(English/Español) The City Nature Challenge starts on Friday, April 29, and in this episode Billy talks with Angel Mario Hualpa Erazo of Ecuador's Green Jewel, based in Loja in southern Ecuador. We get to know Loja, hear about Green Jewel's conservation and environmental education programs, and talk about the City Nature Challenge. This episode is in English and in Spanish. We start with a shorter English summary and continue with the full discussion in Spanish. El City Nature Challenge empieza el Viernes, 29 de Abril, y en este episodio Billy habla con Angel Mario Hualpa Erazo de Green Jewel ..read more

Only watch this episode if you believe good work needs a good workplace. Solidarity for environmental workers and workers everywhere!  https://twitter.com/defenders_staff  https://twitter.com/audubonforall  Recommended readings  Demargainlizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics.  The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System  Intersectional Environmentalist  Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin ..read more

Urbanites are starting to learn to live with predators like coyotes, bobcats, and hawks, but what about their rodent prey, like rats? We talk with political scientist and human/wildlife researcher Christian Hunold about his paper looking at rodenticide bans and what they say about how we regard rats and the animals that eat them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support ..read more

Always Be Birdin' Podcast: https://always-be-birdin.simplecast.com/ Always Be Birdin the Boroughs: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaSzLYMvd8J/?utm_medium=copy_link Scholarships for Black and Brown people: https://amplifythefuture.org/black-latinx-birders/  Justice Outside Liberated Grants program: https://justiceoutside.org/grantmaking/liberated-paths-grantmaking-program/  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support ..read more

Troy Bynum (@tb_wildlife_photography on Instagram) is Philly naturalist, wildlife photographer, and a new urban hunter. He talks with Billy about the experience of hunting for the first time, and they discuss issues of race and hunting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support ..read more

Local wildlife lovers and cat lovers can all feel outgunned and overwhelmed when the national, multi-million-dollar organizations that push TNR come to town. Tulsans for Public Safety shows how one community has organized on a grassroots level to promote sound policy for unowned cats. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support ..read more

The brothers discuss joy of new birders, some thoughts on birding groups as institutions, and a shout out to the Biggest Week in American Birding for inviting Tykee to be a keynote speaker in 2022! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support ..read more

Still finding their cadence, the brother return to share levity, wisdom, and ketchup with what's been going on since Episode 8: Parent life update, birding festivals, lifers, James Bond, new punk album release, Audubon for All (union at National Audubon Society), and dogs on leashes.  Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WON Stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observer Network and sharing this episode on social media We have Facebook, Twit ..read more

Learn about the neighborhood galagos and the red-banded rubber frogs of urban Zanzibar with Jonathan Richard Walz. Billy and Tony talk with Richard about the urban wildlife of this corner of East Africa as well as the impact of the pandemic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wildlife-observer-network/support ..read more

It's been a minute so the brothers put ketchup on it before discussing eBird hotspot legitimacy theory and how perpetuating feline homelessness is a form of white supremacy.  ---- Credits: Executive Producer: Tony Croasdale; Audio Production: Tykee James; WON Artwork: Robin Irizarry; WON Stinger by Alexander Jenson (music by His Hero is Gone) Help our reach by rating us where you’re listening to Wildlife Observer Network and sharing this episode on social media We have Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Please support our creativity with monthly payments through Anchor or Patreon. Or you ..read more