Favorite holiday gifts given and received is a major topic of this episode and among those gifts mentioned are a hockey stick, a mink coat, ten-speed bikes, and a vintage saucepan. Ben’s nightmare Christmas Bird Count experience and Bill’s Disney World surprise stories take center stage. Also mentioned are a conspiracy theory about wild birds,… Read more »
Back to the North from points farther south, the fellows chat throughout a winter-themed episode about such topics as suet feeding, birding in Texas and Colombia, weather and birds, winter clothing, acclimatization, fogging optics, and Ben’s new-found love of silk long johns. Bill recounts a traumatic first grade incident involving yellow snow, and his latest… Read more »
Have You Ever Eaten Squirrel? With the guys poised to head off to far-flung birding destinations, Ben asks Bill for advice on his backyard bird feeding efforts. Bill, who is the Guy Fieri of bird feeding, dishes the knowledge on mixed seed, suet, peanuts, and the best foods for feeding birds. Ben also asks Bill… Read more »
The boys connected via the Interweb to chat about the importance of bird clubs, favorite Feasts of Birdin’ (eateries) near birding hotspots, the upcoming (potential) winter finch invasion, and Ben’s latest life bird (and head cold). Bill shares his newest musical recommendation: the band Phox, from Madison, Wisconsin. Listen here: https://www.birdwatchersdigest.net/podcasts/otwtb/episode44.mp3
The birding dudes cover a smorgasbord of topics here, including a recap of the recent American Birding Expo, birding during migration, upcoming festivals, The Big Sit, and tips for your optics upgrade. They also celebrate, in the briefest possible way, Ben’s birthday. This episode was recorded in two parts, one via Skype between Wisconsin and Ohio,… Read more »
Ben and Bill share a baker’s dozen tips for enhancing your birding enjoyment, including where and when to go, and what to wear, eat, carry, think, hear, and do, and lots more. If you’re willing to take advice from these two guys, then you deserve all the joy that birding can bring you. They also… Read more »
The likely lads are on the loose at the world-famous British Birdwatching Fair, where they’re seeing old friends, quaffing a few pints, promoting the American Birding Expo, Bird Watcher’s Digest, and helping to translate between American English and English English. They talk about the beauty and conservation of vultures and flamingos, new birds they’ve added to… Read more »
Summer activities—both recent and upcoming—are the focus of this episode’s discussion between Bill and Ben. They brag about their super-smart daughters and wonder how the apples could fall so far from the tree. They chat about Ben’s upcoming canoe trip, the new issue of BWD, upcoming Reader Rendezvous, and about Bill’s recent (amazing) baseball catch on… Read more »
Ben and Bill take a break during the Outdoor Retailer show in Denver, Colorado, to talk about the products, trends, and environmental awareness they found at this major event for retail stores. Like Johnny Appleseed, they planted the seeds of birding awareness among the many cool folks and companies… Read more »
The stoke is high for Ben and Bill’s upcoming trips to Man Camp (People Camp) in West Virginia and to Colorado for the Outdoor Retailer Show. In this episode, their Zugunruhe has them all over the place topicwise, including fledglings at feeders, higher hummer numbers, famous Birding Expo keynote speakers, the new Duck Stamp, and the demise of… Read more »
