08-46: In Defense of Birds with Rich Fischer

The American Birding Podcast

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

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On Veteran’s Day, here in the United States, we commemorate military veterans of the US Armed Forces, and this Veteran’s Day we at the American Birding Podcast commemorate the work done by the Department of Defense to protect and conserve out national natural heritage. People might not realize that the US Department of Defense is one of the largest land-owners in the country, and on that land live a number of birds of conservation concern that are monitored and protected by US military personnel. Dr Rich Fischer is the national coordinator of the Department of Defense Partners in Flight and the lead for the US Army Corp of Engineers Threatened and Endangered Species Team, and he joins us to talk about endangered birds on military installations.

Also, it could be a really exciting winter for White-winged Crossbills.

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0:00.0	The birds and wildlife of Florida's spectacular space coast are on display at the Space Coast
0:06.0	Birding and Wildlife Festival. Scrub Jays, painted buntings, Caracaras, and American flamingos are
0:11.9	all on the table. Next year's festival features expert leaders that will help you find great birds
0:16.8	and get great photos, boat trips to see dolphins, manatees, and maybe even whales,
0:21.2	talks and workshops featuring Rosemary Moscow, Ken Kaufman and others,
0:26.0	and an expansive trade show in Optics Hall.
0:28.4	Make your plans now.
0:29.5	Trips fill up early.
0:30.4	The 26th's Space Coast.
0:32.3	Birding and Wildlife Festival is January 22nd through the 26th, 2025.
0:37.3	Learn more at SCBWA.net.
0:44.7	Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association. As
0:50.1	always, I am your host, Nate Swick. A lot of birders in the east part of the continent think of November as vagrant month,
0:57.0	and rightly so.
0:58.0	It's past the peak of most passer and migrations.
1:01.0	The birds that tend to show up are the weirdos, the lost ones.
1:04.0	And this November has already been reasonably good in that regard, but that's for another
1:09.0	later podcast segment.
1:11.2	It's an underrated migration month, though,
1:13.8	because by this point, most birds have arrived
1:15.7	or are currently moving towards their winter ranges,
1:18.9	which for us in North America typically means
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