03-24: LIVE from the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The ABA's 50th Anniversary roadshow rolls on, this time to the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival for another LIVE show. Our special bird-themed game show features guest appearances from Birds of North America's Jason Ward and Birding magazine editor and podcast stalwart Ted Floyd. Listen in for fun birdy games, Rio Grande Valley anagrams, real or fake bird mnemonics and an Eagles themed parody song quiz. We had a ton of fun and you will too!

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.
0:04.4	The Iberian Peninsula offers some of the best birding in Europe,
0:07.9	and Lisbon, Portugal is an excellent gateway to it all.
0:11.2	Located at the mouth of the Tagus River, with exceptional birding just a short distance away,
0:15.6	Lisbon is a paradise for migratory waterbirds with wintering flamingos, storks, raptors, and more. And it's one of the
0:22.2	most affordable cities in Europe. For more information on what you can expect from Portugal's
0:26.4	capital, be it cultural or birding highlights, go to visit lisboa.com.
0:34.5	Hi folks, this is Nate Swick, host of the American Birding Podcast, and I am really excited
0:39.7	to share with you this episode, which is in large part the live show we did from the Rio Grande
0:45.3	Valley Birding Festival earlier this month.
0:48.1	It was amazing.
0:49.9	We had Jason Ward, we had Ted Floyd, we had amazing, very brave contestants to play some
0:57.1	birdie games with us. But before we get to the actual meat of the show itself, there are a
1:03.6	couple things that we take the time to announce at the top of the show. Notably, we introduced
1:08.9	our new board chair, Julie Davis. Welcome,
1:11.1	Julie. And awarded the Betty Peterson Award to Texas Bitter Madge Lindsay for everything she's done
1:17.0	to support birds and birders in Texas. It is a lot. You'll just hear some highlights of those
1:22.3	presentations. They're very short. And then we'll be on to the show.
1:28.7	Good evening.
1:30.6	I'm Jeffrey Gordon.
1:33.0	I'm the president of the American Birding Association.
1:34.8	And a thank you.
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