Episode 60: The race to save our vanishing birds with Beverly and Anders Gyllenhaal

Bird Podcast with Shoba Narayan

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Beverly and Anders Gyllenhaal are veteran journalists and birdwatchers. They ran newsrooms, assigned features and wrote books. They publish a website called FlyingLessons.US: What We’re Learning from the Birds,’’ and are here with us to speak about their new book, “A Wing and a Prayer: the race to save our vanishing birds.

Questions:

What is the thesis of your book
Your book begins with a sparrow and a woodpecker. Tell us about that.
One third of the birds have disappeared from North America. Shocking statistics. Discussion
The bald eagles resurgence in North America. Do you think this has to do with size and resonance as the nation’s symbol?
Scrub jays symbolise the balance between human development and endemic birds. How does this play out?
Using sound to protect a storied species: california spotted owl.
Cerulean warblers in Ecuador. Talk about the Choco Corridor and multiple countries that need to work together
Hawaii is the extinction capital of the world. Why? And How can this change?
The red cockaded woodpecker and the US military. Coexisting with birds
Outline some case studies of getting this done.
Making a case for birds.

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