elegant trogon

My guest is Peg Abbott, she is the owner and lead guide of Naturalist Journeys, LLC. Peg has been designing, guiding, and organizing natural history tours for more than 35 years; working for the National Audubon Society and other organizations before launching Naturalist Journeys in 1998. Her work has taken her all over the world, from Alaska to Africa and many other locations. She has conducted research on several bird and mammal species and keeps a close interest in Yellowstone and Mexican Wolf reintroduction projects. After 20 years in and around the Yellowstone area, Peg made the move to the wonderful birding location of Portal, AZ, where she currently resides.

For more on Naturalist Journeys:
Website - https://www.naturalistjourneys.com/
Instagram - @naturalistjourneys

Chapters

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:34 - Peg’s Recent Trip to Bhutan
• 04:08 - Peg’s Birding Background
• 05:31- Peg’s Earliest Memory of a Bird
• 06:23 - Some of Peg’s Memorable Encounters with Birds
• 09:16 - Bird of the Episode: Elegant Trogon
• 28:48 - A Bit about Naturalist Journeys
• 40:40 - Ideas for Picking Your First Birding Trip
• 43:29 - What Keeps Peg Going After so Many Years
• 44:41 - One of Peg’s Favorite Domestic Birding Locations
• 48:15 - One Last Thing from Peg and her Next Birding Trip
•  50:03 - Outro

Eared Quetzal Call Credit: Derik Bowen, XC567245. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/567245.

For pictures of some of the birds discussed on the podcast, including the Elegant Trogon, please check out the podcast's Instagram: @lookingatbirdspodcast

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My guest is Rick Taylor, author of the recently-released Birds of Arizona field guide and one of my favorite pocketable field guides - Birds of Southeastern Arizona. Rick tells us about how he became interested in birds, what went into making this field guide, along with a deeper dive into some of the new features, like the range maps. The bird of the episode is the Eared Quetzal, a bird that he reported the first sighting of, in the United States, 45 years ago, to the day (10/15/77). We go on numerous tangents, discussing a number of different birds. In the background, you'll hear a variety of hummingbirds and the occasional Acorn Woodpecker. 

For more information on Birds of Arizona, please visit https://www.rwmorse.com

For pictures of some of the birds discussed on the podcast, please visit @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram.