Seattle Bird Podcast

Science

A podcast about birds and birding (birdwatching) featuring birds of Seattle. Episodes types: Interview: Leo interviews a birder / scientist. Spotlight Bird: We select a bird found in Seattle and give fun facts and ID tips. Bird Word: We rapidly explain one vocabulary term that birders should know. Midweek Update (MU) / Rare Bird Update: Outdated eBird rare bird alerts in podcast form. Quiz Bowl of Delicious Seeds (QBoDS): We quiz each other on facts from old episodes of the Seattle Bird Podcast. more...coming soon! Leo is the Narrator. Felix makes all the music. Brian edits the show.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Science

Description:

A podcast about birds and birding (birdwatching) featuring birds of Seattle. Episodes types: *Interview: Leo interviews a birder / scientist. *Spotlight Bird: We select a bird found in Seattle and give fun facts and ID tips. *Bird Word: We rapidly explain one vocabulary term that birders should know. *Midweek Update (MU) / Rare Bird Update: Outdated eBird rare bird alerts in podcast form. *Quiz Bowl of Delicious Seeds (QBoDS): We quiz each other on facts from old episodes of the Seattle Bird Podcast. *more...coming soon! Leo is the Narrator. Felix makes all the music. Brian edits the show.

Language:

English

Website:

https://anchor.fm/seattle-bird

Episodes

Nests

...The long awaited nest information. See instagram for nest photo taken by Dr. Hartley: https://www.instagram.com/seattlebirdpodcast

Duration:00:06:59

Cool Bushtit Facts

Watch some video clips recorded by Dr. Hartley and her students: https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/bushtits-nectar/1/https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/bushtits-nectar/2/

Duration:00:08:44

Loma Pendergraft 5: Crow Facial Recognition

This episode is a rerun of our Spotlight Bird radio show on SPACE 101.1 FM.

Duration:00:07:38

Loma Pendergraft 4: Crow Intelligence

This episode is a rerun of our Spotlight Bird radio show on SPACE 101.1 FM.

Duration:00:07:22

Loma Pendergraft 3: Crow Range

This episode is a rerun of our Spotlight Bird radio show on SPACE 101.1 FM.

Duration:00:03:52

Loma Pendergraft 2: Communication part 2

This episode is a rerun of our Spotlight Bird radio show on SPACE 101.1 FM.

Duration:00:05:43

Loma Pendergraft 1: Crow Communication

This episode is a rerun of our Spotlight Bird radio show on SPACE 101.1 FM.

Duration:00:06:10

Pigeons with Frances

This guest episode with Frances features bounteous information about Rock Doves (aka Pigeons). Check out the brilliant plumage of the Nicobar Pigeon: https://ebird.org/species/nicpig1 .

Duration:00:07:43

Redhead: Rare & Spotlight Bird

The redhead was found recently at the mouth of the Cedar River in southern Lake Washington. Stay tuned to SPACE 101.1 FM for more spotlight bird action, and come back soon to the Seattle Bird Podcast for more interviews with local bird experts!

Duration:00:02:18

Jente Ottenburghs: Avian Hybrids

New episode just dropped! This one has been in the works for a while now, and today I am proud to release my interview with Jente Ottenburghs! He is very knowledgeable about birds and hybridization.

Duration:00:25:03

Spotlight Bird Announcement

Download Merlin Bird ID: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/download/ SPACE 101.1 FM: https://www.space101fm.org/program/spotlight-bird/

Duration:00:01:25

Titled Goose Game

"It's a total surprise to me!" -Leo "heh heh heh" -Brian

Duration:00:06:41

Pacific Wren

Avian Hybrids by Jente Ottenburghs Bewick’s Wren Episode

Duration:00:04:35

Chickaree

Audio Source Links: (see these links for more info on what kind of license they are used under) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grey_Squirrel_(Sciurus_carolinensis)_(W1CDR0001470_BD12).ogg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamiasciurus_douglasii.ogg SPACE link: 67.212.165.106:8239/stream

Duration:00:02:02

Kinglets

We discuss the little kings: golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets! We do not discuss golden-crowned sifakas or their close relatives the silky sifakas. For more info on them, click below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-crowned_sifaka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silky_sifaka

Duration:00:03:40

Nest Egg

This is the last episode of Idiom Week. This week we cover the idiom "nest egg." If you want to know more about the episode, you should probably just listen to the podcast—it's only like a minute.

Duration:00:01:10

Happy as a Lark

I learned a new idiom today!

Duration:00:01:40

Wild Goose Chase

Thanks to Seattle Bird Podcast writer Brian for help on this episode, without him, trying to write this show would be a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.

Duration:00:01:28

As the Crow Flies

It's Idiom Week! Follow these steps to calculate distances as the crow flies on Google Maps: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/1628031?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

Duration:00:01:14

Cedar Waxwing

This episode, the Bird Spotlight is on the Cedar Waxwing. This bird loves fruit! 🍎🍏🍒🍓🫐🍌🍇 See some awesome photos taken by our editor, Brian on our Insta: https://www.instagram.com/seattlebirdpodcast/ We had lots of sources this episode: All About Birds, Wikipedia, American Bird Conservancy, Audubon Society, Cosley Zoo, and What it’s Like to be a Bird by David Sibley.

Duration:00:03:47