08-43: Gulls are for Everyone with Amar Ayyash
The American Birding Podcast
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4.7 • 632 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
There’s probably no group of birds on the planet that an ilicit such a wide range of reactions than gulls, and no other group of birds that some birders won't even try to identify. Amar Ayyash, who has, through his writing and photography, established himself as one of the continent’s top gull guys, wants everyone to appreciate these fascinating birds and his new book, The Gull Guide, is a one-stop shop for gull love.
Also, two more North American species get the de-extinction treatment, but is it right to bring them into the 21st Century?
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| 0:00.0 | You'll hear it before you realize you've arrived. |
| 0:06.0 | Thousands of voices, then missed lifting to reveal a cliff close enough to touch. |
| 0:11.0 | Find yourself here amongst the astonishing colonies of seabirds, and possibly close to you, to each other, in Newfoundland. |
| 0:19.0 | With over 350 bird species, the world's most accessible seabird nesting sites, |
| 0:23.9 | North America's largest puffin colony, and one of the continent's biggest bald eagle |
| 0:27.5 | populations. |
| 0:28.3 | This North Atlantic Island is a birdwatcher's paradise. |
| 0:31.7 | Binoculars may be optional, but this wonder is mandatory. |
| 0:35.1 | Book your Newfoundland Adventure Now at n.lburning.com. |
| 0:45.0 | Hello and welcome to the American Burning podcast from the American Birding Association. |
| 0:50.4 | I am Nate Swick. D. Extinction has been in the news a bit lately. And while I am certainly sympathetic |
| 0:58.7 | to the desire to bring back species that humans have been pretty much solely responsible for wiping out, |
| 1:04.9 | I remain extremely skeptical, not only of the science promoted by these companies, founded on lofty promises |
| 1:12.3 | by salesmen CEOs that look to my eyes like little more than a vehicle for venture capital |
| 1:17.2 | funds, but also the moral implications of bringing back an extinct species onto a planet that |
| 1:23.0 | has, in many cases, passed it by. |
| 1:26.5 | The last couple of weeks have seen a couple new fronts opened in the de-extinction world, |
| 1:31.6 | both involving birds from North America. |
| 1:34.1 | The first, a genetic engineering firm, and I use that term extremely loosely, |
| 1:39.9 | colossal biosciences, has added ivory-billed woodpecker, |
| 1:44.0 | because of course they did, to the |
| 1:45.4 | list of species it claims to be de-extincting, along with Dodo and Willie Mammoth. |
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