Birding the Eastern Himalayas, a backyard Long-eared Owl, and safari adventures with Jason Hall
4/25/20261 hr 7 min
Jason Hall is back on the podcast to talk about mid-April spring migration, backyard adventures, and time on the other side of the world in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, India.
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First 90 secondsMolly Brown· Co-host0:00
Welcome to Life List: A Birding Podcast.
George Armistead· Host0:02
[upbeat music] Hello, hello. Welcome, welcome everyone. This is Life List: A Birding Podcast. I am George Armstead here with my co-host Molly Brown, and our good friend and guest host Jason Hall.
Molly Brown· Co-host0:21
Hey there.
George Armistead· Host0:24
Uh- Good to have you back, George. Yeah.
Molly Brown· Co-host0:27
[laughs] I, I don't know if you've heard our intros lately, but, uh, [laughs] we've been missing you.
George Armistead· Host0:31
[laughs] I appreciate it. I did hear your intros. [laughs] Yeah, 'cause I, I... You guys were talking a little bit of smack here and there, and I understood that- [laughs] ... I, I... They were like, "You better turn in, turn in."
Molly Brown· Co-host0:41
You picked it up faster- Yeah ... than we would've guessed. Yeah. Uh-huh.
Jason Hall· Guest0:44
Yeah.
Molly Brown· Co-host0:45
[laughs] Well, you passed the test.
Jason Hall· Guest0:46
I got to enjoy it live. I got to wake up every morning to hear- [laughs] ... George say welcome and philosophus.
Molly Brown· Co-host0:52
That's right.
Jason Hall· Guest0:53
Yeah.
Molly Brown· Co-host0:53
You did.
Jason Hall· Guest0:53
So, yep.
George Armistead· Host0:54
[laughs] Yeah, there was a lot of philosophus talk on our- Yeah. [laughs] ... uh, on our, in our last couple weeks, Jason and I.
Jason Hall· Guest1:01
Yeah.
George Armistead· Host1:02
And, uh, how are you adjusting, Jason? We've been, what, back, like, a week now. You, uh, you re- you feeling well rested?
Jason Hall· Guest1:09
You know, I was coming out of the, uh, coming out of the jet lag by, like, Tuesday, and by Wednesday my body was like, "Hey, bonus virus from the plane ride," or something- Oh, man ... from someone. And so today is my first day without that. So, uh, yeah. I- Wow ... it's taken me about a week to get back to normal. But, uh,