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> December 28, 2001:
Hour Two: The Annual Birding Show
Kenn Kaufman's passion for birds began when he was six. At sixteen,
he dropped out of school to embark on an eighty thousand-mile voyage
in pursuit of birds. Join guest host Dan Keller on Science Friday as
he talks to bird guide author Kenn Kaufman.
We'll also check in on the progress of this year's Audubon Christmas
Bird count, an annual scientific event that has been taking place for
over a hundred years. It uses data that birdwatching volunteers across
the country have collected for ten days on either side of Christmas.
That data, compiled by the Audubon Society, is used to help identify
population trends caused by changes to birds' food, predators, or habitat.
And that's not all - tune in to this hour of Science Friday and find
out what NASA engineers are learning from studying flying geese.
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners'
Lounge (registration
required).
Guests:
Kenn Kaufman
Ornithologist
Author, "Kaufman
Focus Guide: Birds of North America" (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)
"Kingbird
Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of
Hand" (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)
Tucson, Arizona
Brent Cobleigh
Chief Engineer, Autonomous Flight Project
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
Palmdale, California
Geoff LeBaron
Director
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Williamsburg, Massachusetts
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
BirdSource
Audubon Society
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
PetersonOnline
American Birding Association
Audubon Christmas
Bird Count
Birding.com:
Birding In the USA and Around the World!
The
Central Park Birdwatcher
Where do you want to go Birding Today?
Optics for Birding Home Page
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Science Friday, July 1999: The Life of Birds
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Friday, January 1998: Christmas Bird Count
This segment produced by: Tania
Munz
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