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Birds of a Feather Talk Together33: Tufted Puffins - Shannon's Favorite PuffinThis week Shannon makes her case for why Tufted Puffins are the best. Amanda points out that the tufts look like the hair on the back of Donald Trump's head, which doesn't go over well with Shannon :). It's a blast and a ton of fun discussing the Tufted Puffin. Marky Mutchler joins us again on this one, Marky is a PHD student at the University of Chicago. We also answer a question about birds in Trinidad and Tobago from one of our listeners. Enjoy!Please follow our instagram @birds_of_a_feather_podcast
2024-03-1132 min
Birds of a Feather Talk Together32: Common Puffin (Or Atlantic Puffin) - John's Favorite PuffinA listener wrote in and asked for us to do a puffin episode. It turns out that John and Shannon each have a different favorite puffin. This week we'll talk about John's favorite: the Common Puffin (or Atlantic Puffin.) Next week we'll talk about the Tufted Puffin. Puffins are so cool, you'll enjoy this one and next week's as well! Marky Mutchler joins us again this week as well. Enjoy!!Please follow our instagram @birds_of_a_feather_podcast Please send us your questions for us to answer as well! You can send them to p...
2024-03-0426 min
Birds of a Feather Talk Together31: Limpkins Interview Part 2 with Marky MutchlerPart 2 of our interview Marky Mutchler to talk about Limpkins. Marky is a PHD student at the University of Chicago, and is studying limpkins. Limpkins have been seen outside of their range, as far north as Chicago and even Nova Scotia. One limpkin was found dead in Illinois recently, and the dead bird was brought to the Field Museum for research, so we talk to Marky, John, and Shannon to see what they’ve learned. Please send us your questions for us to answer as well! You can send them to podcast.birdsofafeather@gmail.comEnjo...
2024-02-2625 min
Birds of a Feather Talk Together30: Limpkins Interview Part 1 with Marky MutchlerWe interview Marky Mutchler this week and talk about Limpkins. Marky is a PHD student at the University of Chicago, and is studying limpkins. If you’re not familiar, Limpkins are a bird that is native to South America and their range covers Florida as well. They’ve been expanding northwards lately, and there were many citing in Illinois this summer. Marky tells us about them being spotted as far north as Nova Scotia as well. Will they be able to survive winters? How are they finding food in these new locations? Marky talks us through many of the theor...
2024-02-2024 min
The Feathered Desert PodcastWhat’s That Bird?: Black-chinned HummingbirdSummary:A three-minute podcast from the hosts of The Feathered Desert about individual bird species found in the desert Southwest.
Show Notes:
"Why a Hawk is a Hummingbird's Best Friend," by Ashley P. Taylor, Audubon, September 2015.
Bird song provided by Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology recorded by Marky Mutchler.
2023-05-2504 min
The American Birding Podcast05-11: ID Nation - Early Spring ChallengesSpring is here and birders across North America, including new pandemic birders for whom this might be their very first spring migration as a birder, are looking forward to birds return. And to help them along, we're starting a new regular feature on the American Birding Podcast, an identification roundtable. This time we welcome Field Guides early spring ID challenges with a couple crack birders Tom Johnson from Field Guides and artist and ornithology graduate student Marky Mutchler. Join us as we chat waterthrushes, blackbirds, and strategies for tackling big groups of migrating birds. Also, it's March M...
2021-03-1838 min
Podcast Episode Archives - BirdCallsRadio™ | Exploring birdlife around the world™BCR 193: Marky Mutchler, LSU Biology Student
Marky Mutchler, LSU Biology Student and BCR’s 3rd guest in our series called Pay It Forward swoops and talks with Mardi Dickinson about LSU, Brazilian Expedition and her life and interests.
In the third year of her biology degree, Marky (20) is still as keen as ever on pursuing a career in ornithology. Upon graduating, she plans to start her PhD in evolutionary biology. Attending LSU, she has had many opportunities to work in both lab and field settings. She has recently returned from the very first all-women ornithological expedition which was located in the re...
2020-02-2549 min
BirdCallsRadioBCR 193: Marky Multcher, LSU Biology StudentMarky Mutchler, LSU Biology Student and BCR's 3rd guest in our series called Pay It Forward™ swoops and talks with Mardi Dickinson about LSU, Brazillian Expedition and her life and interests.
2020-02-2500 minThe American Birding Podcast02-09: At the Champions of the Flyway with the ABA-Leica Subadult WheatearsThe Champions of the Flyway is one the world's premiere birding events, a combination bird race/conservation fundraiser held annually in southern Israel that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help stop illegal bird poaching around the Mediterranean. While North American teams have participated in the event before, this was the first year that ABA helped sponsor a team, the ABA-Leica Subadult Wheatears, consisting of college-aged birders who all have connections to ABA young birder programs: Johanna Beam, Marky Mutchler, and Aidan Place. Host Nate Swick joins the wheatears as driver and documentarian and brings...
2018-05-0333 min