05-44: A Guide to Pigeon Watching with Rosemary Mosco

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Perhaps more than any bird in North America, Rock Pigeons suffer for their omnipresence and familiarity. But there is more to the humble and ubiquitous species than meets the eye. They are a great opportunity to learn not just about the wonders of birds, but about the interconnectedness of humans and nature. Naturalist and creator of Bird and Moon comics, Rosemary Mosco dives into the weird world of pigeons in her new book, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird, and joins the American Birding Podcast to talk all about it.

Also, some good new for a lovely birding site in South Texas.

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0:34.7	Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association.
0:38.4	I'm your host, Nate Swick.
0:39.9	I have some good news to share with you that perhaps you, podcast listener, helped bring about.
0:46.5	About a year ago, you may or may not remember.
0:49.4	I talked a little bit about a situation in Salonagnino, Texas, where the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
0:54.8	was trying to buy up a small nature preserve on the banks of the Rio Grande, run by an
1:01.0	organization called the Valley Land Fund. If you're an old-time South Texas birder, you might
1:08.2	remember way back that it used to be an RV park, and that the
1:11.2	last residence of that park, Gail and Pat DeWind, had a nice little feeder set up. It was
1:16.1	notably the last reliable spot north of the river for Brown Jays, a bird that has not been seen
1:21.4	in the aviation area since then, honestly. After the DeWins retired from a life of bird feeding, the land was donated to the Valley
1:29.4	Land Fund who developed it with some signs and some trails. It was a nice little birding spot
1:34.9	right on the river. Anyway, the Department of Homeland Security wanted this little piece of
1:40.3	property to build the border wall. It was this little tiny gap between property that
1:46.6	they had already procured. And the Valley Land Fund originally agreed to sell. And then after
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