08-37: Inside Crane Conservation with Rich Beilfuss

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It’s hard to find a more dramatic groups of birds than cranes with their massive size, spectacular breeding dances, and impressive migrations celebrated by human civilization for millennia. But even with the advantage of awareness 10 of the world’s 15 species of crane are threatened with extinction including one, famously, in North America. The International Crane Foundation has been on the forefront of efforts to protect these birds all around the world, and its President Dr. Rich Beilfuss, has been involved at almost all levels in doing do. He joins host Nate Swick to talk about the work they do and the what the future might hold for these amazing birds.

Also, the ABA Checklist is updated, with a handful of new birds and splits to add to your life list.

Thanks to our friends at FeatherSnap for sponsoring this episode. Feathersnap is a smart bird feeder with AI bird identification capabilities that send photos of the birds visiting your yard. Capture every moment with FeatherSnap.

Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! And don’t forget to join the ABA to support this podcast and the many things we do for birds and birders!

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0:00.0	It's the ultimate conundrum of any home bird feeder. You want to know what birds are visiting your yard, but you can't spend the entire day staring out the window waiting for them.
0:08.0	FeatherSnap is here to help. FeatherSnap is a smart bird feeder with AI bird identification capabilities that sends photos of the birds visiting your yard, or honestly, wherever you might want to place it, directly to your phone.
0:20.0	You can keep an eye on your
0:21.5	bird feeder from anywhere in the world and organize those sightings in the FeatherSnap app or share
0:26.1	HD quality photos or videos with friends and family. It's solar power to extend battery life
0:31.7	and build to withstand whatever weather conditions might be thrown at it. Capture every moment
0:36.0	with FeatherSnap. Learn more at FeatherSnapcam.com.
0:39.3	The Birds and Wildlife of Florida's spectacular space coast are on display at the Space
0:45.3	Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Scrub Jays, painted buntings, Kara, and American flamingos are all on the table.
0:53.3	Next year's festival features expert leaders that will help you find great birds and get great photos, boat trips to see dolphins, manatees, and maybe even whales, talks and workshops featuring Rosemary Moscow, Ken Kaufman and others, and an expansive trade show in Optics Hall.
1:08.2	Make your plans now.
1:09.3	Trips fill up early.
1:10.2	The 26th Space Coast,
1:12.1	birding and wildlife festival is January 22nd through the 26th, 2025. Learn more at
1:17.7	SCBWA.net.
1:24.9	Hello, it's the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association.
1:29.2	I am your host, Nate Swick.
1:32.0	The ABA Checklist Committee Report is out, or rather, an ABA Checklist Committee Report is out.
1:38.7	We've got some changes to the ABA checklist, mirroring some of the changes that you might
1:43.6	see on your eBird checklist
1:45.5	in the coming weeks.
1:47.7	These days it is hard to tell which is the dog and which is the tail with regard to these
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