08-18: Nature Beyond Birding with Jody Allair & Frank Izaguirre

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Friend of the Podcast and Birds Canada stalwart Jody Allair steps into the hosts chair for a discussion on nature study beyond birding with the ABA's Frank Izaguirre. The two talk about their own favorite non-bird nature experiences, the value of looking at everything else, and follow up with a discussion on Canadian nature writers.

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Birding podcast is brought to you by HX Expeditions, offering mindful
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0:32.2	Welcome to another episode of the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association. I'm Jody
0:39.2	Allaire, co-hosting alongside my friend and colleague Frank is a Gary, and sitting in this week
0:45.2	for Nate Swick. For those who don't know me, I'm a birder and naturalist living in southern Alberta,
0:51.5	and I am the director of community engagement at Birds Canada.
0:56.0	I've been a regular guest on this podcast for several years, and I'm excited to guest hosts
1:01.1	a few episodes over the coming months.
1:04.3	On today's jam-packed episode, Frank and I rekindle a topic that we chatted about on this
1:10.0	podcast back in 2018, looking at nature
1:13.5	beyond birds. But first, this week's rare birds.
1:22.4	This is the raybird focus for the end of April 2024.
1:28.0	Three days after a blue rock thrush was seen in Oregon, as reported last week, a blue rock thrush was discovered on southeast Farallon Island in San Francisco County, California.
1:37.0	It's a first state record.
1:38.8	This individual was approximately 500 miles south, as the rock thrush might fly, from the Oregon site. That bird was not
1:46.2	found after its initial discovery. It is unclear whether this is the same individual or a second bird
1:52.7	brought over on the same winds that misoriented the Oregon bird, but the two scenarios seem
1:58.1	about equally likely. What was perhaps most extraordinary about this already pretty extraordinary find
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