My guest is Phil Chaon, a life-long naturalist with a background in botany and wildlife biology. Phil has taken field work jobs all over the world and now leads trips for Lindblad Expeditions focused on birds, wildlife and photography. In addition to guiding, Phil works as an audio analyst, training AI systems to categorize bird songs and he also co-authored Habitats of the World and the forthcoming Habitats of North America.
For some of Phil's Photography, check out his Instagram @uropsalis
For more on Phil's upcoming expeditions, check out: https://www.expeditions.com/about/expedition-team/philip-chaon/
And finally, for pictures of some of the birds discussed on the podcast, check out @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram.
Chapters
- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:34 - Phil’s Recent Field Trip to Saguaro National Park
- 03:46 - Phil’s Birding Background
- 11:53 - Bird of the Episode: Pinyon Jay
- 22:44 - Phil’s Field Work - Coffee Farm in Kenya
- 30:00 - Phil’s Field Work: El Dorado National Forest w/ California Spotted Owls
- 35:00 - Phil’s Field Work: Papua New Guinea w/ White-shouldered Fairy Wrens
- 41:03 - Co-authoring Habitats of the World
- 48:25 - Phil’s Next Book
- 49:13 - Outro
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