04-01: Saving a Hummingbird Haven with Sheri Williamson

The American Birding Podcast

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4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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When birders think of southeastern Arizona, they think of hummingbirds. And when they think of hummingbirds, they think of Sheri Williamson. The author of the Peterson Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America and director of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, she played a crucial role in protecting one of the region's most beloved birding hotspots, the Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary. She talks with Nate Swick about her path to hummingbirds and her work with SABO.

If you're going to be in Chicago, come join us as we reveal the 2020 ABA Bird of the Year.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jeffrey Gordon, president of the American Burning Association and executive producer of the podcast.
0:06.4	I'd like to say thank you for a terrific third year here at the American Burning Podcast
0:11.3	and a wonderful 50th anniversary year at the American Birding Association.
0:16.3	We depend on your memberships and your donations, particularly at years end, to be able to offer
0:23.0	you great programs like the American Birding Podcast.
0:27.2	Please give what you can at aBA.org slash give or by calling us at 800 850-2473. Thank you so much and good birding and happy new year.
0:47.7	Hello and welcome to another episode of the American Burning Podcast from the American
0:51.6	Burning Association. Happy 2020. I'm your host,
0:55.5	Nate Swick. I hope that your new year lists, should you keep one, are going well. I know my
1:02.1	friends in the fantasy birding community. We're very excited for a full year of fantasy birding
1:09.3	this year. So many people got in a little bit late last year.
1:12.6	I know that if you have been a regular listener to this podcast for the last couple years,
1:18.6	you'd know that this spot, the first episode of the year, is typically reserved for that year's bird of the year artist.
1:26.6	And in fact, the last couple of years we have also talked about the bird of the year artist. And in fact, the last couple of years,
1:28.7	we have also talked about the bird of the year in this space, but I cannot do it yet. We are
1:34.6	revealing things a little bit differently this year. I hope you'll bear with us. We are actually
1:40.2	having a party. And if you are a listener in the Chicago area, I know from our statistics
1:46.2	that there are a few of you out there, you probably want to know about it. We will reveal
1:50.2	the bird of the year and the cover art at an event in Chicago, or Berwyn actually, just outside
1:56.8	of Chicago, Chicago land. It will be on the 12th of January at 1 o'clock p.m. at Wire.
2:04.4	The artist is Tony Fitzpatrick, who is pretty well known even outside of the birding world,
2:09.4	though he is a birder as well. It's a little bit of a coup for us. And the art itself is
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