Summary: This is The Feathered Desert’s final episode and Kiersten and Cheryl are talking about their recommendations for future listening.
For our hearing-impaired listeners, a transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean.
Show Notes:
List of podcasts discussed:
BirdNote Daliy
Threatened
The Science of Birds
Songbirding
The American Birding Podcast
The Warblers
Bring Back Birds
Ten Things I Like About…
All of these can be found on all major podcast outlets
Further recommendations involving more animals than birds:
Just the Zoo of Us, by Ellen and Christian Weatherford
Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
Transcript
Kiersten: Intro: Welcome to the Feathered Desert. This is our final episode, so it’s a bittersweet moment for us both. We’re sad to go, but we’re so happy that we were able to create this podcast that brought enjoyment and education to our listeners. We won’t leave you high and dry with nothing to listen to, though. In this episode we’ll recommend a few other podcasts that we enjoy listening to and we hope you’ll enjoy, as well.
Cheryl: We’re going to start off with one of our favorites, both Kiersten and I listen to this one and we think you’ll love it too. BirdNote Daily is a three-minute podcast that posts daily episodes. This podcast is all about what’s happening in the bird world. New discoveries, how birds impact our mental health, female bird song, great bird dads. These are only some of the great topics you can hear on this show. It’s actually inspired several of our own episodes.
Kiersten: BirdNote also produces another podcast called Threatened. This series has longer episodes and talk about threatened species of birds and everything related to that species. They talk about the research being done to help their survival. They discuss why they are threatened in the first place. It’s a fascinating podcast that shows how birds and people are linked.
Cheryl: Another of my favorites is The Science of Birds. This one is hosted by a gentleman that loves his birds. He writes episodes about birds of all kinds and reveals the fascinating things that make them special.
Kiersten: I just discovered this next a few weeks ago and I absolutely love it! Songbirding takes you on birding outings with the host. He records himself hiking and birding by ear in various natural spaces. I know it sounds boring and weird but he points out the bird’s song when he hears them and tells you what species they are. It’s actually really cool and very relaxing.
Cheryl: The American Birding Podcast keeps you informed on everything that is happening in the birding world. This one focuses a bit more on the art of birding but it does have some pretty interesting interviews with prominent bird personalities and authors and scientists.
Kiersten: The Warblers is a podcast by Birds Canada, a non-profit organization that works to protect birds and their habitat in Canada. They do talk about birds that are not often found in the Southwest but it’s all fascinating information about birds. It’s a great podcast to help you expand your knowledge of bird species.
Cheryl: Bring Back Birds is another podcast from BirdNote that talks about the declining bird populations, but doesn’t leave you crying. It highlights programs of conservation that make the future of birds look hopeful.
Kiersten: I can’t end this episode without a shameless plug for my new podcast called Ten Things I Like About… For those of you that can’t get enough of me, check out this podcast. It’s a ten-minute, ten-episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood creature in nature. This one doesn’t focus specifically on birds but there are bird series included. And Cheryl joins me for some episodes and will probably join me for more in the future!
Well, that’s all for The Feathered Desert, listeners. We are signing off for the last time. We hope you’ve enjoyed our show as much as we enjoyed making it.
