Najlepsze podcasty z kategorii: Shoba Narayan (2024)

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Episode 75: Gynandomorphism in birds with Dr. Hamish Spencer 35:35

9M ago35:35

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The sex of a bird – whether it is male or female – is one of the most critical aspects of its biology. Males and females often behave differently, especially during the breeding season, and in many species, they have strikingly different plumages. This episode features Dr. Hamish Spencer, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Otago in sout…

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Episode 74: A pigeon’s nest at home and its ripple effects 7:44

9M ago7:44

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When a pigeon comes into the house. This is a controversial episode. In fact, I am pretty sure nobody in the nature groups that I am part of will approve of this. In fact, they may even condemn this episode. Because you see, it is about pigeons, which birders call flying pests. But here’s what happened and so, if you listen or watch this episode, a…

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Episode 73: Birds and Shola Forests with Dr. V.V. Robin 40:34

11M ago40:34

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Special Episode: How did you get into birding 9:10

1y ago9:10

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Here is a special episode about how different Bangalore birding experts got into birding.Autor: Shoba Narayan

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Episode 72: Birding in Mauritius 18:19

1y ago18:19

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Episode 71: The biodiverse splendour of Bhutan 10:19

1y ago10:19

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This episode is about Bhutan: carbon-negative, Buddhist and a pioneer in sustainable tourism. This tiny country, about the size of Switzerland contains 774 species. In comparison, neighbouring India— nearly ten times the size— has just 1200 species. Here we talk to Namgay Tshering a freelance birding guide about the birds of Bhutan. Specifically he…

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Episode 70: Toucanets and hummingbirds in Costa Rica 6:45

1+ y ago6:45

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In this episode, we talk to a resident naturalist about the motmots, hummingbirds and toucanets that you can see in Costa Rica.

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Episode 69: The Resplendent Quetzal of Costa Rica 11:38

1+ y ago11:38

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Episode 68: Delhi birds with Sudhir Vyas 33:31

1+ y ago33:31

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Delhi and its neighbourhoods, with its variety of habitats and landscapes, is remarkable for the wealth and diversity of its avifauna. It is a true haven for bird lovers, home to an astonishing array of over 470 captivating bird species. Get ready for an enchanting adventure with Sudhir Vyas's delightful book, "The Birds of the Delhi Area," which i…

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Episode 67: The three-wattled bell-bird, Monteverde, Costa Rica 9:07

1+ y ago9:07

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This is the first of three episodes about the bird life in Costa Rica. This one focuses on the three-wattled bell-bird and the episode is set in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Listen to the bellbird on Youtube here. Meet One Of The Loudest Birds In The World (Three-wattled Bellbird) Thanks to these photographers for their images https://unspl…

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Episode 66: Pleasures of birdwatching with Aasheesh Pittie 34:45

1+ y ago34:45

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About Aasheesh Pittie’s book of essays, The Living Air. If you’re looking for new ways to engage with birds and birdwatching, Aasheesh Pittie’s book of essays, The Living Air is a great place to start. This book will not only make you want to get out and observe your city and surroundings in a whole new light, but it will also offer a fresh perspec…

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Episode 65: Amazing bird species: Sarus cranes and storks 13:25

1+ y ago13:25

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In Episode 35, Dr. Gopi Sundar paints a hopeful picture of cranes and waterbirds coexisting with humans. In this episode we delve into these amazing bird species. Both storks and cranes are wading birds. They dwell in similar habitats and look similar. They have long legs and a long, curving neck. However, these birds belong to separate orders and …

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Episode 64: Flight paths: about bird migration with Rebecca Heisman 17:35

1+ y ago17:35

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In this episode, we are talking about how we know what we know about bird migration. Our guest, Rebecca Heisman describes herself on her website, as a “bird writer for hire.” Her first book, flight path has the following subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. This episode is as muc…

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Episode 63: The Feather Library project with Esha Munshi 42:53

1+ y ago42:53

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This episode is about the wonder of feathers. Salim Ali said that birds were “feathered bipeds.” This episode explores how feathers are marvellously adaptive to suit birds and species. Our guest is Esha Munshi who co-founded the Feather Library, a digital project documenting feathers. Esha read a quote from this book on feathers. Episode artwork: D…

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Episode 62: Bird diplomacy with Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud 28:15

1+ y ago28:15

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Photographing birds across continents. In this episode, we interview His Excellency Jacques Pitteloud who happens to be the Swiss Ambassador to the United States. Based in Washington, Ambassador Pitteloud is also a birdwatcher and bird photographer. In 2021, Ambassador Pitteloud’s photograph of a rare painted bunting that appeared in Maryland lande…

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Episode 61: Bird conservation: experiments that work 14:11

1+ y ago14:11

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In this episode, we highlight conservation experiments that are interesting and have worked. We have chosen three experiments from previous episodes. Our hope is that you will go back and listen or watch sections of these episodes because they are worth your time. The first conservation plan that worked comes from Episode 50 where we interviewed Pr…

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Episode 60: The race to save our vanishing birds with Beverly and Anders Gyllenhaal 45:10

1+ y ago45:10

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Beverly and Anders Gyllenhaal are veteran journalists and birdwatchers. They ran newsrooms, assigned features and wrote books. They publish a website called FlyingLessons.US: What We’re Learning from the Birds,’’ and are here with us to speak about their new book, “A Wing and a Prayer: the race to save our vanishing birds. Questions: What is the th…

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Episode 59: The big year of birding with Noah Strycker 43:07

1+ y ago43:07

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In this episode, we talk to Noah Strycker. Noah is the Associate Editor for Birding Magazine and author of several popular books about birds. He set a world record in 2015 by finding more than 6,000 species of birds in one calendar year. 6,042 species to be precise. Noah has made more than 70 expeditions to Antarctica and the high Arctic, literally…

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Episode 58: Where bar headed geese and black tailed godwits visit in the winter. 6:40

1+ y ago6:40

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This episode is set in Hadinaru Kere, a lake outside Mysore in India. In the winter, the lake attracts a number of migratory birds. Some 85 species have been recorded in March 2023. This episode talks about the black-tailed godwit.Autor: SHOBA NARAYAN

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Episode 57: Australia and birdsong with author Tim Low 1:09:35

2y ago1:09:35

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A conversation with the author of “Where Song Began.” In this episode, we talk to author Tim Low, whose book, “Where Song Began” has been credited with turning the map upside down in terms of ornithology’s Northern hemisphere bias. Tim proves that the world’s cleverest birds originated in Australia. Tim Low is an award winning author, biologist, co…

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Episode 56: BR Hills in Karnataka: a recent visit 9:49

2y ago9:49

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In episode 28, we spoke to Dr. Samira Agnihotri about bird song and how the Solega tribals interacted so closely with the forest around them. This episode is about a recent visit to the BR Hills. It talks about how humans and wildlife can live together in the forest. Listen andWatch how the Solega tribals live and worship a Magnolia champaka tree o…

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Episode 55: Demoiselle Cranes in India 11:16

2y ago11:16

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This episode is about demoiselle cranes congregating in a village in India. Last month, on a trip to Rajasthan, I visited the village of Kheechan. To get here, you have to fly to Jodhpur and drive two hours North. The thing about this place is that every winter, some 20,000 Demoiselle cranes congregate here because they are fed morning and night wi…

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Episode 54: The Great Indian Bustard: Update 10:01

2y ago10:01

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Our first episode was about the Great Indian Bustard. The logo of the Bird Podcast is the Great Indian Bustard or GIB as it is called. Salim Ali wanted this bird to be India’s national bird for three reasons: it is indigenous to India, it is a large and charismatic bird, and it deserves protection because its numbers were dwindling, even in the 195…

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Episode 53: Birds of Australia: Stories and Species 11:56

2y ago11:56

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This episode gives a glimpse into the birds of Australia, told through the eyes of Franck Masna, an aboriginal elder who tells us the story of how birds got their colours and also through the eyes of Michael Simmons who runs Tweed Escapes to show tourists the sights and sounds of the Tweed River in Australia. This video is about the Tweed Valley, N…

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Episode 52: Amazing bird species: Wood Storks 5:37

2y ago5:37

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This is a story about a wood stork called Flinthead. He lived with his partner in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida. The wood stork couple depended on the wetlands in Florida for not just their survival but also to bring up their babies. This is a post-episode trailer of Episode 5 where I interviewed Dr. Jerry Jackson. Even though the audio isn’t …

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Episode 51: The importance of wetlands: Post episode trailer 6:05

2y ago6:05

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This episode is about wetlands. This is a post-episode trailer of Episode 5 where I interviewed Dr. Jerry Jackson. Even though the audio isn’t perfect, Episode 5 is worth listening to because he covers so much ground. Ecology, wood storks, wetlands, anhingas, and much more. Here I focus on one aspect of that episode: wetlands What is the feeling th…

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Episode 50: How Israel tackles bird conservation with Professor Yossi Leshem. 38:20

2+ y ago38:20

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In this episode, we have Professor Yossi Leshem from Israel joining us to discuss several things: tracking migratory storks with GPS, working with barn owls as pest control agents, regional cooperation, reducing aircraft collisions, and working with defense forces. Dr. Leshem has won countless awards and is Professor Emeritus at the School of Zoolo…

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Episode 49: Bird Migration with Scott Weidensaul: Post Episode Trailer 1 8:25

2+ y ago8:25

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Post Episode Trailers are short episodes in which I highlight an earlier episode that is worth watching. This episode is about Episode 12 of The Bird Podcast in which author and migration expert, Scott Weidensaul talks about the amazing feats that birds do in order to migrate.Autor: Shoba Narayan

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Episode 48: Behind the scenes with Allison Shultz of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles 49:09

2+ y ago49:09

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In which we go behind the scenes to see the fascinating aspects of the bird specimen collection of one of America’s most well-respected museums. You really should watch this episode on our Youtube page (Bird Podcast) or our Instagram feed (bird_podcast), but in case you cannot, included here is also the audio only version. In this episode, Dr. Shul…

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Episode 47: The complex web of factors that influence bird migration with Yaara Aharon-Rotman 39:50

2+ y ago39:50

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Where she talks about how multiple nations and habitats need to cooperate to help these champion migrants. In this episode, Dr. Yaara Aharon-Rotman speaks about long distance migration, mainly among shorebirds but also passerines. We have explored migratory shorebirds before in Episode 43. Here, Dr. Rotman talks about how national borders don’t app…

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Episode 46: Rescuing black kites with filmmaker Shaunak Sen 32:25

2+ y ago32:25

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Interview with a filmmaker who won the L’oiel d’or or Golden Eye in Cannes for best documentary film in 2022. We have a different sort of guest for this episode: a filmmaker. Shaunak Sen’s film “All That Breathes” premiered at Sundance Festival, where it won the Grand Jury award and then won the L’Oeil d’Or (Golden Eye) for the best documentary at …

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Episode 45: Avians to the rescue with Bittu Sahgal 43:12

2+ y ago43:12

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Our guest today is the much-admired Bittu Sahgal. Mention Mr. Sahgal and three words come up: Sanctuary, activism, and conservation. He founded Sanctuary magazine in 1981. It morphed into Sanctuary Nature Foundation in 2001. In these capacities, and in his role as the President of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mr. Sahgal knows the wild…

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Episode 44: A life with birds and insects with Dr. Bernd Heinrich 26:03

2+ y ago26:03

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Our guest today is distinguished academic, author and ultra-marathoner, Dr. Bernd Heinrich. He talks about owls, ravens, tree swallows, painted snipes, great horned owls, crows and much more. This episode is about the various birds that Dr. Heinrich has encountered and why he enjoys them. Dr. Heinrich is a professor emeritus in the biology departme…

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Episode 43: Challenges of the Arctic-breeding shorebirds with Dr. Erica Nol 36:54

2+ y ago36:54

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Today we are talking with Dr. Erica Nol of Ontario, Canada about challenges of the arctic-breeding shorebird. Dr. Nol is a professor at Trent University in Canada. Her research interests lie in the biology and conservation of shorebirds across many areas in Canada and beyond. In particular, she studies the impacts of climate change on the habitats …

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Episode 42: Birds in myth and legend. Part 4 of 4 7:25

2+ y ago7:25

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How to bird watch: Part 4. Last Part In which the author loops in some history and fables and talks about her habitat. Birds are the stuff of myth and legend in every culture. Some of the most beautiful poetic images come from birds. My father, an English professor, loved the Romantic poets: Keats, Shelley, and Wordsworth, who lived in the Yorkshir…

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Episode 41: The art of seeing in bird-watching. Part 3 of 4 8:07

2+ y ago8:07

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In which the author talks about how to see. Ayurveda divides us into three phenotypes: vata, pitta and kapha. Vatas have acute hearing and enjoy the sense of touch— if my memory serves right. Pittas have acute vision and enjoy the sense of smell. Kaphas have acute taste and enjoy the sense of touch. As a classic vata, I have acute hearing, as a res…

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Episode 40: The pleasures of bird watching. Part 2 of 4 6:23

2+ y ago6:23

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Like most things that require identification, be it wine, textiles, or art, identifying birds is figuring out patterns; like recognizing an artistic or musical signature, or the terroir of wine. It is about seeing patterns, not just on the birds but also on the trees that they inhabit. Nature is both generous and opportunistic. Trees attract birds …

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Episode 39: How I got into birdwatching and how you can too 7:54

2+ y ago7:54

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Part 1 of 4. This episode addresses a question that every bird watcher hears at some point or other. People who watch us stand still at balconies gazing skywards or at trees, peering through binoculars at walks, or getting excited by some random tiny green bird. Some of us get this question from puzzled spouses or confused friends and the question …

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Episode 38: The Hoopoe 8:00

2+ y ago8:00

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This episode is about the Upupa epops.

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Episode 37: Talking hummingbirds with Anusha Shankar 34:21

2+ y ago34:21

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Today’s guest, Anusha Shankar studies hummingbirds as a Rose Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She has lived and worked on four continents and loves being an Indian woman in science. She is fascinated by hummingbirds’ ability to use a hibernation-like state called torpor to save energy at night. She is investigating how they ca…

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Episode 35: Talking waterbirds with Gopi Sundar 58:08

2+ y ago58:08

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Our guest today is Dr. Gopi Sundar, who heads the international ecological journal, Waterbirds. He is also a scientist in the cranes and wetlands program at the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) based in Udaipur. Gopi has worked on waterbirds for over three decades, particularly on the Sarus Cranes of Uttar Pradesh. In this episode, he talks abo…

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Episode 34: Amazing Bird Species: Brahminy Kite 8:11

3y ago8:11

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There is this bird that my mother watches. When it comes down, she says Garuda, garuda. And does a namaste. This bird is called the Brahminy kite. Haliastur indus. But is this bird really the Garuda that Hindus worship? That is the bird of Indonesia– after which its airline, Garuda Indonesia is named? We find out in this short episode. Brahminy Kit…

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Bird Podcast: Short Episodes Intro: Trailer 2:40

3y ago2:40

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The beginning of a new avatar. Where we do short episodes. As always, thanks for your attention.Autor: Shoba Narayan

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Episode 33: Birds of Nagaland with Angulie Meyase 2:46

3y ago2:46

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In this short 3-minute episode, we are talking about the amazing birds of Nagaland with Angulie Meyase, a birding guide based in Khonoma, one of the most picturesque towns of Nagaland. He describes many of the birds you can see in Nagaland including the gray sibia, great barbet, assam laughing thrush, crested finchbill, green cochoa, purple cochoa,…

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Episode 32: Hornbills in Valparai 12:21

3y ago12:21

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This episode is about hornbills in Valparai. About human wildlife conflict and other things. But mostly about hornbills. Valparai in the South Indian state of Tamilnadu is verdant and beautiful. Entire slopes of these gently undulating mountains are covered with tea. It is in this landscape that the great Indian hornbill likes to play.…

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Episode 31: About extinction and conservation with Dr. J. Christopher Haney 56:46

3y ago56:46

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Our guest today is Dr. James Christopher Haney, a conservation biologist, wildlife researcher, and author of more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles, technical reports, and science summaries. His career trajectory spans the arc of conservation and extinction and we are going to talk about both these topics today. Dr. Haney’s latest book, “Wood…

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Episode 30 Part 2: Birding in Uganda with Judith Mirembe 52:19

3y ago52:19

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We are so sorry but we messed up. The previous episode that was published was an interview with Judith Mirembe. For some reason, the full conversation did not go out. Here is the full-length interview. Those who listened to part of it before, please fast forward to 22:00 minutes. Our guest today is Judith Mirembe who is currently based in Uganda. J…

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Episode 29: Birding in Uganda with Judith Mirembe 22:10

3y ago22:10

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Our guest today is Judith Mirembe who is currently based in Uganda. Judith is a bird guide and researcher with a passion for birds, keen on their conservation as well as protection of their habitats. This passion stems back from when she was a kid where she learnt birds in her local language and appreciated the cultural stories attached to them. Sh…

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Episode 29: The flight of the Amur Falcon 16:46

3y ago16:46

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This episode is about the magnificent migration of the Amur Falcons, the largest raptor migration in the world. It is 4:30 AM on a cold day in November. A group of us from Bangalore are driving from Dimapur to Hakhezhe, Nagaland to observe a spectacle like nothing we’ve seen before: the greatest raptor migration on earth. The Amur falcon or Falco a…

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Episode 28: Of birds and birdsong with Dr. Samira Agnihotri 32:42

3y ago32:42

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With us today is Dr. Samira Agnihotri, who has studied bird song, racket-tailed drongos and ethno-ornithology. Dr. Agnihotri has worked in the Biligiri Rangana Betta or BR Hills from 2005 when she began to study birdsong while pursuing a Master’s degree in Wildlife Biology and Conservation from the National Centre for Biological Sciences. She then …

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