07-32: Birding Rwanda with Winnie Kyamujara

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Nestled in the Central Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Rwanda, the Land of a Thousand Hills, is one of the most biodiverse nations on the continent, all the more impressive given its small size. With nearly 700 species of birds and an impressive diversity of large mammals, including Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda is increasingly a popular destination for nature tourists, including the ABA, which is heading there this winter. Winnie Kyamujara is a nature guide with the Ususambi Crane Preserve and she introduces us to this amazing county.

Also, Ontario birder and creator of the Winter Finch Report, Ron Pittaway, has passed away. We also celebrate incredible bird brains.

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Burning Podcast is sponsored by our friends at Biodo Books.
0:03.8	Remember that ABA members get a discount on all orders from Biodo Books. You can check them out at
0:08.2	BidioBooks.com.
0:14.3	Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association.
0:21.9	I'm Nate Swick.
0:23.2	It is not my intention to turn this podcast into a birding memorial section, but it is worth
0:28.7	a mention that Ontario birder Ron Pittaway, originator of the famous Winter Finch Report,
0:33.8	and pioneering field birder, passed away this week.
0:37.0	Ron was a guiding hand for many generations
0:39.1	of Ontario and Great Lakes area birders, the Winter Finch report for which he'll be remembered
0:43.7	most, was groundbreaking for its time, a fascinating look at how patterns of weather and cone crops
0:49.3	influence what birders see in southern Canada and northern U.S. and essential reading for many birders every
0:55.2	single year. That report has been handed over to Tyler Hoare and others who have taken the
1:00.6	foundation laid by Ron and brought it into the 21st century. We're all better and more
1:05.6	informed burders for his work, which is about the best you can say for any birders legacy.
1:10.9	Don't you hate the over-insistent GPS app?
1:13.8	You know the one.
1:14.5	It's constantly trying to take you down that sketchy side street to save two minutes.
1:18.5	Refuses to take no for an answer.
1:20.4	It helps to be able to turn it off, close the app.
1:23.9	Imagine having that in your brain, as birds do.
1:26.8	They use neurological tools to read the planet's magnetic field and orient themselves while migrating. It's a remarkable adaptation, but it only really works if you can turn it off when you don't need it. That actually seems to be what is happening to birds when they rest at stopover sites. A study from researchers at the
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