it is a big
1:24.6	thing with wildlife artists.
1:27.5	They submit their designs based on a handful of species that are chosen each year to be the subject species.
1:34.7	And there's a winner awarded.
1:36.2	That design becomes the duck stamp for the following year.
1:40.1	It is sort of a shockingly huge deal.
1:42.6	And there is a whole duck stamp culture that is built up around it.
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