On this episode Joe Morlan and I talk about his multifaceted birding story. Joe has been a big part of the California birding community for several decades. You can read about some aspects of his career on the Who Was Who In California Birding website by Dan Roberson. Joe also has his own website with lots more links to articles about him and lots more here.

Joe taught birding classes at the College of San Francisco for over 40 years. I couldn’t decide whether to laugh or just be amazed when Joe told me it took 8 years to finish his course. Joe took the solid science and research based background that may have been developed while studying physics at MIT to his adult ed classes. He was old school, continuing to use slides rather than digital formats for his classses to the very end, just prior to Covid shutdowns.

Joe served on the California bird records committee, served as chairperson for 3 years, and now continues to contribute as webmaster. You can see the website at California Birds

Joe has published many articles on birds, a huge list is available on his website. Joe was influenced by the Ernst Mayr book Animal Species Evolution, which you can find at uesd bookstores online easily.

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