Your Bird Story

Your Bird Story

Local Nature Lab

Episodes 64
Avg. Duration 33m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (10)
Since Sep 2020
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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About This Podcast

Your Bird Story centers the voices of everyday people and their encounters and relationships with wild birds in cities. The podcast is hosted by Georgia Silvera Seamans and is edited and produced by Pod to the People. Subscribe to the podcast. Join us on social media: @yourbirdstory on Instagram.

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Recent Episodes

S6E5 Growing The Flock with Alejandro Vinueza

Apr 09, 2026 29m

Alejandro Vinueza, a wildlife biologist and current youth programs manager, has birds in his wild city of New York. He has watched Ruby-throated Hummingbirds nectaring in Fort Tryon Park, heard…

S6E5 Birding is Essential with Indigo Goodson-Fields

Feb 12, 2026 48m

Indigo Goodson-Fields is a writer, poet, birder. We begin our conversation with Indigo’s essay, “Black Woman's Guide to Loving through Birds” (read it!), and end with her memory of seeing her first…

S6E4 Dudley Edmondson and People the Planet Needs Now

Jan 08, 2026 33m

Dudley Edmondson’s writing and photography spotlight Black, Indigenous, and People of Color on the frontlines of conservation. Edmondson is a role model for People the Planet Needs Now, which is also…

S6E3 Angell and Tong, A Field Guide to Dating

Nov 13, 2025 30m

Are you ready for it…a new way to court and find love? In 2020, Wenfei Tong released her book, Bird Love, which dives into the fascinating world of avian mating and parenting strategies, was…

S6E2 Christine Mott Advocates for Free Birds

Oct 12, 2025 25m

This month we talk with Christine Mott about her new book Free Bird: Flaco the Owl’s Dreams Take Flight, and the rights of animals. Mott was raised in New York City but wrote the book from Southern…

S6E1 Joan Strassmann Synthesizes Bird Sociality

Sep 16, 2025 22m

Birds of a feather flock together, and more. Dr. Joan Strassmann studies cooperation and conflict within and between species, mostly social amoebas. In her latest book, The Social Lives of Birds,…

S5E12 Matthias Garff Makes Bird Sculptures to Celebrate Biodiversity

Jul 10, 2025 21m

Matthias Garff is an artist based in Germany. His sculpture practice is 80% focused on birds. His passion for birds developed through his relationship with his grandfather, who sent poems about the…

S5E11 Jenn Lodi-Smith Collects Spark Bird Stories

Jun 12, 2025 33m

Jenn Lodi-Smith is a PhD psychologist and founder of The Spark Bird Project. The initiative flickered into life at the Hog Island Audubon Family Camp where Lodi-Smith was introduced to the concept of…

S5E10 Amy Berkov Wants You to Know More About Insects

May 08, 2025 39m

In this episode, we talk with Amy Berkov, a research scientist specializing in beetles and plant chemistry. Dr. Berkov shares her journey from artist to scientist, and her strong expertise in insect…

S5E9 Edmundo Martinez Birds the Bronx by Bicycle

Apr 11, 2025 25m

Edmundo Martinez’s patches are Starlight and Concrete Parks in the Bronx. He has seen inland birds including warblers and woodpeckers as well as aquatic birds like herons and egrets. The Bronx River,…

S5E8 Kelli Hata's Haecceity Project Honors the Sacred Nature of Every Bird

Mar 13, 2025 20m

Kelli Hata founded the Haecceity Project to chronicle the birds who die by colliding with glass structures on the Yale University campus. The word haecceity was coined by John Duns Scotus, a Medieval…

S5E7 Aaron N.K. Haiman Birds the California Delta

Feb 13, 2025 30m

What do you do when there isn’t a bird guide for neck of the woods? You write one. Aaron N.K. Haiman is the author of the new book,Birds of the California Delta. Haiman talks about Delta habitats and…

S5E6 Bryony Angell Knows Bird-Friendly Chocolate

Jan 09, 2025 21m

Bryony Angell writes about birding culture and lifestyle. Her latest exploration into our relationship with birds is bird-friendly comestibles. In this episode, we talk about cocoa grown by Zorzal in…

S5E5 Melissa Hafting Gives Back to the Birds

Dec 12, 2024 22m

In this episode, I talk with Melissa Hafting about her birding routines and rituals. Hafting’s life is about “giving back to the birds for all they have done for us.” She is the keeper of the BC Rare…

S5E4 Loyan Beausoleil is a Swiftie (of the Apodiformes kind)

Nov 14, 2024 38m

Are you the bird swiftie? Can you tell the different swifts apart? Do you know the connection between hummingbirds and swifts? Have you watched swifts come home to roost? Can you hold your house…

S5E3 SamSam Graves Really Loves Piping Plovers

Oct 10, 2024 36m

SamSam Graves is a NYC-based artist, zine maker, and birder. In our conversation we touched on these aspects of her life. SamSam spoke passionately about Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)…

S5E2 Eric Archer on Hudson Valley Ecology

Sep 12, 2024 28m

A conversation with Eric Archer about the film he and his collaborator Jesse Brown are making about John Burroughs, "the literary naturalist," and the ecology of the Hudson Valley. Birds…

S5E1 Jeffrey Train and the Birds of Hoboken

Aug 08, 2024 44m

This month's guest, Jeffrey Train, and a group of Hoboken residents are doing great work for birds. ⁠Our Tern⁠ advocated for the Common Tern to be designed the city's official bird. The City Council…

S4E12 Tammah Watts's Guide to the Powerful Healing of Bird Watching

Jul 11, 2024 42m

This joyful and introspective episode with Tammah Watts is the capstone to Season 4! Watching birds from her home helped her deal with the emotional wearing of a physical disability. She guides us…

S4E11 Pamela Lowell's Osprey Summer

Jun 13, 2024 46m

Pamela Lowell is a passionate spokesperson for Osprey and bird conservation writ large. She gorgeously captures the lives and habitats of Pandion haliaetus in watercolor which illustrate her new…

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