Bird Podcast with Shoba Narayan

By Shoba Narayan

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Episodes: 77

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Welcome to the Bird Podcast — hosted by Shoba Narayan. This podcast will focus largely on birds, specifically on Indian birds with occasional global forays. India is home to some 1200 bird species, amongst the highest in the world. This podcast showcases and highlights our feathered friends We will talk to naturalists and birders about common and special birds such as the Greater Coucal, Himalayan Quail, Nilgiri Flycatcher, the Malabar Trogon, the Great Indian Bustard, and other amazing species. We will highlight issues both old and new. About India’s vanishing forests and wetlands and how it impacts birds. About breeding areas of migratory birds and how they are hunted en route. We will speak to the men and women who successfully saved the Amur Falcon from being massacred in Nagaland. And we will do individual podcasts on bird species of India. Welcome to the Bird Podcast. Come fly away with us.

Episode Date
Episode 75: Gynandomorphism in birds with Dr. Hamish Spencer
Mar 21, 2024
Episode 74: A pigeon’s nest at home and its ripple effects
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 73: Birds and Shola Forests with Dr. V.V. Robin
Jan 18, 2024
Special Episode: How did you get into birding
Nov 23, 2023
Episode 72: Birding in Mauritius
Nov 13, 2023
Episode 71: The biodiverse splendour of Bhutan
Sep 28, 2023
Episode 70: Toucanets and hummingbirds in Costa Rica
Aug 27, 2023
Episode 69: The Resplendent Quetzal of Costa Rica
Aug 13, 2023
Episode 68: Delhi birds with Sudhir Vyas
Jul 30, 2023
Episode 67: The three-wattled bell-bird, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Jul 16, 2023
Episode 66: Pleasures of birdwatching with Aasheesh Pittie
Jul 02, 2023
Episode 65: Amazing bird species: Sarus cranes and storks
Jun 18, 2023
Episode 64: Flight paths: about bird migration with Rebecca Heisman
Jun 04, 2023
Episode 63: The Feather Library project with Esha Munshi
May 21, 2023
Episode 62: Bird diplomacy with Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud
May 07, 2023
Episode 61: Bird conservation: experiments that work
Apr 23, 2023
Episode 60: The race to save our vanishing birds with Beverly and Anders Gyllenhaal
Apr 09, 2023
Episode 59: The big year of birding with Noah Strycker
Mar 26, 2023
Episode 58: Where bar headed geese and black tailed godwits visit in the winter.
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 57: Australia and birdsong with author Tim Low
Jan 21, 2023
Episode 56: BR Hills in Karnataka: a recent visit
Dec 24, 2022
Episode 55: Demoiselle Cranes in India
Dec 10, 2022
Episode 54: The Great Indian Bustard: Update
Nov 25, 2022
Episode 53: Birds of Australia: Stories and Species
Oct 01, 2022
Episode 52: Amazing bird species: Wood Storks
Sep 17, 2022
Episode 51: The importance of wetlands: Post episode trailer
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 50: How Israel tackles bird conservation with Professor Yossi Leshem.
Aug 21, 2022
Episode 49: Bird Migration with Scott Weidensaul: Post Episode Trailer 1
Aug 13, 2022
Episode 48: Behind the scenes with Allison Shultz of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Jul 30, 2022
Episode 47: The complex web of factors that influence bird migration with Yaara Aharon-Rotman
Jul 23, 2022
Episode 46: Rescuing black kites with filmmaker Shaunak Sen
Jul 16, 2022
Episode 45: Avians to the rescue with Bittu Sahgal
Jul 09, 2022
Episode 44: A life with birds and insects with Dr. Bernd Heinrich
Jul 02, 2022
Episode 43: Challenges of the Arctic-breeding shorebirds with Dr. Erica Nol
Jun 25, 2022
Episode 42: Birds in myth and legend. Part 4 of 4
Jun 18, 2022
Episode 41: The art of seeing in bird-watching. Part 3 of 4
Jun 11, 2022
Episode 40: The pleasures of bird watching. Part 2 of 4
Jun 04, 2022
Episode 39: How I got into birdwatching and how you can too
May 27, 2022
Episode 38: The Hoopoe
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 37: Talking hummingbirds with Anusha Shankar
Mar 13, 2022
Episode 35: Talking waterbirds with Gopi Sundar
Mar 05, 2022
Episode 34: Amazing Bird Species: Brahminy Kite
Feb 27, 2022
Bird Podcast: Short Episodes Intro: Trailer
Feb 24, 2022
Episode 33: Birds of Nagaland with Angulie Meyase
Feb 13, 2022
Episode 32: Hornbills in Valparai
Jan 30, 2022
Episode 31: About extinction and conservation with Dr. J. Christopher Haney
Jan 16, 2022
Episode 30 Part 2: Birding in Uganda with Judith Mirembe
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 29: Birding in Uganda with Judith Mirembe
Jan 02, 2022
Episode 29: The flight of the Amur Falcon
Dec 18, 2021
Episode 28: Of birds and birdsong with Dr. Samira Agnihotri
Dec 05, 2021
Episode 27: Birders of Africa with Professor Nancy J. Jacobs
Nov 21, 2021
Episode 26: How Audubon Americas is ramping up conservation
Nov 07, 2021
Episode 25: The Allure And Majesty Of Hornbills With Dr. Aparajita Datta
Oct 24, 2021
Episode 24: The Real James Bond: Birds, Theft and a Spy.
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 23: Jonathan Franzen on the pleasures of birding
Oct 02, 2021
Episode 22: How climate change affects birds with Dr. Umesh Srinivasan
Sep 26, 2021
Episode 21: Wetland and Grassland Birds from the Man who Discovered a Frog: with Seshadri K.S.
Sep 13, 2021
Episode 20: Breeding Behavior of the Lance Tailed Manakin of Panama with Emily DuVal
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 19: All the Birds of the World with Josep Del Hoyo
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 18: Birding in South India and beyond with Deepa Mohan
Jul 31, 2021
Episode 17: About Striated Caracaras with Jonathan Meiburg
Jul 18, 2021
How to attract birds to your garden-- with Shubha Bhat
Jul 04, 2021
Nest Boxes and Birding Through Time with J. N. Prasad
Jun 20, 2021
Data science in birding: the ebird experiment
Jun 06, 2021
Birdology and the Hummingbird's gift with Sy Montgomery
May 23, 2021
Episode 12: The global Odyssey of migratory birds with Scott Weidensaul
May 09, 2021
Episode 11: Rohini Nilekani on the Pleasures of Being in Nature
Apr 25, 2021
Birding in Columbia, India, Costa Rica and New Guinea with Maitreya Sukumar
Apr 18, 2021
Bird Identification and Ecology with M. B. Krishna
Apr 10, 2021
A Conversation with Dominique Homberger
Mar 04, 2021
A Conversation with Jairam Ramesh
Dec 05, 2017
Interview with Jennifer Ackerman
Aug 28, 2017
Interview with Dr. Jerry Jackson
Jun 12, 2017
Destination Bharatpur
May 05, 2017
Shashank Dalvi's "Big Year of Birding" across India
May 04, 2017
Great Indian Bustard: can it be saved from the brink of extinction?
May 01, 2017
The Peacock
May 01, 2017