Connection, wonder, and the birds that span a continent

This episode includes many threads: of the birds, of the diverse landscapes that their migrations connect, of a conversation with a Oaxacan biologist, Ana Rebeca Martínez Martínez, about the passion that we both share for nature. But in its essence, it’s a story about those moments in nature when time doesn’t exist, when you can feel the magic. It’s a celebration of the connection that we can have with nature wherever we live in the world and of the threads that connect our stories.
Many bird recordings illustrate this story. Special thanks to Kent Fiala, who gave me permission to use his recording of an orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) singing in the North Carolina, USA summer. I made the other recordings: a flock of orchard orioles near the Huatulco River, Oaxaca, MX; a white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi) and a group of orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) near the same river; a MacGillivray’s warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei) calling in the hills of Oaxaca de Juárez and another MacGillivray’s warbler singing in Montana, USA; a broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca and a western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) in Montana.Find the written version of the story, with lots of photos, here: https://wildwithnature.com/2024/03/01/connection-wonder-birds/.