The Badgerland Birding Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

We talk with Greg Miller, who was the inspiration behind Jack Black's character Brad in "The Big Year". Greg tells us all about what was real and what was embellished in the movie as well as other birding stories! Hear more from Greg on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GregMillerBirding/ Book at tour with Greg: https://wildsidenaturetours.com/team-member/greg-miller/

We talk with the current 2024 Lower 48 Big Year leader Ezekiel Dobson about his historic year, birding across the United States, birding in Kentucky where he's from, and more! Zeke is currently at 708 species for the year.

You can donate to Zeke's journey here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/big-year-lower-48-states

We talk to Jeff (Mr. Train) and Otys about what it's like birding in New Jersey, how people are working to reduce window strikes, especially in big cities like New York, and more!

Links

Mr. Train: Life Lessons for Better Birding and Beyond

Common Tern Article

Article about Mr. Train and Otys' work with window strikes

Otys Train's essay about window strikes

We talk about some of the most difficult bird identifications, some cool sightings we've had, and play around with some AI to see how it is at generating bird photos and other scenes.

We talk about why summer birding comes with its own set of challenges, the bird nesting season, as well as how cool nest box cameras are.

We talk to Wisconsin birder Cole Roecker about birding "Big Days", including the one from our latest video, the history of birding, and some of birding's biggest controversies, including feral cats.

We talk to 13 year-old birder Manny from Indiana about how he got into birding, birding in Indiana, the Inaccessible Island Rail, and more!

We talk with Texas birder Ty Allen about Big Days, how he started birding, and about our new guiding network, which Ty is a part of! You can book a tour with Ty or any of our guides at www.badgerlandbirding.com.

We give a preview about what it's like going to The Biggest Week in American Birding, which happens annually in Ohio. We will be releasing a bunch of content about it in the future. You can learn more here: https://www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com

We talked with birder and field tech Max Carroll about birding in Vermont, shorebird survey, and field tech work, a peg-legged American Oystercatcher that's still kicking, and more! You can follow Max on instagram @max.manhattan.