06-40: Exploring Bird Migration with Melanie Smith & Chad Witko
The American Birding Podcast
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4.7 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
We're certainly in the golden age of bird science, with more birders, more researchers, and more tools available to both of them to solve many of the great ornithological mysteries and to marvel at the capabilities of birds. National Audubon and a few bird science partners have put a lot of this modern science in a sleek simple package called the Bird Migration Explorer, a guide to the annual journeys of 450 birds in the Americas. Audubon scientists Melanie Smith and Chad Witko join us to talk the explorer and the wonders of bird migration.
Plus, a Duck Stamp art winner with a familiar name.
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| 0:00.0 | Why do birders love Tallahassee Florida so much? Simple. Because so many beautiful birds love |
| 0:04.5 | Tallahassee, too. Located on two migratory pathways, Florida's capital city is one of the top |
| 0:09.7 | birding locations in the country. And with nearly a dozen sites on the Great Florida Birding and |
| 0:13.9 | Wildlife Trail, you can't turn around without spotting another life bird to check off your list. |
| 0:18.2 | And once you put your binoculars down for the day, Tallahassee's world-class culinary scene and comfortable accommodations will have you rested and ready to do it all over |
| 0:25.6 | again. Learn more at visit tallahassee.com. Hello, welcome to the American Birding Podcast |
| 0:35.9 | from the American Birding Association. I'm your host, |
| 0:38.5 | Nate Swick, the 2022 Federal Duck Stamp Competition has been decided. You know, it feels like just |
| 0:46.2 | yesterday that the 22 duck stamp was released, and it was back in July, but the 2022 duck stamp |
| 0:52.8 | competition is to decide the 202323-24 duck stamp. |
| 0:58.1 | Maybe someone in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can get these dates made a little more |
| 1:02.4 | consistent or intuitive. |
| 1:03.9 | And I know that the duck stamp program famously has very little overhead. |
| 1:07.9 | Maybe a small bit of that money could be spent on clarifying which year goes with |
| 1:11.7 | which stamp. It is the stamp that comes out next summer for the following fall and winter, |
| 1:17.8 | waterfow hunting season, if that is less confusing. There were no shenanigans this year, unlike |
| 1:22.2 | last year's John Oliver prompted game playing, and the winner was, again, one of the Hauptmann |
| 1:26.8 | brothers, Joe, this time. |
| 1:28.8 | His brother Bob finished third. |
| 1:30.7 | No idea where Jim's contribution placed this year. |
| 1:33.9 | They have something of a dynasty, if you've been paying attention. |
| 1:36.6 | The Houtmans have made the duck stamp a sort of inter-family art contest adjudicated by the federal |
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