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Episode Notes on The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #51 with Lane Epps and Corrie Fulsom-O’Keefe


Lane Epps and Corrie Fulsom-O’Keefe

On the Bird Banter Podcast Episode #51 I talk with two women who have maintained and nourished a long-time and long-distance birding relationship. They actually used a recent episode of this podcast to help plan a birding trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and interestingly on that podcast two of my best birding buddies and I talk about our trip. I hope you enjoy the episode.
Lane works with the Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge, and here is a link to their website.
Here is a link to the Brookline Birding Club website This is the club that hosted the bird walk in the Boston Gardens where Land and Corrie first birded together. This bird club is historically famous, having been established in 1913, and currently has over 1100 members.
Here is a link to the Bombay Hook NWR site mentioned in the episode This is a wonderful salt-marsh habitat refuge, and a place I remember for Saltmarsh Sparrow and biting green flies in July.
We talked briefly about the Farallon Islands on the episode, and this prompts me to mention the Bird Banter Podcast Episode #26 with Tim Larson where we talk about the House Mouse infestation of the island and the issues around eradication of this invasive pest there.

Lane talks briefly about the Mead Botanical Gardens and here is a link to their website.https://cityofwinterpark.org/departments/parks-recreation/parks-playgrounds/parks/mead-botanical-garden/
Stay tuned for the first musical episode of The Bird Banter Podcast coming up next when Stephanie Seymour is my guest and you will get to listen to some of the songs from her new album featuring 11 songs with bird names as titles! Too cool. You can get a sneak preview of her music and download the album here: There Are Birds

Until next time, good birding and good day!

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #20 with The Willettes

Laurel, Faye, Carol and Diane with Ken Brown, the birding instructor for the classes where most of the group met each other.


For my 20th episode I broke the trend of one guest, and invited three of the Willettes over to my condo for wine (the lure), snacks, to watch the sailboat races on Commencement Bay, and to record episode #20.
It’s a cool story, listen to hear that. Here I’ll post some photos of the Willettes. Photos are one thing never in short supply when they are along.
Here is Carol, Diane and Faye with me at an ABC Birding Club meeting.


This is Laurel, Faye and Diane in the outfits they wore to the podcast recording session. They had planned to wear the Citrene Warbler sweatshirts, but the 90+ degree weather prompted them to have the sweatshirts loosely draped and to wear matching “Willettes” designed t-shirts.
This is several Willettes with Will Brooks (episode #19) at his ABC talk.

Sergio from Raptours spoke at one of our meetings, with the obligatory Willettes group photo.

Lest you think the Willettes are all fashion and no birding, you need to know that they are all avid birders, listers, traveling birders, and volunteers. Thanks Willettes for a nice evening and doing the recording.

Laurel with Carol Smith in yet another matching T.

Enjoy.

Good birding. Good day!