Birds of a Feather Talk Together
A podcast all about birds. Two bird experts, John Bates and Shannon Hackett, talk with two amateur birders on all things bird related. With access to one of the largest bird collections in the United States, the hosts dive into exotic, rare, extinct, and also common birds. For experienced birders to people who are brand new to birding, this podcast is for anyone who has ever been interested in birds!
Podcasting since 2023 • 80 episodes
Birds of a Feather Talk Together
Latest Episodes
77: The Feather Thief Part 2: Walter Rothschild, Feather Fever, and the start of the Audubon Society
Part two of our Feather Thief mini-series! This week we cover chapters on Walter Rothschild’s infamous museum, the fashion madness known as "feather fever," which drove people to decimate millions of rare and exotic birds. Then w...
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Episode 77
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76: The Feather Thief Part 1 - Alfred Russel Wallace, also the horrific crime that occurred at the museum
We're doing something a little different—a mini-series focused on the book The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson. The book is part true crime, part cultural exploration, and it digs into the themes of obsession, beauty, and the len...
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Episode 76
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74: John Returns From The Falklands, Gentoo Penguins, What Do Birds Do In The Rain?
John is back from his trip to the Falkland Islands to study Gentoo Penguins, so we ask him all about his trip. We also answer a mailbag question on what birds do in the rain when it storms. Join John Bates, Shannon Hackett, RJ Pole...
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Episode 74
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56:46
73: Willard's Sooty Boubou Revisited - A New Species Described
We are kicking it off the new year by revisiting an older episode that we did on the Willard’s Sooty Boubou. This was a bird that John and the team at the Field Museum were responsible for describing as a new species. We are doing a mini-series...
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Episode 73
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41:23
72: The Archaeopteryx at the Field Museum + An Exciting Announcement
We're still down for the holidays but are sharing a segment that we did on the Archaeopteryx at The Field Museum. Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived when an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago. A fossil called Archa...
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Episode 72
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14:06