Your Bird Story

Dec 12 2024 51 ep. 35 mins 10

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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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Melissa Hafting Gives Back to the Birds

Dec 12 2024 22 mins

In this episode, I talk with Melissa Hafting about her birding routines and rituals. Hafting’s life is about “giving back to the birds for all they have done for us.” She is the keeper of the BC Rare Bird Alert and founder of the BC Young Birders Program. Entering birding, Hafting—a Black woman—experienced gatekeeping. This challenging experience motivated her to establis

Loyan Beausoleil is a Swiftie (of the Apodiformes kind)

Nov 14 2024 38 mins

Are you the bird swiftie? Can you tell the different swifts apart? Do you know the connection between hummingbirds and swifts? Have you watched swifts come home to roost? Can you hold your house together with your saliva? Longtime friend and supporter of the pod, and conservationist, Loyan Beausoleil joins Your Bird Story to talk about Chimney and Vaux's Swifts. — Creator and

SamSam Graves Really Loves Piping Plovers

Oct 10 2024 36 mins

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

Eric Archer on Hudson Valley Ecology

Sep 12 2024 28 mins

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 Bun

Jeffrey Train and the Birds of Hoboken

Aug 08 2024 44 mins

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

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

Jul 11 2024 42 mins

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, y

Pamela Lowell's Osprey Summer

Jun 13 2024 46 mins

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

Queen Birder Kellie Quiñones

May 09 2024 45 mins

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

Natasza Fontaine is a Botanizing Birder

Apr 11 2024 23 mins

"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

Jazz Odes to NYC Birds with Elijah Shiffer

Mar 14 2024 36 mins

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