On this episode Ezekiel and I talk while he Zooms in from his car somewhere near San Diego, California where he was continuing his lower-48 U.S. big year. He saw #700, a Flame-colored Tanager in SE Arizona, and is in SoCal awaiting a pelagic trip. HE is currently at 702 for the year, adding the provisional species Burrowing Parakeet while awaiting the pelagic trip.
I love San Diego as a base for birding the area as well as the place for great pelagic birding. I’ve had an episode about the Searcher 5-Day pelagic which I highly recommend.
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I’ve had lots of big year and life list birders on as guests.
Liam Hutcheson and his recent record Washington State big year
Peter Kaestner and his lifelong quest to see birds of the world.
Victor and Ruben Stoll on their record breaking Lower-48 big year.
Doug Hitchcock and his record breaking 400th species in the state of Maine (now much higher)
Raphael Fennamore and his King County WA big year.
Tiffany Keersten and her at the time record Lower-48 big year.
Matt Bartels and his quest for finding 200+ species of birds in every Washington State county.
Lynn Barber talks about record big years in the biggest states of Alaska and Texas.
And the craziest of all, Dorian Anderson’s bicycle big year story.
Thanks for listening, stay tuned to learn about Slow Birding and more.
Good birding and good day!
Tag: Listing
The Bird Banter Podcast #134 with Mike Resch Additional Info.
Mike Resch is such a wealth of information on state and province birding throughout the continental U.S. and Canada. He has not just birded in every state and province, he has birded a lot in every state. So much that he has seen >200 bird species in every U.S. state (except Hawaii). You can find more about Mike on his State Birding Blog
We talk about his most recent trip to western Montana and the Idaho panhandle. We talk about the difference between chasing rarities and finding a large number of common birds in each state. Mike has done both, so knows the difference well.
Mike also has a post-retirement business of trip guiding and planning. If you need help planning a trip to see rarities, see great birding spots near where you’ll be visiting, or otherwise planning a birding trip, Mike is available to help. Reach him through his website or at reschmike1-at-gmail-dot-com on email.
I read Mike’s blog, and wondered how he creates the cool U.S. maps with color and numbers for each state. I didn’t ask him how he does it, but this website works.
If you want to hear the first episode with Mike check out episode #33
I’m hoping that when Mike decides to visit eastern WA and OR that we can link up and bird a bit together there. He has not visited these areas, and I love getting east of the mountains birding. Mike has 268 WA species and 249 in OR, all west of the Cascades. I’m sure we could add some good birds for the states in SE WA and NE OR. The Blue Mountains, Mal Huer, and the Asotin County areas would make a great trip.
Here are some photos of birds mentioned on the episode.
If you know of birders who might make great guests, please contact me with suggestions.
Thanks for following. Good birding and good day!
The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #33 with Mike Resch supporting notes.
In The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #33 with Mike Resch we talk primarily about his lifelong quest to see over half of the birds on the state bird checklist in the lower 48 states + Washington D.C. So far he has about 14,700 state ticks, and is only 2 states from achieving his goal. Oregon and Montana are yet to succumb to his passion, but they are on the near-term horizon.
You can find Mike at his blogG. State Birding on Blogspot, or you can email him at reschmike1 – at- gmail -dot- com”
Mike has a public profile on eBird. Here is a link to his profile. https://ebird.org/pnw/profile/MjM1MjQ3/US
I mentioned my Ferruginous Hawk trip. Here is a link to a facebook post about that.
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