05-15: Secrets of SoCal Parrots with John McCormack

The American Birding Podcast

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4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

There are a few lucky places in the ABA Area where parrots still fly free, even if most have captive origins these day. But these big loud flashy birds have a history and future than is perhaps more interesting than many birders might imagine and these feral populations can even give us some insights into the frequently threatened wild birds in Mexico and Central America. John McCormack, director of the Moore Lab of Zoology at Occidental College in Los Angeles, is one of the authors of a paper about how two closely related Amazon parrots in southern California more or less fit into the landscape together and he joins us to talk about it.

Also, as promised, the link to sign up for the Bird Names meeting on Friday, April 16.

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0:04.6	been hearing about. The latest episodes from Lima, Peru, Arizona, Brazil, Cape May, and
0:09.5	the prey potholes include adventure, conversations with fascinating bird people, and field pointers.
0:15.0	Remember, even when you're at home, you can always go outburning with field guides.
0:18.6	Join the fun at outburning.com slash aBA
0:21.4	blow and welcome to the american birding podcast from the american birding association i'm
0:29.1	your host nate swick spring is here the first of what i would consider real migrants the south
0:36.2	of the aBA area migrants pushing pushing into my region. I hope
0:40.0	they're coming into yours as well. The birding, she's getting good right now at long, long
0:45.0	last. And I know I like to talk bird news in this spot, like, you know, whatever important
0:50.7	birding world issues that have come up that I think that you should know about interesting studies that relate to birds.
0:56.2	But birding in spring migration is really it right now in the birding world.
1:01.4	It is one of the more endearing aspects of the burning community that once the birds start
1:07.1	moving, we sort of put everything else on the back burner for about a month,
1:12.3	just put a pin in it.
1:13.7	We'll catch you later in mid-May, thanks, maybe early June, depending on your latitude.
1:18.4	This is the birders way.
1:20.0	This is why I'm glad to work for a birding organization because they understand.
1:25.3	I told you I would provide a link to the bird names thing on Friday, April 16th.
1:30.5	The bird meeting is on Friday, April 16th, which is tomorrow, if you were listening to this on
1:34.5	the day. It drops the link to registers in the show notes. It will be busy. F.I. I will be
1:40.4	involved sort of tangentially as part of a relatively small ABA contingent.
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