07-01: 2023 Bird of the Year Artist Liz Clayton Fuller

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year List! It's finally time to celebrate our 2023 Bird of the Year, the Belted Kingfisher! And to help jumpstart a year of kingfisher content, we're excited to welcome this year's artist, Liz Clayton Fuller. Host Nate Swick chatted with Liz about kingfishers, her 2023 cover art "Queenfisher", and her work streaming art on Twitch. I think you'll agree that she is a delight.

Also, Nate shares his first Belted Kingfisher experience and invites listeners to send theirs to [email protected].

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0:00.0	Calling all birders, join us from May 18th to the 21st,
0:03.9	2023 for the Great Salt Lake Bird Festival.
0:07.5	Don't miss the premier event for both amateur and season bird watchers.
0:10.8	Enjoy workshops, keynote presentations, and over 200 species of birds.
0:15.1	Start planning your trip by visiting greatsaltlakebirdfest.com.
0:18.8	That's greatsaltlakebirdfest.com. Time for ABA's bird of the year. It's about ABA's bird of the year.
0:40.3	Welcome.
0:41.3	Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association.
0:45.3	I am Nate Swick.
0:47.3	Happy New Year list.
0:48.3	It is officially at last the year of the belted kingfisher here at the ABA.
0:53.3	It is our 2023 bird of the year.
0:56.4	We get asked a lot about how we choose the bird of the year every year and there's no real
1:00.0	method to the madness. But if we get a bird that is common enough that most people in the
1:05.1	U.S. and Canada can see it, but also notable enough that every time you do see it, you get that
1:10.2	little surge of adrenaline
1:11.7	that comes from seeing a cool bird now, and we know we've hit the sweet spot. I think Belton Kingfisher
1:17.3	is that bird for a lot of people. Though I've seen many of them, I don't think I've ever been
1:22.1	disappointed or bored with a Belted Kingfisher siding. I've never tossed it off. I almost always
1:27.1	raised my
1:27.7	binoculars to get a good look, provided I'm not too slow as they go bolting by rattling.
1:33.3	As friend of the ABA, Rick Wright notes like a fireman's watchman rattle, which is a little bit
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