08-38: A Field Guide to Finches with Lillian Stokes and Matt Young

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The enigmatic and nomadic finches are among the most beloved groups of birds on the continent. From the widespread and familiar American Goldfinch to the bizarre honeycreepers of Hawaii, these birds can teach you just about anything you'd want to know about taxonomy, evolution, and ecology. Prolific natural history author Lillian Stokes and Matthew Young of the Finch Research Network have joined forced to celebrate these birds in their new Stokes Guide to FInches of the United States and Canada, and they join us to talk about them.

Also, the Lost Bird Project hopes to elist birders to help find 144 species of birds not seen in decades.

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0:00.0	You'll hear it before you realize you've arrived.
0:07.0	Thousands of voices, then missed lifting to reveal a cliff close enough to touch.
0:13.0	Find yourself here amongst the astonishing colonies of seabirds, and possibly close to you,
0:18.0	to each other, in Newfoundland. With over 350 bird species, the world's most accessible seabird nesting sites,
0:24.8	North America's largest puffin colony, and one of the continent's biggest bald eagle
0:28.4	populations.
0:29.3	This North Atlantic Island is a birdwatcher's paradise.
0:32.7	Binoculars may be optional, but this wonder is mandatory.
0:36.1	Book your Newfoundland Adventure Now at n.lburning.com.
0:45.9	Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association.
0:49.6	I am your host, Nate Swick.
0:51.9	There are 144 species of birds that have not been documented in any way
0:56.6	in the last decade. And a group of ornithologists led by the American Bird Conservancy are
1:01.5	encouraging people to try to find them. These so-called lost birds are those for which there's no
1:06.9	photographic audio or genetic data in the last 10 years. Some of these birds have been
1:11.7	undocumented for more than 150 years, but the ABC and other organizations believe that there
1:16.8	is reason to think they might still be out there. Birds can become lost for a number of reasons.
1:24.0	For most of them, they are found in places that are difficult or dangerous to access. There are a large percentage of birds on the list of reasons. For most of them, they are found in places that are difficult or dangerous to access.
1:28.1	There are a large percentage of birds on the list of 144 that are found on islands where people
1:34.1	just don't go. Many of them have more common relatives that live nearby. The differences
1:40.8	between the two might be very subtly different. That sort of allow them to exist under the radar.
1:45.6	And of course, there are a few that, well, might just be extinct.
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