The Badgerland Birding Podcast

On his album titled "Lifer", musician Aaron Grych incorporates bird songs that you may be familiar with, and encourages people to listen more closely to the world around them. Listen to the album here: https://quokkaband.bandcamp.com/album/lifer

The creator of the new documentary "Beyond Our Senses: Bank Swallows" David Busse discusses his film.

Tyler Hoar and Matt Young join the show to give everyone their first look at the 2025-2026 winter finch forecast! https://finchnetwork.org/winter-finch-forecast-2025-2026?fbclid=IwZnRzaANGJkBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlBkHKQ8LXOptt0KZzNE8pbC5rIWeAnHNpVWjX-Zv2ViUCX26xlr29V1TG30_aem_SDxiy_-jvGlv8oAFfB6YeA

Mathew Radford discusses his podcast, birding in Oklahoma, Sasquatch. and more!

Peter Mundale (a hawk watcher at Hawk Ridge in Minnesota) discusses fall migration and some trends to look for this year in the bird world.

Danny Bernard is trying to see 100 birds in each of the lower 48 United States in a single calendar year while also meeting different people from those states, and seeing their most iconic places. Hear about Danny's journey, and the best and worst of his trip! Learn more here: https://peopleplacesbirds.net/

Artist and owner of Forest Press, Margie Griggs discusses how she got into birding and what it's like to be a bird artist.

On this week's episode we share an interview we did a few years back with Dr. Chris Haney, talking about his book "Woody's Last Laugh - How the "Extinct" Ivory-billed Woodpecker Fools Us Into Making 53 Thinking Errors". You can purchase the book here (As Amazon Associates we do earn from qualifying purchases): https://amzn.to/3rSz9sQ

We talk about if we think the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is extinct, our recent nemesis birds and more!

We talk with our friend and experienced bird guide Rachel Clark about what's been going on in the California birding scene, the downfall of our favorite Sasquatch mural and more. If you'd like to take a tour with Rachel, head to centralcaliforniabirdingtours.com

We talk with "The Grouse Guy", Jeremiah Psiropoulos about birding in Colorado, finding grouse, Colorado-style pizza, and more! Learn more about Jeremiah and his tours here: https://antigonewildlifetours.com/about

We discuss our latest birding adventures, searching for the smallest gull in the world as well as our first full day of birding in Colorado. Thanks to Brome for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at https://store.bromebirdcare.com/

Peter Mundale joins the show to discuss birding topics from the state of Minnesota including the state of Connecticut Warblers, the Sax-sim Bog, and the crazy owl winter that was. Thanks to Brome for sponsoring this episode! Learn more at https://bromebirdcare.com

Nathaniel Wegner has been along for many adventures with the Badgerland Birding crew and an extremely skilled birder even without having a drivers license.

There has been a proposition to destroy important old growth forest on South Padre island in South Texas that is great for migratory birds. Here is how we can stop it from being destroyed. What you need to know, from Jusin LeClaire: "Perhaps the final battle to save the SPI Convention Center native habitat is coming this Tuesday. The SPI City Council has decided NOT to listen to the wills of...

Cole Roecker joins the show to discuss ur recent 150 species Big Day as well as what it's like birding in Chicago, Illinois.

We catch up with Tim Hahn, who did a Waukesha, WI County Big Year in 2025 and talk about his total, birding in Wisconsin, the Breeding Bird Atlas, and more!

We talk about what we've been up to, birding in may the past few weeks, about crane populations, and more!

We talk with Pat Ready from the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin about the decline and recovery of the Eastern Bluebird. You can learn more here: https://www.braw.org/

We talk with Marissa and Easton from Coddiwomple Chronicles about exploring Wisconsin, birding for the first time, travel tips, and more! Check out their instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/coddiwomple_chronicles/ Thanks to our sponsor Brome Bird Care!: https://bromebirdcare.com/en/

We talk with Owen Kroeze, a 17 year-old birder from the Netherlands, all about what it's like birding there, difference between the Netherlands and the United States, and more!

We talk about non-native and invasive species that have taken over the United States as well as some American animals that have made a home in Europe. Visit our shop here: https://badgerlandbirding-shop.fourthwall.com/

We talk with Mr. Train (Jeff Train), co-founder of "Our Tern", a project to help protect Hoboken, New Jersey's honorary bird, the Common Tern. Learn more here: https://www.ourtern.com/

We talk with Matt Miller, director of science communications for the Nature Conservancy and editor of the Cool Green Science blog all about birds, bird conservation, and more!

We talk to our friend Aiden, a young birder from Ohio about what it's like to bird there, the Biggest Week in American Birding, and more!