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By Bill-and-Ben T-and-L on April 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

OTWTB Podcast Episode 9: Birding Mentors Like Chan Robbins

Chandler Robbins with his trusty binoculars.
Photo by Robert Wright.

Bill and Ben talk about the importance of birding mentors, including the late, great Chan Robbins, who banded Wisdom the albatross in 1956. They talk about opportunities for young birders, and how Bill’s daughter, Phoebe, recently added a new species to the home farm bird list.

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Robbins banding an albatross at Midway Island in 1966.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service photo


About the Author
 Bill Thompson, III, is editor and co-publisher of Bird Watcher's Digest and Watching Backyard Birds. Ben Lizdas is advertising sales director for BWD and WBB.


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