The Naturalist Podcast

Anthony talks to the talented Molly Ferrill about her life in wildlife conservation, videography, and travel. If you’d like to folly Molly’s adventures you can find her at: http://www.mollyferrill.comIG: mollyferrillFreeland Film Festival: https://www.freeland.org/film-festival.html And Maggie Galbraith, our favorite representative from Australia (Check out episode 33!), reviews the new book “Habitats of the World: A field guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists” by Iain Campbell, Ken Behrens, Charley Hesse, and Phil Chaon. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691197562/habitats-of-the-world

Sea meets the Cryptonaturalist, aka Jarod K. Anderson in the spring age of Forsythia. Conversation runs wide and deep. Anthony keeps it all together and with at least a few toes on the ground. Check out Jarod’s work at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2L4H5Y2?binding=paperback&qid=1656261405&sr=8-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk https://www.cryptonaturalist.com

Sea and Anthony have a chance to talk with Chris Ketola, who runs biodiversity programs for the not-for-profit “Fauna Forever” (http://Faunaforever.org) in Southeastern Peru. Talk of bats, reptiles and amphibians, and jaguars as Chris spins some of his greatest adventures to date. Video vailable on Youtube: https://youtu.be/bCR8EDSMJb4 And as a podcast on your favorite platform or below!

We have Maggie Galbraith a naturalist from Southeast Australia with Sea and Lev to discuss fall in the Southern Hemisphere, BlackBirdersWeek, and the announcement of our first photography contest! You can find Maggie’s photography under the account “Maggies_Lens” at Flickr. The hashtag for the photocontest is #Naturalistimages1 – shared on The Naturalists Facebook group, or on Instagram. David Shaw’s introduction to the contest starts right around minute 47 on the video or podcast. Some of the many Links and individuals for Black Birders Week can be found here: Resources #BlackBirders (Twitter) #BecauseofBlackBirdersWeek (Twitter) Birding While Black:  A Candid Conversation (YouTube) @BlackAFinSTEM (Twitter) @Hood_Naturalist (Twitter) @Chelseaherps (Twitter) #BirdingWhileBlack (Twitter) @kassthefish (Twitter) @Tykee_James (Twitter) @n8ture_al (Twitter) outdoorafro.com @1BlackBirder (Twitter) Rules for the Black Birdwatcher (YouTube)

Sea and Lev have a chance to catch up on a weird and quiet spring in the time of COVID, and try out video for the first time… available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b29RmTyQBhg

“White-faced Black-capped Petrel” photo by Kate Sutherland Mesoplodon europaeus or Gervais’ Beaked Whale, photo by Kate Sutherland Sea gets a chance to talk about Black-capped Petrels, Beaked Whales, and getting back into academic science with Kate Sutherland of Seabirding.com . Brief highlights from Kate’s review of “Oceanic Birds of the World” by Howell and Zufelt.

In the heat of the summer, Lev shares his adventures from a trip to Ethiopia, a place of extremes of climate and spectacular biodiversity. From the Gelada and Ethiopian Wolves of the Bale Mountains, to Stresemann’s Bushcrow of the plains, and many many Quelea, sounds like the sort of place naturalists dream of.

Sea had a chance to talk with ornithologist and science communicator Corinna Newsome about salt marsh nesting birds, finding routes to natural history as adult, and what diversity and representation mean in science.

Sea and Lev have a great conversation with science communicator and nature writer Jess Groenendijk about her recently published “The Giant Otter: Giants of the Amazon” , conservation in an era of change, and hope. Some of Jess’ work and links to social media can be found on her website: https://www.jessicagroenendijk.com You can find Jess’ book at Amazon at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1526711745/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_bYo2CbTP8D7P9 The clip of Giant Otters attacking a Black Caiman can be found here: https://youtu.be/gIoQGs8lvxk

DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR0136.JPG DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR2102.JPG In this episode Sea gets to talk with Lauren, Isaac, and Colin students from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, The National Public Honors College (http://www.smcm.edu) about their first experiences at the Carrie Bow Cay Field Station (https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/ccre/) off the coast of Belize, marine biology, and sleeping in oceanfront hammocks.