For the 50th episode of the Spark Bird Podcast, Nate Swick joins our hosts Jenn Lodi-Smith and Janet McNally. Nate is the host of the American Birding Podcast, blogger, and longtime birder. He takes us through his childhood curiosity of birds, the rejunivation of that passion in his adult life, and the development of his relationship with the American Birding Assocation.

Resources and Links from This Episode

🐦Learn more about the American Biriding Association and their podcast by visiting thier website

🦢Check out ABA's episode on birdability here

🦆Listen to Jenn's episode with ABA here

🦅Where to watch The Big Year

Show notes by Adam Kozman

In this episode of the Spark Bird Podcast, Kaitlyn Teer joins our hosts Janet McNally and Jenn Lodi-Smith. Kaitlyn is writer from Bellingham, Washington who has just released her debut collection of essays, Little Apocolypses. She shares stories from her familiy's exploration in nearby natural spaces and the unforseen challenges of raising childen during a climate crisis.

Resources and Links from This Episode

📖Read Kaitlyn's collection of Essays, Little Apocalypses Essays on Motherhood, Climate Change, and Hope at the End of the World.

🌐Learn more about Kaitlyn by visiting her website

👥Follow and subscribe to Kaitlyn's Instagram and Substack

📰Check out Cup of Jo, Kaitlyn is the Senior Newsletter Editor

📘Be on the look out for Allison C. Davis's Mother Juniper: On Matrescence in Ecological Crisis

🐦Read into Leslie Davenport's books All the Feelings Under the Sun and What to Do When Climate Change Scares You

📙Look into Kaitlyn's parenting inspiration: Alison Gopnik's The Gardener and the Carpenter

🦆Inspire your kids with Douglas Tallamy's Nature's Best Home

🦢The book that Janet McNally read to her son: The Mother Tree

Show Notes by Adam Kozman

In this episode of the Spark Bird Podcast, Cara Benson joins our hosts Jenn Lodi-Smith and Janet McNally. Cara is a writer, hiker, and climate activist. She shares the heartfelt story of her introduction into the world of birds through her late husband, John, and how writing and reflection in nature developed her relationship with loss.

Resources and Links from This Episode

🌐Visit Cara's website to learn more about her and her upcoming events: Cara Benson

👥Check out Cara Benson in Conversation with Janet McNally on Wednesday, September 16th at 6:00 p.m. Cara is joining our host Janet McNally at Hallwalls Cinema in Buffalo, NY for a conversation about Cara's memior and a book signing afterwards.

📖Read Cara's Memior An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss and Commitment

📕Look into Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life — A Deep Dive into the World of Mushrooms

Show Notes by Adam Kozman