Your Bird Story

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Your Bird Story

Your Bird Story centers the voices of everyday people and their encounters and relationships with wild birds in cities. The podcast is hosted by Georgia Silvera Seamans and is edited and produced by Pod to the People. Follow us wherever you listen to podcasts. Join us on social media: @yourbirdstory on Instagram. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

  1. 10 OCT

    SamSam Graves Really Loves Piping Plovers

    SamSam Graves is a NYC-based artist, zine maker, and birder. In our conversation we touched on these aspects of her life. SamSam spoke passionately about Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) conservation. You might be surprised to learn that Piping Plovers nest annually on Rockaway Beach in NYC!! However, subspecies C. m. melodus are listed an endangered species in New York State and classified as threatened by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service. SamSam also shares her stance on birding ethics and a fascination with mousebirds. — Information about New York City’s Piping Plovers is available at NYC Plover Project, NYC.gov, NYC Parks, NYS DEC, and U.S. FWS. — Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: Pod for the People Vocalizations:  Piping Plover call: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/27747281 Northern Cardinal: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/225370771 Piping Plover song: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/64002271 Speckled Mousebird https://ebird.org/species/spemou2 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

    36 min

  2. 12 SEPT

    Eric Archer on Hudson Valley Ecology

    A conversation with Eric Archer about the film he and his collaborator Jesse Brown are making about John Burroughs, "the literary naturalist," and the ecology of the Hudson Valley. Birds included! - Information about The Burroughs Rambles film can be found ⁠here⁠. - Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: Pod for the People Vocalizations: Indigo Bunting ⁠https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/166626⁠ Brown Thrasher ⁠https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/236707141⁠,  Winter Wren ⁠https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/43989871⁠ Indigo Bunting (flight calls) ⁠https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/30735901⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

    29 min

  3. 8 AUG

    Jeffrey Train and the Birds of Hoboken

    This month's guest, Jeffrey Train, and a group of Hoboken residents are doing great work for birds. ⁠Our Tern⁠ advocated for the Common Tern to be designed the city's official bird. The City Council of Hoboken settled on "honorary bird" on July 10, 2024. In this conversation, Jeffrey, also known as Mr. Train on social media, talks about his entry into birding, his birder/birding typology, turns the table on Georgia (the host), and previews his hopes for the bird scene in Hoboken. - Follow Jeffrey on Instagram @mrtrain_. Our Tern is @ourternhoboken. - Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: Pod for the People Vocalizations: Common Tern https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/236009821 Red-tailed Hawk ⁠https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/150733861⁠ Black and White Warbler https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/164542 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

    44 min

  4. 11 JUL

    Tammah Watts's Guide to the Powerful Healing of Bird Watching

    This joyful and introspective episode with Tammah Watts is the capstone to Season 4! Watching birds from her home helped her deal with the emotional wearing of a physical disability. She guides us through her discovery of birds in her yard and writing her book, Keep Looking Up: Your Guide to the Powerful Healing of Birdwatching. You can engage with birds where you are--your yard, your neighborhood, and if you are fortunate, in far flung places. For the Black community, Watts also talks about the importance of taking up space in nature to redress "ancestral and historical" trauma in the outdoors. - Learn more about Tammah Watts. Follow her on Instagram @tammahwatts. - Season 4 of Your Bird Story is made possible in part by a Voice for Nature Foundation grant. - Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: Pod for the People Vocalizations: Yellow Warbler https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/57524601 Bald Eagle https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/89000921 Black Phoebe https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/126464 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

    42 min

  5. 13 JUN

    Pamela Lowell's Osprey Summer

    Pamela Lowell is a passionate spokesperson for Osprey and bird conservation writ large. She gorgeously captures the lives and habitats of Pandion haliaetus in watercolor which illustrate her new book, My Summer with Ospreys. Throughout Lowell's book, and our conversation, you experience her warmth and caring approach to healing both birds and people. Also, Pamela Lowell is very funny! Learn more about Pamela Lowell at her website: https://www.pamelalowell.com. Season 4 of Your Bird Story aka CHIRP is funded with a Voice for Nature Foundation grant. Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: Pod for the People Vocalizations: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/200948 (Bald Eagle), https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/100770 (Belted Kingfisher), https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/135383 (Great Blue Heron), https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/105731 (Osprey, display), https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/217862641 (Osprey), https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/255296771 (juvenile Osprey) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

    47 min

  6. 9 MAY

    Queen Birder Kellie Quiñones

    Kellie Quiñones is a Brooklyn born Afro-Boricua woman now living in Queens. She has a special place in Georgia's heart, welcoming her into the NYC bird world. Listen to this lively and laugh out loud conversation about birding from home, favorite bird memories, community, and more. Season 4 of Your Bird Story aka CHIRP is funded with a  grant. Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: Pod for the People American Crow https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/135405 Bald Eagle https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/92022701 American Woodcock https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/62745 Black-crowned Night Heron https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/134129 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

    45 min

  7. 11 APR

    Natasza Fontaine is a Botanizing Birder

    "I can't think about plants without thinking about birds and I can't think about birds without thinking about plants," says Natasza Fontaine in our conversation about her life as an avian ecologist, natural science illustrator, bioacoustician, and a birder. Fontaine is a founding member of Black Botanists Week. She was selected as the Bird of the Year Artist 2024 by the American Birding Association. Fontaine illustrated the Golden-Winged Warbler for the ABA Birding magazine. Listen to her story and hear her recordings of one of her favorite birds, the Caspian Tern. Read about Fontaine and the Golden-winged Warbler at ⁠https://www.aba.org/2024-bird-of-the-year-artist-natasza-fontaine/⁠. Season 4 of Your Bird Story aka CHIRP is funded with a  grant. Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: Pod for the People Caspian Term vocalizations: Natasza Fontaine Golden-winged Warbler: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/157972131 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

    24 min

  8. 14 MAR

    Jazz Odes to NYC Birds with Elijah Shiffer

    Birds sing to "defend and impress" (All About Birds). Bird songs are good for soul, though this depends on the person listening, the species of bird, and the type of sound they are making (Dr. Eleanor Ratcliffe via Natural History Museum UK). New Yorker Elijah Shiffer composes jazz pieces to celebrate the birds he observes in the city. Shiffer is a saxophonist, a composer, a music critic, and a bird guide. Excerpts from several of the songs on Shiffer's new album, City Of Birds, Volume I, are included in this episode. You can find Elijah Schiffer online at https://www.elijahshiffer.com/ and @elijahshiffer. Season 4 of Your Bird Story aka CHIRP is funded with a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Voice for Nature Foundation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ grant. Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans Producer and Editor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pod to the People⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music courtesy of Elijah Shiffer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

    37 min
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Your Bird Story centers the voices of everyday people and their encounters and relationships with wild birds in cities. The podcast is hosted by Georgia Silvera Seamans and is edited and produced by Pod to the People. Follow us wherever you listen to podcasts. Join us on social media: @yourbirdstory on Instagram. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yourbirdstory/support

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  • Creator
    Local Nature Lab
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
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    © Local Nature Lab
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