Hannah and Erik Go Birding – Details, episodes & analysis

Ouvea is part of the Loyalty Islands, just off the coast of New Caledonia.  It's the only place in the world to see an Ouvea Parakeet and is a total off-the-beaten-path, once-in-a-lifetime birding spot.  

*Please be aware that we have a lot of travel logistics in this episode, because it took us some figuring out how to get there, transport, and accommodations - hopefully it's helpful if you ever decide to explore Ouvea!*

Adventure begins at: 10:02

Show notes

Morro Bay Birding Festival
Spring Chirp
eBird Taxonomic update finalizes
Quill and Finch journals  Discount Code: HannahandErik
New Caledonia Bird Guide Isabelle
Tribal Home Stay on Ouvea

eBird Trip Report

Birds/Animals mentioned

Intro Bird Call: Rufous Whistler (Recorded: New Caledonia October, 2025)
Outro Bird Call: Gray-eared Honeyeater (Recorded: New Caledonia October, 2025)

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On the way to our destination, New Caledonia, we had a 36-hour layover in Fiji.  We know how to make the most of that!  So, we explored the southern edge of the island from Nadi to Suva. 

Adventure begins at: 11:40 

Show notes 

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Morro Bay Birding Festival
Spring Chirp
eBird October Global Big Day; Team trip report
Texas A&M extension birding
Rainforest Eco Lodge
Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park
Garden of the Sleeping Giant

eBird Trip Report 

Birds/Animals mentioned 

Many-colored Fruit-Dove
Collared Lory
Golden Dove 

Intro Bird Call: Duetting Giant Honeyeater (Recorded: Fiji October 2025)
Outro Bird Call: Fiji Bush Warbler (Recorded: Fiji October 2025) 

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On our NYC-sampler trip, we had a little bit of time to bird on Long Island.  There was so much to see, including a few lifers and interesting sites to explore.

Adventure begins at: 10:00

Show notes

Buy me a Coffee
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
SPI Convention Center
Jones Beach
Lost Farmer Brewery Co.
A&S Bagels 

eBird Trip Report 

Birds/Animals mentioned
Purple Sandpiper
Saltmarsh Sparrow 

Intro Bird Call: Northern Cardinal (Recorded April 2025 New York City)
Outro Bird Call: Gray Catbird (Recorded April 2025 New York City)

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Hannah and Erik take you back to Uganda for a few more of the key spots and experiences they had.  We start off in Queen Elizabeth National Park, explore Kibale Forest National Park, and lastly, Murchison Falls National Park.  So many places to go and things to see!

Main Story at: 9:30

Show notes

San Diego Bird Festival
Bird Uganda Safaris
Enganzi Lodge
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Pakuba Safari Lodge
Murchison Falls National Park
Bigodi Research center
Home Bliss Hotel
Kibale Forest National Park  

eBird hotspots

Overall Uganda Trip List 

Birds Mentioned

Goliath Heron
Gray-hooded Gull
Martial Eagle
Papyrus Gonolek
Ross’s Turaco
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-necked Falcon
Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Intro Bird Call: Rufous-naped Lark (Recorded: December 4th, 2021 Uganda)

Outro Bird Call: African Pied Wagtail (Recorded with lots of zippers: December 6th, 2021 Uganda)

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Twitter: @WeGoBirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com

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Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
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Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com
Venmo: @hannahanderikgobirding

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Buckle up for the first half of birding in Uganda!  We see Shoebills at Mbamba Swamp, hear warthogs rooting outside our tent at Lake Mburo National Park, and appreciate the beauty and solitude of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest with Mountain Gorillas.

Main Story at: 10:40

Show notes

San Diego Bird Festival
Bird Uganda Safaris
E.O. Wilson; Jerri Liguori; Curt Rawn
Thousands of Cranes Die 

eBird hotspots

Entire Uganda Trip eBird List

Select Birds Mentioned

Shoebill
Hamerkop
African Green-Pigeon
Malachite Kingfisher
African Finfoot
African Fish-Eagle
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Cinnamon Chested Bee-eater
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-headed Malimbe

Intro Bird Call: Dideric Duckoo (Recorded December 2nd, 2021 Uganda)
Outro Bird Call: White-browed Robin-Chat (Recorded November 28th, 2021 Uganda) 

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IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Twitter: @WeGoBirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com

Support the show

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
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Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com
Venmo: @hannahanderikgobirding

Get a discount at Buteo Books using code: BIRDNERDBOOKCLUB

On our way to Uganda to get started on the familiarization tour that was part of the African Bird Expo, we had a long layover in Dubai....so we took that opportunity to bird another part of the world!

Don’t forget our #BirdNerdGiveaway!  Tell us a birding festival you’ve been to - or would like to go to. Deadline is December 28. Email, use the hashtag, or message us with your answer. 

Main Story at: 8:30

Show notes

San Diego Bird Festival
Bird Uganda Safaris
Port Saeed Plaza
Rove City Center Hotel
Airport View Hotel

eBird hotspots

Port Saeed Plaza
Airport View Hotel

Birds Mentioned

Marabou Stork
Woodland Kingfisher
Hamerkop
White-eared Bulbul
Eurasian Hoopoe
Asian Pied Starling

Intro Bird Call: Killdeer (Recorded: August 2019 Pacific, WA)
Outro Bird Call: Belted Kingfisher (Recorded: August 2019 Pacific, WA)

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Twitter: @WeGoBirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com

Support the show

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com
Venmo: @hannahanderikgobirding

Get a discount at Buteo Books using code: BIRDNERDBOOKCLUB

As always, we had an amazing time at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival.  Finishing up our report with chasing vagrants, eating, Big Day-ing, and some more new stuff to see and do.

Main Story at: 10:00

Show notes

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Sabal Palm Sanctuary
Station 1 Bar and Grill
La Playa Mexican Cafe 

eBird hotspots

Texas Big Day
Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Birds Mentioned

Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Common Pauraque
Wood Stork
Aplomado Falcon 

Intro Bird Call: scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Recorded April 2021, Galveston, TX)
Outro Bird Call: Crimson-collared Grosbeak (Recorded: November 2021 Hidalgo, TX)

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Twitter: @WeGoBirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com

Support the show

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com
Venmo: @hannahanderikgobirding

Get a discount at Buteo Books using code: BIRDNERDBOOKCLUB

It sure feels good to get back to the Rio Grande Valley for the annual birding festival!  Friends, fun, food, and birds - what more could you want?  Listen in for new places to go and old favorites.

Main Story at: 11:00

Show notes

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
San Diego Bird Festival
Parthenogenesis in Condors
Audubon for All
Nana’s Taqueria
SpaceX website
Rocket Ranch
Smoke BBQ
Battle of Palmito Hill

eBird hotspots

Whole RGVBF Trip Report (Beta testing)
“Fruitless” rarity search at UTRGV
Palmito Hill Rd
Rocket Ranch
End of Boca Chica Rd

Birds Mentioned

Social Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
White-tailed Hawk

Intro Bird Call: Long-billed Thrasher (Recorded May 2018 Hidalgo, Texas)
Outro Bird Call: Laughing Gulls (Recorded: April 2021 Galveston, Texas)

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Twitter: @WeGoBirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com

Support the show

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com
Venmo: @hannahanderikgobirding

Get a discount at Buteo Books using code: BIRDNERDBOOKCLUB

The winds a-howlin' and there's birds zipping past! Hannah and Erik give seawatching a concerted effort and improve their seawatching skills.  And Dr. Sarah Saunders and David Pavlik join to discuss storms, birds, and how a changing climate will impact that.

#BirdNerdGiveaway: Enter to win hot sauce from Aves Spice Co. by emailing, responding to our posts, or using #BirdNerdGiveaway with your answer to.... Pick a bird and then pick out flavors that you would use to represent that bird. 

Deadline: Nov 16, 2021 
(Hannah says Nov 23 in the episode - but that was an error)

Main Story at: 10:50

Show notes

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
San Diego Bird Festival
Survival by Degrees:
Audubon Climate Watch
From Heavier Rainfall to Stronger Storms, Can Birds Ride Out the Storm?

eBird hotspots

Silver Point day after the storm
Silver Point as winds picked up before storm made landfall

Intro Bird Call: Pink-footed Shearwater (Recorded: July 2020 Off the Coast of Washington)
Outro Bird Call: Black-necked Stilt (Recorded: (as a vagrant) May 2020 Cannon Beach, OR)

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Twitter: @WeGoBirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com 

Support the show

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com
Venmo: @hannahanderikgobirding

Get a discount at Buteo Books using code: BIRDNERDBOOKCLUB

Hannah and Erik sneak in a little birding on a family Disneyland trip.  They visit a few nearby hotspots for some targets and even get a lifer in Disneyland!  

Bird Nerd Giveaway: 5:30
Main Story at: 13:15

Show notes
Elegant Tern Drone Article
Asbury Games; coupon code: GOBIRDING for 20% off, ends Nov. 7
Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
San Diego Bird Festival
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve; Wikipedia
Bolsa Chica Oil Spill

Birds discussed
California Gnatcatcher
Swinhoe’s White-eye
Ridgeway’s Rail
Elegant Tern

 eBird hotspots
Disneyland
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Intro Bird Call: Killdeer (Recorded May 2019, Cannon Beach, OR)
Outro Bird Call: California Gnatcatcher (Recorded October 2021, Orange, California)

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Twitter: @WeGoBirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com

Support the show

Connect with us at...

IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding
Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding
Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com
Venmo: @hannahanderikgobirding

Get a discount at Buteo Books using code: BIRDNERDBOOKCLUB