The Thing with Feathers: birds and hope with Courtney Ellis

The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

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38: Safety in Birding (Tiffany Kersten) Oct 02, 2023

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Birding guide Tiffany Kersten shares her harrowing story and how it started her on a mission to help birders create more safety in the field.

Links from Tiffany's show:

She's Birdie Alarms (And use code TIFF15 for 15% off!)

Meet the Birding Guide on a Mission (Audubon Magazine)

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

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Journey South: Eugenio's Guiding Service

Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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37: Birds of Costa Rica (Eugenio Garcia) Sep 25, 2023

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Join birding guide Eugenio Garcia on a learning journey about the amazing birding biodiversity of his homeland, what makes a good guide, and the adventure of jungle birding.

Links from Eugenio's show:

Email Eugenio

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

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36: The History + Science of Bird Migration with Rebecca Heisman, Author & Ornithologist Sep 18, 2023

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Courtney talks to Rebecca Heisman about her brilliant new book, Flight Paths, including all things migration: from the history of its human discovery, to what we have yet to learn, to the fun science behind bird backpacks and feather isotopes.

Links from Rebecca's show:

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iNaturalist⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

Follow Courtney:

Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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35: Whooooo Knew? The Truth About Owls with Children's Author Annette Whipple Sep 11, 2023

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Author of nearly a dozen nonfiction children's books, Annette Whipple has a knack for drawing people of all ages into wonder. On today's episode, Annette shares her love of owls, tips and tricks to connect with young readers, and how curiosity can be a powerful path toward hope.

Links from Annette's show:

Annette's books

Annette on Twitter

Annette on Instagram

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

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34: How to Catch a Hawk (Dave Conrads, Director of UI Wild) Sep 04, 2023

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Courtney chats with Dave Conrad, director of the Wild Program at the University of Iowa and pastor of Genesis Church about bird-banding, the hawk that got away, and why leaning into the natural world can have profound consequences for our faith.

Links from Dave's show:

Dave Conrads at UI Wild

Hawk banding at the UI Raptor Program

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

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33: A Young Birder on Hope and the Birds of New Mexico (Jodhan Fine) Aug 28, 2023

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In his 19-years of life, Jodhan Fine has served as an eBird regional reviewer for New Mexico, a co-compiler of NM's NAB regional reports, an author for ABA journals and Western Birds, and a Central New Mexico Audubon Society board member. This Occidental College student is passionate about all things birds and birding!

Jodhan and I talk all things birding, including words of wisdom for young and new birders, having a spark snake, and where he's finding hope as a budding scientist.

Links from Jodhan's show:

ABA's Birds of New Mexico

Jodhan on the Golden Plover

Jodhan on Instagram

Jodhan on Twitter

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

New episodes every Monday!

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32: Debbie Blue Considers the Birds Aug 21, 2023

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Pastor and author of Consider the Birds, Debbie Blue joins us to talk about holy pigeons, being vulture apologists, and the fierceness of roosters. Together we travel from Genesis to Job to the Gospels, diving deep with the birds of the Bible and the kindness of God.

Links from Debbie's show:

Consider the Birds Book

Debbie's website

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

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