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Inspired by their passion for conservation education, three nature enthusiasts use their unique backgrounds and experiences to take a deep dive into the world of ecology and conservation. Join them as they discuss aspects of wildlife across the spectrum- from the latest efforts in local conservation initiatives to the functions and developments in zoos and aquariums. If you’re enthralled by wildlife or eager to learn more about the world around us, then The Birdy Bunch has you covered. Conservation. Education. Fascination. New episodes every Monday morning. For more information, visit our website: www.thebirdybunchpodcast.com
Episodes
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Episode 4.04: Wildlife Disease Ecology with Henry Adams
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Guess what, Nature Lovers? The Birdy Bunch Podcast is back! This week, CJ is joined by their dear friend and incredible colleague, Henry Adams! Henry is the Wildlife Management Coordinator with the Urban Wildlife Center at Lincoln Park Zoo and joins The Birdy Bunch Podcast to discuss Wildlife Disease Ecology! From birds in the Everglades to amphibians in Costa Rica, Henry has some fun stories to share! In addition, Henry and CJ chat about the Black-crowned Night Heron in this episode's Creature Feature! Make sure to give this episode a listen! If you enjoy this episode and want more from The Birdy Bunch Podcast, make sure to give us a review!
More episodes of The Birdy Bunch Podcast will be coming soon!
For more information, visit our website: www.TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com
Or follow us on Instagram: @TheBirdyBunchPodcast
Thank you to our Patrons for supporting Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast; visit www.Patreon.com/TheBirdyBunchPodcast to sign up.
Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast is hosted, edited, and produced by CJ Greco. Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo, and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
The mission of The Birdy Bunch Podcast is to inspire an inclusive community for conservation by using education to promote fascination.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Episode 4.03: All Bodies Outside with Brian Peterson
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Are you outdoorsy or outsidesy, Nature Lovers? In this episode of The Birdy Bunch Podcast, CJ chatted with Dr. Brian Peterson, host of the podcast All Bodies Outside! They discuss what it means to spend time in the outdoors, access to green spaces, and all things conservation podcasts! They also talk about some of Brian’s work in understanding human-made noises in national parks! In addition, CJ and Brian feature the charismatic largest squirrel - the marmot! For more information about All Bodies Outside, you can follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Threads(?!) @AllBodiesOutside or visit the website www.allbodiesoutside.com.
Take the time to get outside today, Nature Lovers!!
Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast will be posted on the first and the final Mondays of each month! Thanks for listening, nature lovers!
For more information, visit our website: www.TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com
Or follow us on Instagram: @TheBirdyBunchPodcast
Thank you to our Patrons for supporting Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast; visit www.Patreon.com/TheBirdyBunchPodcast to sign up.
Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast is hosted, edited, and produced by CJ Greco. Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo, and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
The mission of The Birdy Bunch Podcast is to inspire an inclusive community for conservation by using education to promote fascination.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Episode 4.02: Access Birding with Freya McGregor
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
July is Disability Pride Month! For this episode of The Birdy Bunch Podcast, CJ is joined by good friend Freya McGregor, owner and founder of Access Birding. Freya and CJ are talking all about access and inclusion in the outdoors, as well as Disability Pride! In addition, we feature the Magnolia Warbler, a small migratory bird that shared an almost magical moment with CJ and Freya! For more information about Freya, visit her website: www.FreyaMcGregor.com or follow her on social media @the.ot.birder . Also, make sure to visit www.AccessBirding.com and follow @Access.Birding on social media for more information about Access Birding!
Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast will be posted on the first and the final Mondays of each month! Thanks for listening, nature lovers!
For more information, visit our website: www.TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com
Or follow us on Instagram: @TheBirdyBunchPodcast
Thank you to our Patrons for supporting Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast; visit www.Patreon.com/TheBirdyBunchPodcast to sign up.
Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast is hosted, edited, and produced by CJ Greco. Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo, and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
The mission of The Birdy Bunch Podcast is to inspire an inclusive community for conservation by using education to promote fascination.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Episode 4.01: Queer Ecology with Dani Abboud & Jenna John
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Pride month may be over, but The Birdy Bunch Podcast is back!! On our kick-off to Season 4, we’re taking another look at one of our favorite topics - Queer Ecology! CJ is joined by Dani Abboud (they/them) and Jenna John (she/her), who spoke at the Wild Things Conference about Queer Ecology back in February 2023. In addition to thinking about how we can reframe conservation through a new lens, we also discuss the May edition of the Parks Stewardship Forum, and feature our first creature of season four - the lesbian lizard! Thanks again to Dani and Jenna for guesting on this special queer episode!
Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast will be posted on the first and the final Mondays of each month! Thanks for listening, nature lovers!
For more information, visit our website: www.TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com
Thank you to our Patrons for supporting Season 4 of The Birdy Bunch Podcast; visit www.Patreon.com/TheBirdyBunchPodcast to sign up.
The Birdy Bunch Podcast was created by Matt Valiga & CJ Greco. Season 4 is hosted, edited, and produced by CJ Greco. Thank you to Matt Valiga and Brittany Busleta-Lewandowski for their contributions on previous seasons.
Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo, and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
The mission of The Birdy Bunch Podcast is to inspire an inclusive community for conservation by using education to promote fascination.
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Episode 3.17: Media in Conservation with Bob Dolgan
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Smashing! It’s our final episode of 2022 and we sure are thankful for all of your support, Nature Lovers! In this fun filled 2022 finale, we have Bob Dolgan join us to talk about his incredible series of documentary films as well as all things birding and media! In addition, CJ features the one of the many birdy stars of Bob’s film “The Magic Stump”, and Brittany shares a current event with us about a new species of sunbird! Make sure to use the code “THANKYOU22” for 15% off everything in our merch store! And with that, we’ll catch ya next year!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
08:45 - Creature Feature
18:45 - Current Events
24:58 - Media in Conservation with Bob Dolgan
01:02:46 - Outro
For more information about The Birdy Bunch Podcast, visit TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com.
Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Episode 3.16: Animals In Winter II
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
For The Birdy Bunch loved the nature lovers, that we gave you this episode! Don’t sleep on this on, listeners! Instead give it a download to learn all about how animals spend their winters! In addition, Matt features a blue creature known for going fast and CJ talks about a current event involving yetis?! Torpor, hibernation, brumation, oh my! Join us for a fun episode as we start to prepare for our own winter naps!! It’s an episode of The Birdy Bunch you won't want to miss, so tell your friends if they listen they will not be bored, but instead have an everlasting good time.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
04:07 - Creature Feature
12:52 - Current Events
19:09 - Hi-bear-nation! You’ll never believe how these animals spend their winters! Not clickbait!
33:42 - Outro
For more information about The Birdy Bunch Podcast, visit TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com.
Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Episode 3.15: Spooky Creatures III - The Spooky Bunch
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Let’sa Go! We’re back in the Spooky habit this week, Nature Lovers! It’s time for Spooky Creatures III for our final Episode of this year’s Spooky Bunch! But don’t you worry, even though The Spooky Bunch Poscast is creeping away for the year, it will be back again in 2023, and we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming in just afew weeks. In addition to our Spooky Creatures, Matt features a horrific invertebrate as our creature feature and Brittany tells the tale of new found Cane Toads in New South Wales. It’s the final episode of The Spooky Bunch and it’s certainly got some twists and turns you’ll get shivers from! Ya-hoo!
Make sure to use the code “SPOOKY2022’ for 15% off our merch store!!! Only for the rest of this month!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Spook Intro
06:57 - Spooky Creature Feature
13:58 - Spooky Current Events
20:24 - Spooky Creatures III
47:17 - Spooky Outro
For more information about The Birdy Bunch Podcast, visit TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com.
Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Disaster is here, and we have the lowdown! This week on The Spooky Bunch Podcast, we talk with Debbie Clemens from Orangutan Outreach to talk about deforestation and palm oil! The palm oil industry is greatly impacting some amazing creatures of southeast Asia, including today’s creature feature, one GREAT ape! In addition, Matt tells us about a new bird discovered in southern Chile, and Brittany asks the Bunch about their Halloween costumes! Only one more episode of The Spooky Bunch left, so share this spooky episode with a friend! For more information about Orangutan Outreach, visit redapes.org.
Make sure to use the code ‘SPOOKY2022’ for 15% off our merch store, now until the end of the spooky season!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Spook Intro
07:26 - Spooky Creature Feature
10:45 - Spooky Current Events
16:11 - Deforestation and Palm Oil with Debbie Clemens
45:30 - Spooky Outro
For more information about The Birdy Bunch Podcast, visit TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com.
Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Episode 3.12: Spooky Sounds to Hear in the Dark - The Spooky Bunch
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
You better have your flashlights and headphones ready! This week on The Spooky Bunch Podcast, we are discovering all kinds of spooky sounds to hear in the dark! Join us this week to hear all kinds of scary sounds and learn about the creepy critters that make them! In addition, CJ features a big ol’ creature and Matt shares a current event about habitat fragmentation. Its a super spooky show you definitely don’t want to miss! If you’re looking to celebrate with us make sure to use our merch code SPOOKY2022 for a discount!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Spook Intro
03:49 - Spooky Creature Feature
10:12 - Spooky Current Events
19:47 - Spooky Sounds to Hear in the Dark
37:09 - Spooky Outro
For more information about The Birdy Bunch Podcast, visit TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com.
Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Tis the season for frights! Welcome back to the Spooky Bunch Podcast—the Birdy Bunch can’t come to the phone right now, but they’ll be back after October. In the meantime, check out our first Spooky Episode with a special guest: Brittany’s husband, Adam Lewandowski! We’ll be tiering cryptids today, as well as discussing our first spooky creature feature: one so spooky it might be dead! If you’re looking to celebrate with us make sure to use our merch code SPOOKY2022 for a slick discount. And make sure to hide under the covers to protect yourself!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Spook Intro
06:46 - Spooky Creature Feature
15:06 - Spooky Current Events
19:12 - Cryptids III; a Tier List with Adam Lewandowski
01:19:41 - Spooky Outro
For more information about The Birdy Bunch Podcast, visit TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com.
Special thank you to Sarah Dunlap - for designing our logo and Conner Wittman - for producing our music.