The Avian Rainbow with Whitney Tsai Nakashima
February 16, 2023
You don’t have to be a birder for a long time to appreciate that birds are capable of producing an astonishing array of colors and patterns, even those beyond what our weak human eyes can discern. Hidden in that avian rainbow are clues to bird taxonomy and evolution, which is the work of our guest Whitney Tsai Nakashima, a researcher at Occidental College’s Moore Lab of Zoology.
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The American Birding Podcast brings together staff and friends of the American Birding Association as we talk about birds, birding, travel and conservation in North America and beyond.
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Hi Nate, I’m really enjoying the AB podcast (began listening about 4 months ago or so) and think you do a really good job with it. Good interviewer, too. It’s such a refreshing break. So really want to thank you for all you do. Having said this, I have a complaint about the 02/16 show, specifically the sign-off when you were stating the credits. At the opening part of the show you commented on a South African birder’s experience seeing a Belted Kingfisher. Then, at the end of the show, his voice recording of this experience was playing behind your… Read more »
Thanks Catherine! Thanks for the note. I’m John, the guy who’s supposed to make sure this sort of thing doesn’t happen. And it happened due to a sloppy error on my part. It’s fixed now. Sorry about that. We actually caught the issue about an hour after publication, and thought we had it corrected, but that didn’t fix it. If you download it again you’ll have the proper file and you’ll be able to hear the fun little kingfisher anecdote as well as Nate’s end notes. Thanks for listening, and thanks for caring enough to let us know about the… Read more »
Thanks John. Listened and it did not disappoint. Good story! Thanks for correcting it.