09-06: Habitats for Birders with Iain Campbell and Phil Chaon

The American Birding Podcast

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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We love a good field guide around these parts. The more unique, the better. Phil Chaon and Iain Campbell have certainly done that with their new book, Habitats of North America; A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists. It's a spin-off of sorts, from their 2021 book Habitats of the World and is a deep and detailed look at some of the place that we love to bird and experience nature. They join us to talk about why birders should pay attention to habitats, but also why birds are the perfect proxy for learning about habitats.

Also, USAID is one of the most effective conservation agencies in the US government, and its loss would be tragic for birders, birders, and biodiversity.

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0:00.0	I've got some exciting news to share. National Geographic has totally reimagined their popular and best-selling East and West field guides.
0:08.0	They've renovated them with the modern burder in mind, birders who are carrying smartphones into the field and sharing their sightings online with burders from around the world.
0:17.1	The updated editions include all new text, organized by the latest taxonomy, refreshed art,
0:23.1	and design, and all new range maps developed in partnership with Ebert. And they've included
0:28.9	Hawaii in the West Guide. That's over 60 new species added to the National Geographic Field
0:33.8	Guide. But they have not changed the features that people love.
0:39.0	It's still a convenient paper bag.
0:43.5	It still has the navigational info on the front and back flaps and the thumb tabs.
0:48.9	The National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States in Canada, east and west, are available.
0:54.5	Wherever books are sold, these updated guides are perfect for novice and experienced birders alike.
1:02.5	Hello and welcome to the American Birding podcast from the American Birding Association. I'm Nate Swick. I'm not generally inclined to be overly political in this space. I think it's nice
1:08.7	for me, as much as anybody, to have a place to talk and think
1:13.0	about birds away from all that. But birds birding, they're political. They shouldn't be,
1:20.3	but they are. Conservation and management of natural resources, laws regarding protections for
1:25.8	certain species, access issues, ordinances having to do
1:29.2	with lights or windows or ornamental plantings.
1:31.8	All of these things are beholden to political machinations, both local and national, often in
1:37.3	ways that we don't always recognize.
1:40.4	I want to take this time briefly to talk about USAID, which is the United States Agency for
1:44.7	International Development, basically the agency responsible for foreign aid, because it's been in the
1:49.5	news a lot lately because the current administration in the United States has taken the rather
1:54.2	drastic act of initiating a total freeze on foreign aid with the intention to completely
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