I present to you, highlights from
“Birds of North America”.

Here are a collection of my favorite clips from each episode.

Thread time!

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Episode 1: “Warblers in Central Park”.

This is the “keep your party inside” moment.
I’m watching a Downy Woodpecker forage for insects at a distance of about 15 feet. I was excited, but didn’t want to scare the bird away lol.
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Episode 1.2: “How to use binoculars”.

We’re back in Central Park, as I’m giving a quick primer on bins 101.
Suddenly a Blackburnian Warbler appears, thanks to @JeffreyMWard.
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Episode 2: “Competitive birding brothers”

Back in Central Park one more time! @JeffreyMWard and me chat about our experiences being rare birders, while looking for rare birds in NYC.
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Episode 3: “visiting the American Museum of Natural History”

@pablo_dulce listens as I gush over the Ivory-billed Woodpecker at the @AMNH. Gone, but not forgotten.
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Episode 4: “Peregrine Falcons at Cape May fall festival”

Shoutout to @NatureNickNY, who let me hold this beautiful falcon. It was my first time ever holding such a magnificent creature.
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Episode 5: “Yellow-billed Cuckoos & the internet of wildlife”

We’re at a banding station in Cape May, NJ, and I get to release a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, w/ everyone watching lol.
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Episode 6: “Drew Lanham: Hope is the thing w/ feathers”

Here I’m having a convo about what birding means to us w/ @1blackbirder, as we are interrupted by a Yellow-rumped Warbler lol.
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Episode 7: “the Audubon Mural Project”

Me and @jenbogo are having a nice stroll through Harlem learning about the Audubon Murals painted there. When suddenly..... PEREGRINE.
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Episode 8: “Birding w/ Wyatt Cenac”

@wyattcenac is attempting to explain how he now sees birding. When I get rudely distracted by a falcon flyover.
Wyatt isn’t too pleased lol.
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Episode 9: “Birding w/ the Feminist Bird Club”

In this clip, me & @JeffreyMWard share our feelings on @mollycule__’s Feminist Bird Club & the warm feelings we felt when birding w/ them.
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Episode 10: “The great Christmas Bird Count”

We’re in Maine, in December, it’s cold... but all is well b/c I’m birding w/ @JeffreyMWard, @RosemaryMosco, @TheBirdist & @dhitchcox... until someone starts shooting... a gun.
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Episode 11: “Jason vs. The Birdist”

@TheBirdist and I go head-to-head on birding’s hot button issues... but we can’t be serious for more than 10 seconds lol.
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Episode 12: “In search of the Great Black Hawk”

Here’s the moment @JeffreyMWard & I laid eyes on arguably the most exciting bird sighting of 2018, a Great Black Hawk in Maine! Huge thx to @dhitchcox for spotting the bird.
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Episode 13: “Birding w/ Jonathan Franzen”

Franzen & myself are birding the famous Montrose Point in Chicago... but we aren’t seeing many birds lol.
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Episode 14: “Jason’s first tattoo”

A long time coming, I finally finally finally get ink’ed up!
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Episode 15: “Birding w/ Kim & Kenn Kaufman @ the Biggest Week”

Here the legendary @KimmKaufman shows me what a “bird snuggle” means.
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Episode 16: “Big metal birds of LAX”

I’m in LA! And I’m planespotting w/ some local experts. I quickly discover how much the two disciplines have in common.
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Episode 17: “Birding while brown in Angeles National Forest”

Here I drop my nickname for Peregrine Falcons on to fellow Audubon’ers, Ray Sessley & Tania Romero. Tania doesn’t approve lol.
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Episode 18: “Birding w/ Lili Taylor”

Award-winning actress @lilitaylor takes me birding in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and we find something really cool in the trees!
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Episode 19: “The Wild Bird Fund’s urban aviary”

When @JeffreyMWard and I visited the @wildbirdfund, we found that it was full of dedicated people, and full of surprises.
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Episode 20: “Young birders in the Buckeye State”

Here I get to hang out w/ the future generation of birders & pick their brains. The convo was hilarious and amazing.
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That’s all 20 episodes! Remember, in order to watch the full versions of #BirdsofNorthAmerica,
visit here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZVnnAt5_5lbqaQNNg-LEPwdRbj_nf5hU

Or here https://www.topic.com/birds-of-north-america

Peace!

Wait! Not done yet. I have to include the 3 videos not included in the thread.

Episode 2’s video.

Episode 6’s video.

Episode 19’s video