The Thing with Feathers: birds and hope with Courtney Ellis
Stories, experts, and special guests on how birds help us keep looking up.
Episodes
Courtney talks to Dale Gentry about the connections between discipleship and science.
Links from Dale's show
Disciple Science: Connecting People to God Through Nature
Free Birding & Ecology Resources
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Courtney talks to pediatrician and co-author of "The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex," Keith Gregoire about how birding keeps him hopeful while doing spiritually and emotionally heavy work. Plus: how clear, thoughtful theology can guide us in our care for the natural world, the church, and one another.
Links from Keith's show
Keith's book: The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex
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Courtney talks to Dr. Christy Hyman about the magic of migration, the tenderness of birding in grief, how to spot the most birds, and the fascinating world of human geography.
Links from Christy's show
Free Birding & Ecology Resources
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Courtney talks to Susie Finkbeiner about her book The Nature of Small Birds and the interplay between patience, creativity, and birding. Plus: we get a great idea for a t-shirt.
Links from Susie's show
Free Birding & Ecology Resources
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Courtney talks to Fernando Ortega about his new book: Fernando's Birds: Photographs and Tales, the place of listening in songwriting (and birding!), his current album-in-progress, and the hope that sustains.
Links from Fernando's show
Fernando's Website (discography, book, and tour dates)
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Courtney talks to Paul Foth about the birding church fathers, getting outdoors as a spiritual practice, Eastern Orthodoxy, and all things Canada.
Links from Paul's show
Paul's Birding Guide Site: Go Pishing!
Free Birding & Ecology Resources
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Wisdom on cultivating backyard bird habitats, what we can learn from nesting studies, and an invitation to join us for the upcoming Great Backyard Bird Count (THIS weekend!) with the brilliant Becca Rodomsky-Bish. PLUS: what should we feed our hummingbirds and what's another name for an American woodcock?
Links from Becca's show:
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Free Birdi...
This week: Courtney talks to Tim O'Connell about ecology, conservation, cultural beliefs about eagles and vultures, and Tim offers up the best bobolink impression we've ever heard.
The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.
New episodes every Monday!
Links from Tim's show:
...Courtney talks to brilliant biologist and author Joan Strassmann about the gifts of paying attention, the under-appreciated blue jay, citizen science, and why mockingbirds might just blow your mind.
Links from Joan's show
Joan's book - Slow Birding: the Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard
Free Birding & Ecology Resources
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Courtney talks to Paul Wallace about expansive faith, the gift of wonder, barred owls, and A Bird from the Lord.
Links from Paul's show
Paul's books - Love & Quasars and The Stars Beneath Us
Free Birding & Ecology Resources
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Welcome to The Thing With Feathers! This preview covers the story behind the show, how birds can unite us, Badly Drawn Birds, #ABirdFromTheLord, why Twitter is the best birding social media, and why Courtney is constitutionally unable to replace the toilet paper roll.
The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.
Free Birding & Ecolog...
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