Rosemary Mosco is well-known for her educational, funny, and cute comics. Her new book, The Birding Dictionary, offers all that and more. Listen in as we talk comics, language, and birding.

Interview begins at: 10:20

Show notes
Buy me a Coffee
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Adam Cayton-Holland
Birding is the World Brazil
Global Big Day
The Birding Dictionary
Rosemary Mosco, Bluesky, TikTok, Facebook

Birds/Animals mentioned
Orange-crowned Warbler
Secretarybird

Intro Bird Call: American Crow (Recorded: Clatsop County, OR May 2023)
Outro Bird Call: Orange-crowned Warbler (Recorded: Clatsop County, OR April 2020)

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Alt title: I like big birds and I cannot lie.

We were on the search for a few specific bird species while in eastern South Africa. They were mainly big (Blue Crane, Common Ostrich, bustards, Secretarybird, etc.), which lead us to staying at a couple of cool spots!

Adventure begins at: 8:00

Show notes
Buy me a Coffee
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Wakkerstroom Hotel
Tala Game Reserve

eBird Trip Report
https://ebird.org/tripreport/322915

Birds/Animals mentioned
Blue Crane
Denham’s Bustard
Cloud Cisticola
Four-colored Bushshrike

Intro Bird Call: Black-bellied Bustard (Recorded: Wakkerstroom, South Africa February 2025)
Outro Bird Call: Four-colored Bushshrike (Recorded: Tala Game Reserve South Africa, January 2025)

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BirdLife South Africa hosted the Flock to Marion cruise in January to fundraise for the Mouse-Free Marion project, an effort to eradicate house mice from Marion Island that are attacking albatross chicks and threatening the species.

This was our second time on this incredible cruise! We even saw some new birds!

Main Story Begins at: 15:00

Show notes
Buy me a Coffee
Spring Chirp
The Residence mini-series
Terra Listens
MSC Cruiseline
BirdLife South Africa
Mouse-Free Marion

eBird Trip Report

Birds/Animals mentioned
Pintado Petrel
Salvin’s Prion
Sooty Albatross

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Kruger National Park is massive. With over two million hectares to explore, you could spend your whole life exploring it. However, we only had three days - but we lived it to the fullest!

Main Story Begins at: 6:37

Show notes
Buy me a Coffee
Spring Chirp
Kruger National Park
Kruger Adventure Lodge
Phabeni Gate
Tinker Guides

eBird Trip Report

Birds/Animals mentioned
Wattled Starling
Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Intro Bird Call: Red-crested Bustard (Recorded: Kruger NP February, 2025)
Outro Bird Call: Woodland Kingfisher (Recorded: Kruger NP February, 2025)

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We had a day off from the Morro Bay Birding Festival, so we decided to see what else the surrounding area has to offer. It did not disappoint! Elephant Seals to the north, Monarchs and the Madonna Inn to the south, and a whole bunch of wild landscapes to the east.

Main Story Begins at: 6:20

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Buy me a Coffee
Spring Chirp
Piedras Blancas
The Life of a Female Northern Elephant Seal
Carrizo Plain National Monument
Pismo Beach Monarchs
Madonna Inn

eBird Trip Report

Birds/Animals mentioned

LeConte’s Thrasher
Rock Wren

Intro Bird Call: California Thrasher (Recorded: Morro Bay, California January 2025)
Outro Bird Call: Rock Wren (Recorded: California, January 2025)

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The Morro Bay Birding Festival along the California Coast has been around for over 28 years! This year, we decided to see what the buzz is all about.

Main Story Begins at: 10:37

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Buy me a Coffee
Spring Chirp
Spark Bird
Morro Rock
Morro Bay Bird Festival
Rose’s Bar and Grill
Three Stacks and a Rock
Bobolink festival app

eBird Trip Report

Birds/Animals mentioned

Sea Otter
Peregrine Falcon
White-throated Swift

Intro Bird Call: Canyon Wren (Recorded: Morro Bay, California January 2025)
Outro Bird Call: California Thrasher (Recorded: Morro Bay, California January 2025)

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Hannah has always wanted to visit the famed Sandia Crest on the mountains overlooking Albuquerque, New Mexico for the chance to see three species of Rosy-Finch. Well, we finally had our chance! Listen in to see how we did.

Main Story Begins at: 8:37

Show notes

Buy me a Coffee
Spring Chirp
Sandia Crest history of feeding station
Hotel Zazz
Great Backyard Bird Count
Bosque Brewery
Tractor Brewery
Flying Star Bakery

eBird Trip Report

Birds/Animals mentioned
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Intro Bird Call: Pinyon Jay (Recorded: New Mexico, January 2025)
Outro Bird Call: Pinyon Jay (Recorded: New Mexico, January 2025)

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The Hawaiian Honeycreepers are facing extinction, and there are some great researchers and conservationists working hard to do something about that. We talked with a few of these folks to hear what they are doing to conserve these species and then went out to see what honeycreepers we could find.

Main Story Begins at: 3:52

Show notes
Buy me a Coffee
Flock To Marion AGAIN
Spring Chirp
Jen Kindell Art
Kauai forest bird recovery website
American Bird Conservancy
Alakai Swamp Trail
Koke’e State Park
Keoki's Paradise

eBird Trip Report

Birds/Animals mentioned
Apapane
Kauai Elepaio
Anianiau
Kauai Amakihi
Akekee

Intro Bird Call: Apapane (Recorded: Kauai, Hawaii December 2024)
Outro Bird Call: Apapane (Recorded: Kauai, Hawaii December 2024)

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