The Bird Banter Podcast #195 with Dr. David Mann and HaikuBOX
On this episode Dr. David Mann talks about HaikuBOX, a small device that can record and identify bird calls and songs nearby, and send these recordings and IDs to a smart phone app for you to check anytime. It is pretty cool, and yet one more way for birders or researchers to monitor birds in an area. I find especially interesting, besides the device itself, the background story of how it was conceived, produced and marketed. It uses the neural net BirdNet from who else, Cornell, which uses similar computer learning technology to that used in Merlin.
It's pretty cool To see more detailed info check out the associated blog post on BirdBanter.com, and please leave comments there or in a review on your favorite podcast app.
Thanks for listening, and until next time, good birding and good day!
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The Bird Banter Podcast #194 with Peter Cavanagh
How do birds fly anyway? Well, in an incredible number of ways, adapted to their needs and circumstances. Birds have evolved from dinosaurs, some have evolved to not fly, others to fly in so many different habitats, circumstances and ways that to understand all of this is beyond human comprehension, but my guest on this episode, Dr. Peter Cavanagh, has set out to help readers understand a lot of what is understood, in a way that a non-PhD scientist can comprehend. Listen, read and learn.
Find Dr. Cavanagh online at on his website.
Here is a link to buy his book on Buteo Books.
Check out some pretty spectacular photography on his Instagram page.
Read more on the Bird Banter blog.
Leave a review or rating on your favorite podcast feed to help me out.
Until next time, good birding and good day!
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The Bird Banter Podcast #193 woith Rick Szabo
Rick Szabo is a birder, birding guide, and participant on the current NBC series Destination X, a reality TV competition where Rick's superpower is his knowledge of the range and distribution of the birds of most areas of the world. He remains in the competition at the time this episode drops, so watch to see if he can win the competition. Rick and his wife also make birding and travel videos you can watch on his You Tube channel as well as on his Instagram feed.
As always there are more links and info on the blog post associated with this episode on BirdBanter.com
Until next time, good birding and good day!
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The Bird Banter Podcast #192 with Suzy Buttress
On this episode I Suzy Buttress, the host and creator of The Casual Birder Podcast, talk about her birding story, her podcast, and her community of birders that she has nurtured around her podcast audience. It is a good story of advocacy, ambassadorship, and enthusiasm for birding, and I admire her work.
Just prior to recording this episode, Suzy and I talked with me as her guest for her podcast, so that was a different experience too. Check out our episode together at the link above also if you like.
As usual, check out the blog post on BirdBanter.com where I'll discuss a few of the topics we cover in the episode.
Thanks for listening.
Good birding and good day!
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The Bird Banter Podcast #191 with Erick Masias
Dr. Erick Masias and I talk about his relatively recent and intense start as a birder, and his involvement in the Chicago birding community, the BIPOC birding community, the local birding scene in Chicago, and about his upcoming move to the central California Bay area for residency. I really enjoyed hearing his story and stories. I hope you do too.
Paper on the breeding and migration of high Arctic breeding Sabine's Gulls.
The Joy Bird Podcast
The Urban Birding Festival
Windy City Bird Lab
Chicago BIPOC birders on Instagram
Erick on Instagram
The Field Museum
As always see the Bird Banter Blog post for more info and links.
Thanks for listening. Good birding and good day!
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