Looking at Birds: A Birding Podcast
Join me as I interview avid birders to learn more about birds, birding and those who love both. Each episode will include a closer look at a specific bird. Visit @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram for pictures of some of the birds mentioned in each episode. New episodes release monthly, sometimes more frequently.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 60
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
E40 - Jeff B + Great Lizard Cuckoo & Avian Mating Behaviors
This is part 1 of a 3-part series covering avian mating behaviors, nesting behaviors and finally their eggs. Today my guest is Jeff Babson, you might remember him from a number of other episodes, nam…
E39 - Kendall K + Verdin & Mission Garden
My guest is Kendall Kroesen, the Community Outreach Coordinator for Mission Garden. With a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology he participated in a number of archaeological and conservation projects. In t…
E38 - Kristi D + Blue Jay
My guest is Kristi Dranginis, the founder of Bird Mentor and an avid bird lover who enjoys sharing her love for birds with others. She has banded terns on Great Gull island and hummingbirds at Mesa …
E37 - Tom B + Western Screech Owl
My guest is Tom Brown, owner of Focus on Feathers, an organization that coordinated photography-based birding tours in the past, but now focuses on marketing Tom’s photography. He has led birding fie…
E36 - Jen Hajj + Swainson's Hawk & San Diego Bird Festival
My guest is Jen Hajj, the Events and Membership Coordinator for the San Diego Audubon who also coordinates the San Diego Bird Festival which will take place February 22nd - 26th, 2023. She tells us a…
E35 - Ruth H + Green Jay
This is the last episode from my time in the Rio Grande Valley. My guest is Ruth Hoyt, a Texas Master Naturalist and Certified Interpretive Guide who loves photography.
I signed up for a bird photogr…
E34 - Javier DL + Common Pauraque @ Estero Llano Grande
My guest is Javier De Leon, a Park Superintendent who has been at Estero Llano Grande for the last 8 years and other local nature centers for the last 17 years. He tells us about how get into birding…
E33 - John B + Clay-colored Thrush @ Quinta Mazatlan
My guest is John Brush, the resident Urban Ecologist and Park Naturalist at Quinta Mazatlan in McAllen, Texas. He provides environmental education to visitors and grows native plants to rewild and en…
E32 - RGV Birding Festival + Great Kiskadee
For this episode, I recorded 3 smaller interviews at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, in the Birders Bazaar.
My first guest is Victor Lawrence, an educator and falconer, with Wildlife Revealed…
E31 - Andrew C + Rock Wren & Jay G + El Rio Preserve
For this episode, I have two guests: Andrew Core, an avid birder who frequents the El Rio Preserve and Jay Grodman, the Natural Resources Supervisor for the Town of Marana, who will tell us more abou…
E30 - Karen V + Ravens
My guest is a familiar one, from Episode 8, Karen Vandergrift. This episode, she talks about her ranch in Uruguay, birding around there and the bird of the episode is the Raven. She tells us about th…
E29 - Rick Taylor + Eared Quetzal + Birds of Arizona
My guest is Rick Taylor, author of the recently-released Birds of Arizona field guide and one of my favorite pocketable field guides - Birds of Southeastern Arizona. Rick tells us about how he became…
E28 - Alyce B + Whooping Crane
My guest is Alyce Bender, a Wildside Nature Tour Leader, Contributing Writer to the Journal of Wildlife Photography and a Tamron Ambassador that has photographed birds all over the world. She talks a…
E27 - Kathe A + Rock Pigeon
My guest is Kathe Anderson. She frequently leads field trips in the Phoenix-area and at wildlife festivals across the state. She participates in multiple local survey programs and Christmas Bird Coun…
E26 - Jeff Ryan + Common Tern + This Land Was Saved for You and Me
My guest is Jeff Ryan, an author, adventurer, photographer and historian, who joins us virtually, all the way from Portland, Maine. He recently released his new book on September 1st – This Land was …
E25 - 2022 Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
For this episode, I have 8 guests! I tried something a little different and brought my setup to the Nature Expo at the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival. I asked each guest to share a memorable bir…
E24 - Luke S + Common Gallinule
For this episode, my guest is Luke Safford, the Director of Engagement and Education for the Tucson Audubon Society. He coordinates the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival each year, is involved with …
E23 - Prey & Predators: Part 2 + Cooper's Hawk
This is the conclusion of a 2-part special focusing on avian predators and their prey, in the southwest. This episode focuses on predators, and returning as my guest is Jeff Babson; as an all-around…
E22 - Prey & Predators: Part 1 + Mourning Dove
This is part 1 of a 2-part special focusing on avian predators and their prey, in the southwest. This episode focuses on prey, and returning as my guest is Jeff Babson; as an all-around naturalist, …
E21 - Daniel Klem Jr + American Woodcock + Solid Air
My guest is Daniel Klem Jr., a professor of Biology and Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology at Muhlenberg College. After dedicating the last 48 years of his life to avian…