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The Thing with Feathers: birds and hope with Courtney Ellis Courtney Ellis
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5.0 • 39 Ratings
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Stories, experts, and special guests on how birds help us keep looking up.
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Gardening for the Birds with Jenn McGuinness
Gardening is for the birds!
But wait... can gardening actually be FOR the birds? Today we're joined by Jenn McGuinness, author of Bird-Friendly Gardening, to learn all about creating beautiful outdoor spaces that can bless our feathered friends.
Links from Jenn's show:
Jenn's blog
Jenn (Frau Zinnie) on Instagram
Jenn (Frau Zinnie) on Facebook
Birding links:
The Merlin Bird ID App
eBird
iNaturalist
The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes bi-weekly on Mondays.
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70: Fire Ecology, Bird-Friendly Beef, and Woodpeckers (Dale Gentry)
Director of Conservation for the Audubon Upper Mississippi River, Dale Gentry believes there are lots of reasons to be hopeful. From new initiatives caring for the forests lining the Mississippi to bird-friendly grass-fed beef, join us as we learn more about what the Audubon is doing to care for creation.
Plus: we spend some time renaming the birds.
Links from Dale's show:
Dale's Audubon page
Conservation Ranching
Upper Mississippi River Program
Birding links:
Merlin Bird ID
e-Bird
Follow The Thing With Feathers:
TTWF on Twitter
TTWF on Instagram
TTWF on Facebook
The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every-other Monday.
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69: The Magic of Migration (Emma Rhodes)
Avian biologist Emma Rhodes joins us to talk about all things migration, the joy of bird-banding, why American Redstarts are the perfect Halloween bird, and how to manage a huge group of volunteers.
Links from Emma's show:
Banding Coalition of the Americas
Emma on Twitter
Emma on Facebook
Banding Coalition on Facebook
Birding links:
Merlin Bird ID
e-Bird
Follow The Thing With Feathers:
TTWF on Twitter
TTWF on Instagram
TTWF on Facebook
The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.
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68: Vulture Apologetics (Josina Guess)
Author, editor, and vulture aficionado Josina Guess joins us this week to talk vultures, sisterhood, and how pressing into the natural world can ground our hearts, minds, and souls.
Links from Josina's show:
Josina's website
Vultures (Josina's essay in Image Journal)
Vulture Sister Song
Sojourners Magazine
Birding links:
Merlin Bird ID
e-Bird
Follow The Thing With Feathers:
TTWF on Twitter
TTWF on Instagram
TTWF on Facebook
The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message
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67: Ornithology? Theology? How about Ornitheology! (Kevin Burrell)
Founder of Ornitheology, pastor Kevin Burrell believes God has written reminders of his love and care all over the cosmos. From the call of a chickadee to the Scriptural reminders not to fear, this episode is a tour of beauty, goodness, and birds.
Links from Kevin's show:
Ornitheology
Kevin on Twitter
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66: Amy Tan's Backyard Bird Chronicles
Bestselling author Amy Tan gives us a tour of her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles and describes why, even when we're sitting at home, birds can help us feel free.
Links from Amy's show:
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy's website
Birding links:
Merlin Bird ID
e-Bird
Follow The Thing With Feathers:
TTWF on Twitter
TTWF on Instagram
TTWF on Facebook
The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message
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Customer Reviews
Awesome!
I love this! Please keep it going. Thank you so much for the content.
Yikes Shrikes!
I’m a faithful listener to this great podcast—and have been loving birds for most of my 70+ years on the globe. The episode featuring the most ‘metal’ birds had me high-fiving every selection and ironically so as just this morning I photographed a Loggerhead Shrike (complete with prey dangling from its hooked beak) on my way from the mailbox. Rock on.
Birds all day every day please!
Birds are one of the most invitational reminders that we can live to sing and sing to live. Thank you for this hope filled show of beautiful people.
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