Talkin' Birds Trumpeter Issue #32

The Official Newsletter of Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds
Issue #32 November 2022

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Don't Miss These Guests!

What do a pilot, a grassroots organizer, an artist, and an audio creator have in common? They'll all be talking with Ray in the coming weeks! Tune in your usual way to hear our usual fun segments plus these excellent guests:

Milly Formby (pictured above), who’ll soon wrap up her 3800km ultralight plane flight around Australia to raise awareness about migratory birds.
Mollee Brown, head of the Birding Co-op, a grassroots organization that promotes inclusivity in the global birding community.
Laurel Mundy, a brilliant artist with a focus on wildlife conservation.
Nick Bayard, creator of a tri-lingual podcast about birds and conservation.

Thanks To Our Newest Talkin' Birds Ambassadors

• Mackenzie J. from Taylors, South Carolina
• Suzann D. from Corpus Christi, Texas
• Mike M. from Hazleton, Pennsylvania
• Kiki and Sam from Provincetown, Massachusetts

Want to be on this list? Listen to our show for details or click the button!

Click here to learn about being a Talkin' Birds Ambassador

Contributor Spotlight: Rosemary Mosco

Ray chatted with Rosemary on our show #896.
Rosemary Mosco makes books and cartoons that connect people with the natural world. Her Bird and Moon nature comics won the National Cartoonists Society award for Best Online Short Form Comic. She makes best-selling science books for kids and adults and gives keynotes at birding festivals. She’s written and drawn for The New York Times, Audubon, PBS kids’ "Elinor Wonders Why," Ranger Rick, and more.

Our grand prize: an HD Viper Spotting Scope from Vortex Optics. Congratulations to Adam Bradley of Reno, Nevada, who won our random drawing!

Our Make-Your-Own Swag Contest

In our just-completed Make Your Own Swag Contest, we gave away great prizes from Buteo Books, Birds and Beans Coffee, BirdWatching Magazine, Wisdom Supply, the Birdwatcher’s General Store, and Vortex Optics. We’re now hatching a plan to give away another great prize from Vortex — listen to our show for details.

Our 900th Show!

We had so much fun on our show #900 (Sept. 11, 2022). Freya and Debbie joined Ray on the air, and our man Mike O'Connor chimed in from Cape Cod. Tributes from many listeners and favorite guests rounded out the show. Here's to the next 900!

Upcoming Featured Feathered Friend

Often called “The King of Ducks,” the Featured Feathered Friend pictured above is the sleek, elegant Canvasback. Hear all about it, coming up on our November 20th show, #910.

"Plirding" is...

..."picking up litter while birding." Won't you join us in this simple effort to keep the outdoors cleaner? Read more here.

Sponsor Salute

Vortex Optics is veteran-founded and employee-owned. Their vision is to be the catalyst that improves the world through service.

Join the Talkin' Birds Flock

The Talkin' Birds Flock Facebook group is a great way to meet other listeners and share photos, videos, stories, and observations about birds and conservation. If you're a Facebook user, find us here. We look forward to seeing you!

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