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The Birds Of Alberta Podcast

Chris Fisher’s new podcast is entertaining and informative.

Posted by Bob Lefebvre

I listen to a lot of podcasts, and recently I stumbled upon a new one from the Alberta naturalist Chris Fisher. Chris is probably best-known as the co-author (with John Acorn) of the excellent Birds Of Alberta field guide. The new podcast, also called Birds of Alberta, began on March 28, and there have been sixteen episodes so far. Each one focuses on a single wildlife species that can be found in Alberta. This is usually a bird, but there was also a really good episode about Wood Frogs.

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The Apple Podcasts page about Birds of Alberta.

Each episode is fairly short, ranging from eleven minutes to twenty-two minutes. As the description above says, they are about “the special experiences that the birds have while in this province to the special experiences that Albertans have with their birds”. It is not an interview format, but just Chris sharing his wide knowledge of Alberta wildlife.

I really enjoyed all the episodes so far, and I’m looking forward to more.

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The podcast is available on Spotify and other platforms as well.

Check out the Birds of Alberta podcast – it is a welcome addition to Alberta’s wildlife media.

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Calgary Birding Podcast

Posted by Bob Lefebvre

A welcome addition to the Calgary birding community is the Wild Bird Watcher site. This blog, by Brian “Hurricane” Smith, is dedicated to birding in Calgary. The blog consists mostly of interviews with local birders, and occasionally with experts from out-of-province. The interviews are in the form of podcasts (short audio files) that you can listen to right on the site, or download to your computer.

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Recently there was an interview with Nature Calgary president Andrew Hart, and there is a new interview with our own Dan Arndt. Be sure to go to the home page and go through the archives and listen to previous interviews as well. The blog was started in September 2014, and there are nine podcasts so far. You can also subscribe to the blog so you get email notifications of all new posts.

Brian Smith is a long-time professional in audio and video production, broadcasting, and voice work, and this shows in the high quality of the podcasts.

The podcasts are sponsored by the Wild Bird Store, Calgary’s only store dedicated solely to wild birds.