Women Birders (Happy Hour)

Jen is a musician, advocate, and festival coordinator based in the Ozarks. Find out more about Red-crowned Parrot. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Red-crowned Parrot Ingredients 1.5 oz midori liqueur .75 oz lemon juice .75 oz simple syrup .5 oz orange liqueur .5 oz pomegranate liqueur ice Directions 1. Add ice, midori, lemon juice, simple syrup, and orange liqueur to shaker 2. Shake shake shake 3. Strain into a glass 4. Top with the pomegranate liqueur

Brenda is a birder and guide based in Panama. Find out more about Red-legged Honeycreeper. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Red-legged Honeycreeper Ingredients 2 oz coconut rum ½ oz blue curacao 4 oz sprite or 7up ½ tb grenadine Ice Directions 1. Fill glass with ice 2. Add coconut rum, blue curacao, and sprite to a glass 3. Pour in grenadine 4. Appreciate and stir

Katrina is a birder, educator, and advocate! Find out more about Gray Catbird. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! Gray Catbird Ingredients ½ cup fresh blackberries 3 tb lemon juice 2 oz peach vodka 1 oz simple syrup Club soda Ice Directions 1. Add blackberries and lemon juice to a shaker and muddle. 2. Then add vodka, simple syrup, and ice. 3. Shake shake shake 4. Pour mixture over ice in a glass top 5. Top with club soda.

Laura is a birder, artist, and more! Find out more about Eastern Screech-Owl. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! Eastern Screech-Owl Ingredients 1 ½ oz citrus vodka 4 oz grapefruit juice ½ oz grenadine ice Directions 1. Fill glass with ice, vodka, and juice 2. Add grenadine on top

Sarah is a science communicator and avid birder! Find out more about European Shags. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! European Shag Ingredients 1 1/2 oz gin 1 oz peach schnapps 2 oz orange juice 2 oz cranberry juice 4 oz sprite Orange wedge/maraschino cherries Directions 1. Fill glass with ice. Add gin, peach schnapps, orange juice, and sprite and gently stir to combine. Pour in cranberry juice. 2. Garnish with orange wedge and cherries.

Allison is a scientist, educator, and shorebird-lover! Find out more about American Oystercatchers. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! American Oystercatcher Ingredients 6 oz chocolate stout beer 1 cup whole milk ¼ c dark chocolate chopped ½ tb sugar Ice cream, marshmallows, and/or whipped cream Directions 1. In a saucepan, bring stout to a simmer over medium-high heat. Remove from heat and set aside 2. In a separate saucepan, warm milk over medium heat. Add in chocolate and sugar and stir till mixed. Remove from heat. 3. Mix milk chocolate mixture with beer. 4. Pour into glass and top as preferred.

Natasza is an avid birder, researcher, call recorder, and more! Find out more about Bobolink. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! Bobolink Ingredients ½ shot whiskey 1 tbsp blue curacao ½ shot lime juice 1 ½ shots grenadine Lemonade Ice Directions 1. Pour in whiskey, curacao, lime juice, and grenadine in a cocktail shaker with ice 2. Shake shake shake 3. Strain into a highball glass with fresh ice 4. Top off with lemonade

Renee is a New York-based birder and Marketing Manager at Zeiss. Find out more about Galapagos Penguin. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! Galapagos Penguin Ingredients 1 coffee ice cube 1/2 oz hazelnut liqueur 1 oz coconut rum 1 oz coffee liqueur, like Kahlua 1 oz ½ and ½ Directions 1. Place coffee ice cube in an old-fashioned or rocks glass 2. Top with hazelnut liqueur, coconut rum, and coffee liqueur 3. Top off with ½ and ½ for a layered look

Adrianne is an author, researcher, professor, and so much more! She currently serves as the President of BirdsCaribbean. Find out more about Puerto Rican Vireo Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! Puerto Rican Vireo Ingredients 1 oz white rum 1 oz anise-flavored liquor ½ oz agave syrup ½ oz lemon juice Ice Directions 1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice 2. Add in liquors, syrup, and juice 3. Shake shake shake 4. Strain into glass

Holly is a conservation scientist and science communicator. She works as the Caribbean Bird Banding Coordinator with BirdsCaribbean. Find out more about Narrow-billed Tody and Broad-billed Tody! Here is Holly's thesis. Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! Hybrid Tody Ingredients 1 ½ oz Brugal Anejo 4 fresh raspberries 4 fresh strawberries ½ oz lime juice ½ oz simple syrup Ice Directions 1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice 2. Add rum, raspberries and strawberries 3. Pour in lime juice and simple syrup 4. Shake shake shake 5. Strain into glass

Aliya is a conservationist based in Trinidad. She works as the Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival Regional Co-coordinator and communications officer with BirdsCaribbean. Find out more about Blue-and-gold Macaw! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! Blue-and-gold Macaw Ingredients 1 oz Gold Rum 1 oz Blue Curacao 2 oz Pineapple Juice 1 cup crushed ice Directions 1. Fill ice into glass 2. Pour in rum, curacao, and pineapple juice 3. Mix!

Nitoo is a birder, photographer, and educator based in Delhi, India. Find out more about Himalayan Monal! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Brazil Birding trip for Women! Himalayan Monal Ingredients 1 oz Light Rum 4 oz orange juice 1 oz grenadine 1 oz hypnotiq Directions 1. Pour in rum 2. Pour in grenadine 3. Pour in hypnotiq 4. Pour in orange juice 5. Enjoy!

Petra is the Global Marketing Manager at Zeiss Nature and a birder based in Germany. Find out more about Common Nightingale! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Common Nightingale Ingredients 2 oz apple cider 1 ½ oz vodka ½ oz ginger liqueur ½ oz lemon juice 1 tb simple syrup Ice Directions 1. Add apple cider, vodka, ginger liqueur, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice. 2. Shake shake shake 3. Strain into a martini glass

Alen is not only an avid birder in Israel, she is also an advocate for birds and birders! More on Alen’s research! Find out more about Tufted Coquette! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Tufted Coquette Ingredients 1 shot Midori 1 shot orange juice Sparking Wine/champagne Orange slice Directions 1. Pour in Midori, orange juice and stir slightly 2. Top with sparkling wine or champagne 3. Garnish with orange slice

So you usually tune in twice a month to the Women Birders (Happy Hour) show and now I am excited to bring you a new monthly show: Bird Nerd Book Club! Please tune in wherever you listen to podcasts to hear from some of your favorite authors about their birdy books. I’m still waiting for it to be available on Apple Podcasts, but you can access it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6D3V4wtC9jqx2xiIYfg4Kg?si=1BY-n9OiTbCySSHQv1Ei5w

Jo is a California birder and great lover of birds! Find out more about California Scrub-Jay! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. California Scrub-Jay Ingredients 1 cup ice 2 oz pineapple juice 1 oz light rum 1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur 1 oz cream of coconut Black licorice straw Directions 1. Combine ice, pineapple juice, rum, blue Curacao, and cream of coconut in a blender 2. Blend on high speed until smooth 3. Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with the licorice straw

Kat is a Northern California-based birder! Find out more about California Towhee! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. California Towhee Ingredients 1 cup brewed iced tea 1.5 oz tequila 1 oz triple sec 1.5 oz fresh squeezed lime juice 1.5 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice 1/4 cup agave syrup Lime wedge Ice Directions 1. Mix tea, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, lemon juice and agave syrup into glass. You may want to add more simple syrup if you desire your cocktail to be sweeter. 2. Garnish with lime wedge before serving.

Maíra is a mammal biologist and Brazil birding tour owner and operator! Find out more about Rufous Hornero! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Rufous Hornero Ingredients 1 oz vodka 1 oz coffee liqueur 1 1/2 oz Irish cream 1 1/2 oz heavy cream ice chocolate shavings Directions 1. Add vodka, coffee liqueur, Irish cream, and heavy cream and ice to a shaker. 2. Shake shake shake 3. Strain into a chilled glass 4. Garnish with chocolate shavings

Sam is a shorebird biologist and birder based on the Texas Coast. Find out more about Masked Lapwing! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Masked Lapwing Ingredients 6 oz Foster’s 6 oz lemonade Lemon Slice Directions 1. Pour beer and lemonade into a pint glass 2. Garnish with lemon

Stephanie is a conservation scientist and birder based in Chicago. Find out more about Black Terns! Connect with me on Twitter, email, or website. Black Tern Ingredients 2 oz pomegranate juice 1 oz orange juice ½ oz lime juice 2 oz seltzer ice *Make it a cocktail: Add 1 oz of silver tequila Directions 1. Fill a glass with ice 2. Add pomegranate juice, orange, and lime juice a. If making this a cocktail, add in the tequila 3. Stir well 4. Top with seltzer