010-15: Saving Birds to Save the Planet with Scott Weidensaul
4/16/202659 min
Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly 30 books about birds, birding, and natural history. His latest is The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet, a globe-trotting look at look at bird conservation successes from re-wilding efforts in England to vultures in Romania, to the puffins and plovers of North America. It is a soothing balm in this time of great anxiety about bird populations and a critical look at what still nees to be done. He joins host Nate Swick to talk about it all.
Also, we're coming up on The Biggest Week in American Birding! Nate will be there. Will you?
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